Research in Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology compares various care management delivery strategies.
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New York's State Health Foundation releases a report examining hospital pricing in the region.
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A Health Affairs article explores the utility of mobile health apps, particularly for high-cost populations.
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HHS is going to hit about 171,000 clinicians with a 3% reduction in their Medicare reimbursement for failure to meet meaningful use standards. That is a pretty good whack but many of these providers probably serve few beneficiaries.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/thousands-clinicians-will-get-hit-pocketbook-meaningful-use-penalties?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldZeE56QTJZV0UwT0RNMyIsInQiOiJMMVRhQzh6T3V6Z0FzZU9hT3A3Uzc0TUF1eE5VeUNkaGc2RDQ5c3BEUkNIaVFmdG90Q21cL1hXMkpBbnhLdkhFaEVVMzlVaXJYYUtEUUxrTVZZUlhmNlFRbDJSOW5RUUVtSWtueWx1dDdkQlVhc0ZzSGx5R3YwWkJ2eENlc0F2dXoifQ%3D%3DGreatCall, which monitors health information in a patient's home, is buying HealthSense, which wires up elderly patient's homes and does monitoring in assisted living and nursing home facilities.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/greatcall-acquires-healthsense/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39603592&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8T1HkZ8f21opFGvb0FY0nFmjotSe4AN5hqcv4_cEiPukDX_B3wfw1GZxbgYylvsBVcoog4sHuJsUYvuvLMDqqYnUwqeYveWrToOGVRpFWRVka4gMc&_hsmi=39603592A study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that patients of female physicians have lower hospital mortality rates.
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Cota, which helps oncologists analyze genetic data, has raised $18 million in new funding.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/informatics-cota-raises-18m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=39430923&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_KpGXypd-w5hdsXA-9Q6WThhf75jMmWoRLn5UCDyTS8o-CvKwuQ45KfSSXkhBb_Nx7HgbQuLGFMeyPJu8BI6DkmZcEAJAZzuS8HKGYg7uBja5IuRE&_hsmi=39430923&rf=1Nerd Alert!!! Today's post is on a very esoteric topic, patient risk-scoring models.
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Rock Health issues survey results regarding people's use of digital health.
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