Research in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that hospital star ratings and some patient outcomes appear correlated.
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Widespread use of electronic medical records has been heavily promoted and incented as a revolution in health care quality, but the reality is of course much different, according to a…
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You can never have too many consultants, right, especially if you want projects to drag on forever and have someone else to blame for things that don't work, so Cumberland Consulting is acquiring Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting. Both firms do IT and operations consulting for health care firms.
http://hitconsultant.net/2016/04/04/cumberland-consulting-group-acquires-oleen-pinnacle-healthcare-consulting/Playing sweet music, Quartet Health has garnered $40 million for its business of connecting primary care and behavioral health providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/04/quartet-health-40m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=30cd5b4b14-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-30cd5b4b14-408793005A Health Affairs study provides interesting insight on how the public looks at evidence-based medicine.
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An article in the Employee Benefit Research Institute's Notes describes results from a survey of employees' views on health coverage.
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