New York’s State Health Foundation releases a report examining hospital pricing in the region.
A Health Affairs article explores the utility of mobile health apps, particularly for high-cost populations.
A study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that patients of female physicians have lower hospital mortality rates.
Nerd Alert!!! Today’s post is on a very esoteric topic, patient risk-scoring models.
Rock Health issues survey results regarding people’s use of digital health.
A report from Minnesota reveals substantial variation across medical groups in their total cost of care and resource utilization.
New research suggests that use of scorecards can help reduce the overall costs of surgeries.
In what appears to be good news, rates of hospital acquired conditions appear to have dropped substantially over the last five years.
A study in Health Affairs finds that patients who use lower-cost primary care physicians have lower overall health spending.
A Centers for Disease Control brief examines geographic variation in the number of and spending on Medicare beneficiaries with six or more chronic conditions.