In another sign of the rising dissatisfaction with electronic medical record systems, a hospital has sued NextGen over its delivery of an EMR to the hospital.
An Inovalon research brief suggests that dual eligibles are more complex to manage than other Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and that they tend to drag down a plan's STAR rating.
HealthCor has agreed to make an additional $5 million investment in CareView, which provides bedside video monitoring and patient education and entertainment systems in hospitals.
In the "duh" category, research in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that particularly for new drivers, use of cell phone significantly raises the risk of accidents.
Long-term use of anti-obesity drugs appear to help some patients achieve greater weight loss, when combined with lifestyle interventions, according to research in JAMA.
A study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that high doses of vitamin E may delay progression of Alzheimer's disease.
HHS and CMS have extended the rules providing relief from anti-kickback and fraud provisions for helping providers obtain health information technology to meet the meaningful use requirements.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.