Author's posts
Millennial healthcare preferences are a departure from the status quo
CDC concurs with panel on misapplication of opioid guidelines
Certain hospitals turn away ambulances when the patient is more like to be poor, study shows
Private hospitals are more likely to enact an ambulance diversion if a nearby public hospital is already turning away ambulances.
United States remains the largest market for medical devices, at more than $150 billion
One of the components fueling the growth includes powered devices such as pacemakers and MRI machines.
Machine learning overtakes humans when it comes to predicting death or heart attack
Machine learning advances go above and beyond what has presently been achieved in medicine, the findings showed.
Mental health patients insured by marketplace health plan less likely to receive a medical appointment
Success was highest for those with employer coverage while marketplace enrollees were statistically more likely to run into trouble.
Health plan customer satisfaction challenged by new era of empowered healthcare consumers
A big challenge for health plans is addressing member expectations based on their experiences in other industries.
With telehealth still evolving as a care delivery model, text-based care may offer the best quality for some patients
Tapping into asynchronous, text-based communication could let providers cast a wider net and improve care quality.
Patients of Medicare providers committing fraud or abuse more likely to be poor, disabled
Fraudulent medical practice is estimated to cost the federal government between $90 to $300 billion dollars annually.
Acadia Healthcare to pay $17 million in settlement of Medicare fraud case
