Jackie Syrop

Puerto Rico’s community health centers face grave challenges because of a lack of funding.

Study finds healthcare access was of paramount importance to people with chronic conditions and their caregivers.

Most senior healthcare executives agreed that a healthcare system that embraces transparency will produce safer care and better outcomes, but a minority are happy with the current degree of transparency in their organization.

A new study has provided the first strong evidence that warfarin can interact adversely with anti-diabetes drugs and cause serious hypoglycemic events.

Several economists have proposed a way to level the financial playing field between employer and individual health insurance markets.

Americans are more likely to be facing higher premium costs than in previous years, according to Gallup poll results.

All-cause mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is improved by a high level of continuity of care.

Telemedicine in mobile stroke treatment can reduce time to evaluation and thrombolysis.

HIMSS is working to determine the readiness of providers to participate in the types of value-based payment models that CMS is moving toward.

The Choosing Wisely campaign seeks to reduce unnecessary medical services but to date hasn’t seen much success.

Shopping around carefully for plans will be important for Medicare Part D enrollees.

A new test found a noninvasive, simple way to identify which patients are at risk for kidney disease progression.

After 5 years of low growth, CMS reports that national health spending grew 5.3% in 2014, which is still slower than most years prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

A student-led study shows why patients remain uninsured despite the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Electronic health record adoption in US hospitals has progressed well, but small and rural hospitals remain behind and face financial penalties.

Targets for savings needed to cover retirees' healthcare expenses are rising.

Financial and communication barriers are major impediments to quality end-of-life care for ethnic minorities.

The largest health insurance carriers in each Affordable care Act marketplace had a 75% higher premium increase from 2014 to 2015 compared with other same-state carriers.

A new study suggests that financial incentives shared by both doctors and patients work best at improving medication compliance among patients.

Telehealth has great potential to improve access to healthcare, but the promise of the technology depends on a number of factors, such as modernization of policy frameworks and communications infrastructures.

Physician interest in concierge and other direct patient contracting practices is driven by frustration with reimbursement and billing hassles and a desire to spend more time with patients, but there is limited evidence on these practices' impact on cost, quality, and access to care.

Workers give low marks to the US healthcare system based primarily on cost, but rate their own plans favorably.

A majority of life sciences companies are planning on acquisitions and are targeting companies with a personalized medicine focus.

A weight-loss cell phone app alone did not help overweight young adults sustain weight loss any better than a written handout did.

Many nonprofit hospitals have "far from perfect" performance on a requirement of the Affordable Care Act to notify patients who qualify for charity care.

An analysis shows that the Priority Review Voucher Program is not spurring drug development in the disease areas it was created to address.

The scandal-plagued VA gave performance-based bonuses of over $140 million in 2014.

Diet and perceptions change with supermarket introduction in a "food desert," but not because of supermarket use.

A new study finds that off-label drug use is associated with higher rates of adverse drug events in adults.

Enrollment in Medigap plans has continued to increase among senior citizens for the fifth year in a row, according to a new report from America's Health Insurance Plans.