February 7th 2025
Despite research showing the benefits of circulating tumor DNA as an indicator of disease remission in B-cell lymphoma, hurdles that include availability and cost remain to its widespread implementation.
Delve into the current state of prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) adoption and uncover strategies for increasing payer approval and achieving widespread coverage of PDTs.
Documentation of the 5 As for Smoking Cessation by PCPs Across Distinct Health Systems
Evaluation of the 5 As of smoking cessation using patient electronic medical records across 6 distinct healthcare systems, stratified by comorbidity, gender, age, race ethnicity.
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U.S. Health Care System Has $5.6 Billion Security Problem
March 13th 2014Criminals are stealing patient records to commit medical identity theft. And the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made the situation worse, according to a new report from privacy and information security research firm Ponemon Institute.
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Farzad Mostashari, MD, Answers Why Data is 'Oxygen' for Innovation
March 4th 2014Farzad Mostashari, MD, visiting fellow, Brookings Institution, former national coordinator for health information technology (HIT), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), discusses how data and digitization are driving innovation in healthcare.
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Telehealth: Next Frontier in Health Policy?
March 4th 2014Health policy advisors and advocates are shifting their focus to the possibilities of telehealth, which would allow physicians to treat patients virtually. Health experts suggest that this emerging health frontier could be promising, especially for patients who are immobilized or who live in remote locations.
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Health Information Technology and the Road to Reform
February 26th 2014Health information technology (HIT) was the focus of a discussion led by Farzad Mostashari, MD, visiting fellow, Brookings Institution, former national coordinator for HIT, US Department of Health and Human Services. In his Managed Markets Summit 2014 keynote address, Health IT and Reform: The Road to Right Care, Dr Mostashari touched upon the obstacles and shortcomings in our nation's healthcare landscape, and asserted that more prominent usage of HIT would help to alleviate fiscal concerns and affect better outcomes in patient care.
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Ed Pezalla, MD, MPH, Discusses How Health Plans are Engaging Patients in Decision-Making
February 26th 2014Ed Pezalla, MD, MPH, national medical director for pharmacy policy and strategy, office of the CMO, Aetna, says payers and health plans are preparing for patient-centered care by utilizing digital tools. Everything from virtual people to cost search tools are used to assist employed and general patient populations. Dr Pezalla says many of these tools will also be used in the public and private health insurance exchanges to help people make decisions as they purchase health plans.
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Farzad Mostashari, MD, Discusses the National Investment in HIT
February 25th 2014Farzad Mostashari, MD, visiting fellow, Brookings Institution, former national coordinator for health information technology (HIT), US Department of Health and Human Services, says we need to have payment reform to support the success of HIT.
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ONC Proposal Aims to Address EHR Vendors' Concerns on Evolving Rules
February 24th 2014Federal officials issued the first set of voluntary standards under a new process that will give companies that develop electronic health-record systems more notice about what requirements will be included in the federal rules governing their products.
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Secret Sauce For ACOs: One Healthcare CIO's Answer
February 12th 2014The technological underpinnings for an accountable care organization (ACO) include all the basic healthcare IT you have heard so much about, including electronic health records (EHRs), electronic medical records (EMRs), and health information exchange (HIE) for transmitting patient data between participating organizations that are not necessarily all on the same EHR.
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Deadlines Extended for Attesting to Meaningful Use in EHR Incentive Program
February 10th 2014The CMS is extending the deadline for physicians and other eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program for the 2013 reporting year and is offering some hospitals a second chance at receiving payment-as well as possible relief from the program's 2015 penalties for failing to comply in 2013.
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CCHIT Ending Testing and Certification of EHRs
January 29th 2014The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is getting out of the business of testing and certifying electronic health-record systems after nearly a decade as the first and still most-commonly used provider of those services in the U.S.
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What Do ACOs Reveal About the Importance of Integration?
January 23rd 2014While some health systems, hospitals, and physician practices will choose to avoid forming an accountable care organization or adopting any other ACO-like model, they are still likely to face challenges around care coordination and collaboration as a result of consolidation in the healthcare industry.
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