The IBM Institute for Business Value and The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey of 200 healthcare executives in 16 countries, with a focus on blockchains in healthcare, according to healthcare informatics.
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According to a survey by Black Book, the upcoming year features IT trends that could disrupt the healthcare industry unlike anything preceding it.
A study in the British Medical Journal examined whether an online system could capture patient-reported outcomes and clinician-validated diagnostic data in an orthopedic outpatient setting.
In October 2016, CMS released the second data feed of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, offering a broader picture of complete claims data for the second quarter of 2016.
An Association for Healthcare Philanthropy report found donations to nonprofit hospitals and healthcare systems slightly fell in 2015, according to The NonProfit Times.
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CMS is allowing more physicians to participate in Medicare's advanced alternative payment models for hip procedures, femur procedures, bypass surgery and heart attack care, MedPage Today reports.
Surgeons can make patients active participants in their treatment plans to bolster the patient experience, which is exceedingly important as healthcare transitions to value-based care. New York-based orthopedic surgeon Kevin Plancher, MD, aims to do just that.
With the mission of serving the patient, healthcare providers should, logically, place the patient at the center of the perioperative period.
Jackson, Mich.-based TelePREOP is a platinum sponsor for the Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value Based Care.
Medscape compiled a list of books written by physicians, addressing a variety of health-related topics.