Cincinnati-based PatientPoint, a patient engagement platform, has purchased a digital communications network specializing in digital marketing and mobile apps.
Practice Management
Institute for Healthcare Improvement studied successful organizations' efforts to sustain improvement and provides four key ways for organizations to introduce new standard work processes for staff members, according to Harvard Business Review.
The global practice management systems market is anticipated to hit $17.6 billion by 2024, according to a Grand View Research report.
Presidio Surgery Center in San Francisco, a Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center affiliate, became the first ASC in California to receive The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement.
Gearing up for his role as America's new president, Donald Trump is sure to shake up some things in the healthcare industry, according to The Washington Post. So, what may be in store for various stakeholders?
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Orthopedic surgeon and Congressman Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.) is currently the House Budget Committee chairman heading into 2017, when the new Republican president and Congress are expected to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to a report in AJC.
The ECRI Institute announced the top technology hazards the healthcare industry should heed in 2017, according to Medscape.
From 2016 through 2021, the global healthcare analytics market is projected to grow substantially, a Reports N Reports analysis found.
Sonia Szlyk, MD, and Ryan M. Nunley, MD, are slated to present on how collaboration between anesthesiologists and orthopedic surgeons can support bundled payment initiatives.
For plans on HealthCare.Gov, monthly premiums will increase by 25 percent, on average, for 2017, with some states having premium increases surpassing 30 percent.