University of California in Santa Barbara and UCLA researchers found many Americans who are labeled overweight or obese based on their body mass index are healthy, leading many in the medical community to question the BMI's validity, according to GEN.
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Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Transverse City implemented a new app allowing patients' friends and family to follow their journey through the surgery center, according to a Health Data Management report.
The FDA plans to make stark changes to its opioid policies in response to the opioid abuse epidemic, according to Medscape.
As healthcare trends toward value-based payment models, payers will have to create new tools to allow customers to choose the most cost-effective and quality healthcare services, according to HealthPayer Intelligence.
States that extended Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act experienced a twofold reduction in working people without health coverage, based on a Families USA study, according to Public News Service.
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A bill that would require international background checks for all those seeking to practice medicine in New Jersey was approved today by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, according to a PolitickerNJ report.
Here are the five best ways to discourage lawsuits, according to the Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Most Doctors Get Sued.
Healthcare providers around the country are moving toward population health to meet the triple aim — better quality care, patient satisfaction and lower costs. But without a mandate, progress is slow, according to a Medcity report.
Patient-centered medical home can lower costs and improve healthcare quality, according to new evidence detailed in The Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality: Annual Review of Evidence 2014-2015 Report released by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
Most physician assistants practice in an office-based private practice setting, according to a PA statistical profile from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.