Practice Management

The global telemedicine market totaled $14 billion in 2014, based on a Zion Research report, according to IT Business Net.

David Beiser, MD, developed Qualia Health, a free app to measure a patient’s well-being, according to a U Chicago News report.

The Congressional Budget Office lowered its estimate from 21 million to 13 million for how many Americans will enroll in a healthcare plan purchased through the ACA marketplace, according to News Max Health.

Medicare costs for post-acute care more than doubled between 2001 and 2013, causing alarm in Congress, according to Roll Call.

Whether physicians find online reviews valid, more patients are using online surveys. Boston-based Nuance, a health tech company, found more than half of millennials said they used online reviews to find a doctor, according to Physicians Practice.

Physician medical group mergers and acquisitions were up in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the Health Care M&A report from Irving Levin Associates.

Here are four things to know about healthcare data breaches, according to The 2014 Bitglass Healthcare Breach Report.

Eighty-one percent of male orthopedic surgeons and 67 percent of female orthopedic surgeons report that they have been sued, according to Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Orthopedists Get Sued.

Racial stereotypes may play a role in the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic, according to Business Insider.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlined the changes to the meaningful use hardship exceptions, detailed in the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, according to Medscape.