Practice Management

2016, an election year, is upon us and healthcare business is set to face an uncertain year, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Patient-reported outcomes are any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else, according to the National Quality Forum.

Back Pain Centers of America has added Phoenix-based Desert Institute for Spine Care.

A study found patients who pay higher out-of-pocket costs are substantially more likely to choose email and other online patient engagement methods over an office visit to contact physicians about health concerns, according to Health IT Analytics.

In 2015, 56 percent of employed physicians had previously been in private practice, according to a survey by Jackson Healthcare.

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush is now offering a physician rating system that is available to the public on the MOR website.

A Kaiser Permanente study found a third of patients with chronic conditions who communicated with their physicians via email said email enhanced their overall health, according to News-Medical.

Bundled payments allow medical professionals to understand the costs of care in a way they were not able to before.

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Forty-two states introduced a total of 200 telemedicine bills in 2015, based on a National Conference of State Legislatures report, according to HealthcareDIVE.