Practice Management

Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia hosted the first Independence Blue Cross/Jefferson Health Hack, according to philly.com.

Hoag Orthopedic Institute, a physician-owned joint venture orthopedic specialty hospital, has been at the forefront of transparency in healthcare for several years and a model for other healthcare institutions according to an article Ezekiel Emmanuel, MD, penned for Fortune Magazine.

The U.S. Senate declared Nov. 8 through Nov. 14 as National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week.

"Digital interaction with patients via smart devices and wearables brings a new level of productivity," says Paula Skokowski, a security expert at Accellion, a private cloud solutions company centered on secure file sharing and collaboration. "There is also a new…

Declining reimbursements is the main reason a majority of physician practices are planning to make staff cuts in the coming year, according to Medscape's Staff Salary Report 2015.

With the increasing number of healthcare cyberattacks each year, a group of U.S. senators wrote a letter to the Obama administration asking what its doing to help identity theft victims and prevent future attacks, according to Washington Examiner.

Providers may soon prescribe a smartphone app in addition to drugs and physical therapy as a way to help patients manage medical conditions, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Most physician practices are planning to cut front-desk staff in the coming year, according to the Medscape's Clinical and Office Staff Salary Report 2015.

Mount Kisco (N.Y.) Medical Group will rebrand itself as CareMount Medical in February 2016.

Here are seven statistics from The New York Times' interactive map, which outlines each state and county's uninsured rates.