News
Accountable Care
Pittsburgh's Oncology Hematology Associates is one of just 192 physician practices selected to participate in the the value-based care program.
Mergers & Acquisitions
The request extends the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for the acquisition, but CVS Health continues to expect the deal will be completed in the second half of 2018, according to an SEC filing.
Mobile Health IT
The Hospital for Special Surgery began working last year to centralize the call center management and to move messages from pagers to a secure cell phone.
Electronic Health Records
Just three months after it revised its expectations for 2017 earnings and announced big layoffs, the company signed new clients in Q4 and kept a lid on expenses.
Patient Engagement
The group held its first meeting in hopes to encourage broader participation among its 2,500-plus members across U.S. and abroad.
Analytics
Intermountain Healthcare is poised to validate and launch several tests to identify genetic variants associated with hereditary cancers.
Hospitals and health systems should ensure their systems are well-connected to nursing homes, says a prominent medical academic.
Telehealth
Telemedicine and telehealth implementation strategies, case studies, regulatory issues and more will be covered.
Electronic Health Records
Following its announced merger with Epic client Aurora, the health system says the single-platform will replace its mix of Cerner, eClinicalWorks and Allscripts.
Compliance
The first enforcement settlement of the year follows an OCR investigation of Fresenius Medical that began in 2013.