Government & Policy

Physician and blogger Kevin Pho, MD, who practices medicine in Nashua, N.H., discusses the healthcare issues that matter most to Granite State voters, and explains how politics shape ballot casters' views of health reform during the primary process.

Kevin Pho, MD, speaks with Government Health IT about the facets of healthcare that matter most to New Hampshire primary voters, how politics shape citizens' health reform views and whether a Republican really could repeal the healthcare law if elected.

Dr. Anne Beal, in this interview with Kaiser Health News, discusses the entrepreneurial spirit that is fueling PCORI, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

With health care a low-impact issue for voters in Iowa, it was safer for candidates in Iowa to limit discussion to attacking "Obamacare."

Lorraine Fernandes, who is the global healthcare ambassador, explains how the sheer volume of data growth will open new doors to improving healthcare and making it more cost-effective.

Thirty-four states will receive more than $30 million in funding from the Department of Agriculture to improve access to healthcare and educational services in rural areas.

The use of electronic health records, telemedicine and e-visits are key ways to provide chronically ill Canadians the care they need, a new report based on a Commonwealth Fund survey recommends. Results from the survey reveal that sicker Canadians struggle to gain access to care.

Digitized health data is the first step toward better care, and a range of technologies are emerging to integrate that data so it can be put to better use.

Whether the doctor or the patient will be the driving force behind mobile healthcare, remains debatable after a spirited discussion Tuesday at mHealth Summit in the nation's capital.

With the conversion to ICD-10 disease and treatment coding expected by the government-set deadline of Oct. 1 2013, and all that entails, a new career path is emerging in healthcare – the chief knowledge officer, or CKO.