For the Monitor Published: 4/29/2019 12:10:09 AM Health care in America has always been in the crossroads (and crosshairs) of a variety of conflicting interests. Lately, the economics of health care has clashed with the ethics of coverage. “Should a health care system cover everyone?” vs. “Who will pay for it?” vs. “What services should… Read More »
England’s top doctor says practitioners offering cosmetic procedures should have training to help them protect vulnerable clients from “quick fixes”. Prof Stephen Powis believes providers should be officially registered and trained to spot people with body-image or other mental-health issues. NHS England says only 100 out of 1,000 practitioners are currently registered. And a charity… Read More »
Humana is starting a program to improve patient experiences and outcomes in cancer care, offering analytics and other incentives to providers. The Louisville, Ky.-based insurer has set the program in motion, making it the fourth specialty care payment program it has launched, intended to offer support to providers in making the transition to value-based care.… Read More »
Dive Brief: In 2017, 94% of U.S. hospitals used their EHR data in ways that inform clinical practice, up from 87% in 2015 and equal to 2016 usage, new data released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology shows. The most frequent use of EHR data was to support quality improvement (82%), followed… Read More »
Last year, Americans borrowed a whopping $ 88 billion to pay for their health care, according to a nationally representative survey. What’s more, 45 percent of respondents said they feared that a major health care crisis would lead to bankruptcy, and nearly 25 percent of respondents reported skipping medical treatments in order to cut costs.… Read More »
Gage Skidmore/Flickr One way to determine if a political party cares about people like you is to see if they have any interest in whether you have access to quality, affordable health care. If they’re indifferent to whether you live or die, that’s a good indicator that they’re not on your side. Senate Majority Leader… Read More »