MHE Staff

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society cautions consumers to be wary of short-term plans and urges state and federal policymakers to protect patients.

A week in review with Manage Healthcare Executive's most popular online articles for the week ending February 29, 2020. 

New Coverys Report identifies root causes of surgery-related claims and strategies to improve patient safety.

Three in 10 likely voters are concerned about health insurance, OOP costs.

131,000 Americans, ages 30-64, have a diagnoses

Radiologists at Mount Sinai say they have identified telltale patterns

The collaboration will open new opportunities in the care experience by enabling healthcare organizations to automate the delivery of dynamically rendered, personalized and time-sensitive digital content across the clinical and operational aspects of a patient’s care journey.

Scheduled to face off on February 27. 

V-Sensor- and e-Checkup-enabled smartphones measure temperature, blood pressure, respiration and other vital signs to medical accuracy.

2020 wellness survey finds employees want more health programs, but few employers are offering them.

Health professionals are sharing what healthcare is becoming and what they believe it will become in the future.

Managed Healthcare Executive surveyed hundreds of healthcare leaders and professionals to collect information on how their organizations are affected by technology. This year’s survey displays data focusing on healthcare organizations’ current status, patient access, data collection, communication, and future with technology.

Healthcare professionals share the investments’ health organizations are making and why.

In first year of operation, CareMount ACO physicians reduced costs while improving care.

New plan from CVS Caremark eliminates member cost as a barrier to medications without raising costs for benefits, premiums or deductibles.

Patients' use of referrals has declined by 44% in the past year, and they now use an average of three different online sources to find a doctor, according to Doctor.com's annual consumer survey report. 

Script.AI, healthcare IT solution, is bringing transparency to the prescription drug market and finding 46% savings opportunities for payers.

Cleveland Clinic and GYANT partner to digitally transform the post-discharge process through engagement which helps patients stay in touch with their providers and offering a more efficient patient and caregiver experience.

Of the $350 billion widely cited as the cost of administrative complexity, $40.6 billion is spent on eight business transactions.

Scientific Founder of Akelos Inc., Peter Goldstein, was recently awarded the two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a non-opioid alternative meant to improve treatments for chronic pain, curb the rates of opioid use disorder and overdose, and achieve long-term recovery from opioid addiction. 

Nine in 10 believe in-home visits would provide the same or better quality of care.

Innovaccer uncovers insights from more than 3,000 healthcare executives to devise future strategies that providers need to succeed in the value-based care ecosystem.

Healthy.io launches digital wound management solution offering new options for millions suffering from chronic wounds.

Breakthrough treatments for lung cancer and melanoma have driven down cancer deaths, seeing the largest ever decline from 2016 to 2017. 

Research appearing in the ninth annual health information technology issue of The American Journal of Managed Care shows health systems can predict which patients will use the most healthcare just by collecting their age, gender, race, and address.

Feeding America food bank conducted a study hsowcasing the important role food banks play in the food security and health of high-risk populations. 

A pilot program created by Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina will be serving residents in rural communities of South Carolina by offering healthcare services.

Real-time data provided by Millennium Health will give the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the opportunity to more quickly alert local health officials about drug trends.

Pivot's initiative to stop people from smoking cigarettes has expanded into programs through a Carrot Inc. and Pivot partnership to help reduce the use of vaping.