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Ensuring your IT plan is aligned with the organization’s strategy can be critical to success. Here are eight things to keep in mind.

HOPE program can serve as a model for treating patients at risk for addiction.

Pharma maker develops biosimilars to Lucentis, Eyelea. 

Cancer care enters a new, exciting phase, experts say.

Physical therapists can help patients by implementing AI and robotics in rehabilitation treatments and help themselves by adapting to the latest value-based payment models.

Current transportation practices among organizations are resulting in healthier affordable and accessible outcomes for patients in need.

Any ACO can get ready for downside risk in three years. Here’s three ways to get it done.

Predictable, seamless oncology care begins with an effective value-based reimbursement model.

Encouraging weight loss, smoking cessation, and management of diabetes prior to surgery can help avoid post-operative problems.

Health execs need to examine their current parental leave policies, for both men and women. Six-week-minimum maternity leave, breastfeeding support programs, and making moms aware of those policies can yield huge dividends.

The grant will support creating new content on UpToDate that will advise patients of their genetic test results and how to manage them by early 2020.

As more healthcare organizations look to curb hospital readmission rates, they are taking a hard look at one of medicine’s most complex conditions-cancer.

Boston Scientific seeks to add to the arsenal of tools available to help manage chronic conditions at home via its  fifth annual Connect Patient Challenge.

Runaway drug costs call for a new approach to care management, such as a different way of thinking about managing the health of the employee population.

A new survey reveals Americans’ views on Medicare for All, Obamacare, the state of healthcare, Medicare, and healthcare access for undocumented immigrants.

There are a variety of ways, but a multi-pronged approach is best.

A new report looks at what’s next as SDoH become more prioritized for both public and private payers in care delivery.

Drug shortages are a major problem and can have a negative impact on patient care and public health. Here, Dan Kistner, PharmD, senior vice president, pharmacy solutions for Vizient, talks about the top 8 reasons that drug shortages can occur. 

Payers are finding ways for members to afford expensive specialty drug treatments.

Changing the way healthcare providers interact with patients and families can affect a hospital’s bottom line.

The social media giant’s new tool is seen as a complementary vehicle to enhanced consumer participation in healthcare.

Sandoz now has 2 biosimilars to the popular cancer drug.

Strategies to get the most value out of current and future oncology payment models

As the proposed Radiation Oncology Model innovative payment model looms on the horizon, Anne Hubbard, director of health policy for the American Society for Radiation Oncology, talks about the main elements and complex finer points of the model, as well as what it will take for its success.

Managed Healthcare Executive’s editorial advisors pulled together a list of five inspirational healthcare books from their favorite writers and thinkers.

How one hospital is combatting neighborhood-specific problems.

Annual U.S. suicide rates increased 24% between 1999 and 2014.