The attempt includes collecting and connecting terabytes of patient medical records from every patient recently treated at one of New York's major hospital centers. Meanwhile in Kansas, a council discusses ways to regulate so-called "secondary use" of patient health data.
(Daily Report) Apr 16
Teledentistry experiment in California aims to bring care to needy patients in schools and nursing homes. Consulting with dentists over the Internet, hygienists and dental assistants offer preventive treatment and education.
(Daily Report) Apr 07
Teledentistry experiment in California aims to bring care to needy patients in schools and nursing homes. Consulting with dentists over the Internet, hygienists and dental assistants offer preventive treatment and education.
(Story) Apr 07
Common themes characterize several failed state exchanges, including trying to do too much the first year and having tangled lines of authority, reports CQ HealthBeat. Meanwhile, officials who oversaw those troubled marketplaces prepare to testify before congressional committees.
(Daily Report) Apr 03
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
(Daily Report) Apr 03
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, an array of stories as the health law's enrollment period comes to a close.
(Daily Report) Apr 01
This week's studies come from JAMA, JAMA Pediatrics, the Urban Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the National Bureau of Economic Research.
(Daily Report) Mar 28
Stride Health, which began operations last month, seeks to provide on-demand, personalized results that people have come to expect on the Web from the likes of Google and Amazon.
(Daily Report) Mar 28
Stride Health, which began operations last month, seeks to provide on-demand, personalized results that people have come to expect on the Web from the likes of Google and Amazon.
(Story) Mar 28
Insurers selling Obamacare plans have set drug prices according to a tiered system that in some cases requires consumers to pay as much as 50 percent of the cost, The Associated Press writes. Meanwhile, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that although a glitch that had disseminated incorrect subsidy information on healthcare.gov has been fixed, wrong information might still be given out by independent sites. Also, the administration signaled it would allow people to enroll in health plans after March 31 if they had tried but been unable to sign up because of glitches.
(Daily Report) Mar 24