Imprivata, Verato leverage biometrics in effort to improve patient matching

The companies say linking Imprivata's patient identification tool with Verato's cloud-based master patient index will ensure patients are matched with the correct medical records.

By Meg Bryant • April 4, 2019

Industry groups seek cybersecurity safe harbor

In response to a senator's request, several organizations highlighted the need for a national strategy and greater collaboration among various stakeholders, according to a think tank that read the responses.

By Meg Bryant • April 3, 2019

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Surviving or thriving? A call to look under the hood of value-based care

Value-based care often is discussed in monolithic terms, yet stakeholders each have their own preferences and beliefs about what value means to them.

By Peter Manoogian • April 2, 2019

Doubt cast on vertical provider integration leading to higher-value care in study

A new report in Health Care Management Review analyzed research on M&A activity from 1996 to 2016 and found little information on how the practice affects patient outcomes.

By Les Masterson • March 28, 2019

Scale: blessing or burden for statewide ACOs?

Caravan Health launched its second statewide ACO last week. Some experts worry the scale of the models means Caravan is biting off more than it can chew.

By Rebecca Pifer • March 27, 2019

Reimbursement, staffing seen as barriers to chronic care in alternate settings

Almost all healthcare leaders in a recent survey said they believe chronic care management is critical, but nearly half don't think their facilities are managing such care well.

By Les Masterson • March 26, 2019

Most health apps share data with third, fourth parties, BMJ analysis warns

"Clinicians should be conscious of privacy risks in their own use of apps and, when recommending apps, explain the potential for loss of privacy as part of informed consent," the study authors wrote.

By Meg Bryant • March 21, 2019

Oscar Health: a rebel brand without a cause

Daniel Black from brand strategy consultancy Vivaldi on why 7-year-old payer Oscar Health is all flash and little substance.

By Daniel Black • March 21, 2019

Doctors report being mostly happy despite administrative burdens, survey finds

Still, 28% of respondents said administrative duties affect workplace satisfaction, according to a new CompHealth/American Academy of Family Physicians poll.

By Les Masterson • March 20, 2019

Healthcare prices rose but use fell across US from 2012-16

Metro areas along the coast tended to have higher prices than in the Midwest, but there were many examples of neighboring areas with "starkly different" price levels, according to the Health Care Cost Institute.

By Meg Bryant • March 12, 2019

Quarter of healthcare organizations had mobile-related security compromise in past year

More than half of industry organizations learned of a breach from a customer or partner, according to Verizon's Mobile Security Index.

By Meg Bryant • March 6, 2019

Time's Up Healthcare takes aim at sexual harassment, gender inequity

The campaign's early supporters include Mayo Clinic, Yale and Brigham Health.

By Meg Bryant • March 4, 2019

Lucky Lucy: Analytics and collaboration can reverse prediabetes

Want to identify and engage your rising-risk patients? Analytics and collaboration works. 

By Heather Lavoie, Geneia President • March 1, 2019

What 150 healthcare executives can teach us about consumerism

Optum Advisory Service's Becca Lococo sums up a recent panel touching on data, interoperability and partnerships.

By Becca Lococo • Feb. 27, 2019

Travel to healthcare appointments, wait times haven't improved in 11 years

Patients' travel and wait times are in some cases more than twice as long in healthcare than other professional services, the report from Altarum said.

By Les Masterson • Feb. 25, 2019

Amazon's senior leader of healthcare and AI talks disruption, Amazon Web Services

Healthcare Dive met up with Taha Kass-Hout at HIMSS to chat all things Amazon and health IT.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 25, 2019

Physician burnout down from 2014 peak, report finds

Though burnout is down from its levels five years ago, physician satisfaction with work-life balance has yet to rebound from its 2011 high, according to the study conducted in part by the American Medical Association.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 22, 2019

Google Cloud's head of healthcare on data silos, cybersecurity and APIs in the age of the cloud

Greg Moore met up with Healthcare Dive at HIMSS19 to break down some of the most pressing issues of the day — and how Google wants to be a part of the solution.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 20, 2019

HIMSS19: Lyft looks at nutrition amid population health focus

The strategy would expand the car-hailing firm's focus on addressing social determinants of health.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 15, 2019

4 main takeaways from HIMSS19

Digest the biggest health IT conference of the year with this roundup of what grabbed the attention of more than 43,000 health execs, policymakers and academics.

By David Lim , Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 15, 2019

Allscripts CEO on interoperability, Lyft and social determinants of health

Healthcare Dive sat down with Paul Black to discuss what's in store for the EHR and practice management tech giant.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 15, 2019

HIMSS19: CMS innovation center could jumpstart interoperability models

CMMI chief Adam Boehler said Wednesday the industry could expect such proposals as soon as the next few months, but that any such models could be staggered across participants, types and time.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 14, 2019

HIMSS19: CVS, Cigna execs tout pharmacies amid pricing debate

The PBM leaders made the pitch they are well-placed to help drive down costs, given patients interact far more often with pharmacists than other healthcare providers.

By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 13, 2019

Special Delivery: How a specialty pharmacy and a PBM worked together to deliver life-saving treatment in record time

Getting life-saving treatment to a patient in less than 24 hours is one of many examples of the value and importance of collaboration between specialty pharmacies and PBMs.

Feb. 12, 2019

Thought leadership: The time is now in healthcare

Thought leadership around health policy, access to care and public health issues is a proven way to differentiate and advocate for a brand, according to healthcare communications professionals Donna Arbogast and Nancy Hicks.

By Donna Arbogast, Nancy Hicks • Feb. 11, 2019