Study finds 40% of doctors pessimistic about practice of medicine

This unease includes concern about their practice's financial stability and administrative management, as well as use of EHRs, according to a new Leavitt Partners white paper.

By Les Masterson • Oct. 19, 2018

Stakeholders call for transparency, ease of use in EHR Reporting Program

In comments, several healthcare organizations requested a centralized clearinghouse of existing health IT comparison resources.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 18, 2018

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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

Leapfrog Group to start rating outpatient settings

The nonprofit will collect safety and quality data on ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient surgery departments starting next year.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 17, 2018

Doctors turn to free eConsult platforms to reduce diagnostic errors, study finds

More than 300,000 physicians accessed WebMD's Medscape Consult during the two-year observation period, according to research in npj Digital Medicine.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018

Suki AI-based voice assistant tops 1K patient encounters a week

The health IT startup claims it can sharply drop the time spent on medical notes.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018

Baxter, Mayo team up on outpatient kidney care center

The health system and device company will open a renal care center at Mayo's campus in Jacksonville, Florida. It's the first initiative to come out of a broader five-year agreement announced last year.

By Susan Kelly • Oct. 3, 2018

Patient-matching tools viable but nowhere near perfect, Pew says

A report from the group recommends clarifying government funding restrictions for unique identifiers, agreeing on standardized demographics and assessing privacy ramifications to improve practices.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 2, 2018

Nearly a third of health IT developers producing FHIR products, ONC says

More than half of health IT developers are using FHIR combined with OAuth 2.0, the industry standard for authorization, according to a new report from the government agency.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 2, 2018

Opioid interventions can curb overprescribing, boost MAT access, JAMA studies show

Though the root cause of the opioid crisis is still being debated, many attribute it to the rapid growth in prescribing starting in the 1990s and peaking in 2012 — a 300% expansion according to some metrics.

By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 28, 2018

Hackers exploit data in error messages to attack connected medical devices, report finds

Not all of the vendors notified of error message problems issued a patch, according to Zingbox.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 27, 2018

More than half of Americans share doctor experiences online, survey shows

Patients increasingly check doctors' online ratings, even those referred by another provider, according to the Binary Fountain.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 25, 2018

Oklahoma hospital turns to go GoFundMe to stay afloat

After a fallout with a previous management group and a legal battle over cash, a rural hospital is on the brink of closing.

By Samantha Liss • Sept. 20, 2018

Physician survey shows strained relationships with hospitals

The Physicians Foundation report found most doctors are burned out, have negative morale and feel they can't change the healthcare system. And 46% plan on changing careers.

By Tony Abraham • Sept. 19, 2018

Nearly a quarter of providers not using speech recognition technology

Nuance dominates the market in healthcare, with M*Modal coming in a distant second place.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 19, 2018

Study underscores doctor, patient benefits with use of medical scribes

When doctors were using scribes, they reported less after-hours EHR documentation and a significant uptick in time spent interacting with patients, according to the JAMA Internal Medicine report.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 18, 2018

Intermountain, Geisinger form group to improve diagnostic accuracy

The two integrated health systems are among more than 40 calling for providers to take steps like improving how doctors communicate test results.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 14, 2018

Epic, Nuance partner on voice assistance technology aimed at busy docs

The system is compatible with Epic's Rover and Haiku workflow apps and will allow physicians to get schedules, look up patient information and check lab results and medication lists.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 13, 2018

Growing, aging population straining primary care, report shows

An increase in nonphysician healthcare professionals and focus on innovative delivery models could improve primary care access, according to the UnitedHealth Group analysis.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 12, 2018

Premiums rise when hospitals buy doctor practices, study finds

The study in Health Affairs also found prices were likely to rise for outpatient visits as private practices were acquired or vertically integrated with hospital systems.

By Samantha Liss • Sept. 6, 2018

Aging population fueling squeeze in medical office space

Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth are among markets expected to be in shortest supply of healthcare real estate in the coming years, according to a report by real estate firm Transwestern.

By Meg Bryant • Sept. 5, 2018

Ascension's Providence hospital sees internal turmoil amid shift away from acute care

Staff and patients at the Washington, D.C.-based facility recently protested the change, raising concerns it would leave surrounding neighborhoods without needed access to care.

By Les Masterson • Sept. 5, 2018

How California nearly halved its maternal death rate

"These are young people who shouldn't die," said Elliott Main, who is part of the collaborative working to decrease the state's maternal death rate. "Most are preventable, so it really hits to your core as a person and as a physician." 

By Tony Abraham • Sept. 5, 2018

Amazon-Berkshire-JPM healthcare venture picks COO

Jack Stoddard, previously of Comcast and UnitedHealth, is CEO Atul Gawande's first publicized hire as the company works to fill the highly hyped effort's executive suite.

By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 5, 2018

CMMI director says agency won't force all providers to assume risk

Adam Boehler said, however, that CMS wants to "create that avenue" for any practices interested in taking on more risk.

By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 31, 2018

Physician referral issues causing more out-of-network care

Slightly more than half of doctors surveyed said they always know whether their patient referral is appropriate.

By Les Masterson • Aug. 23, 2018