EHR helped Nationwide Children's Hospital save $1.36M

The one-year pilot study led to fewer hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and urgent care visits.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 22, 2016

Walgreens, Rite Aid to shed 865 stores for $950M

Responding to antitrust concerns to help speed FTC approval for their pending merger, two of the nation’s largest drugstore chains plan to sell stores to their rival Fred’s. 

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 21, 2016

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Medical tourism leads to hospital-hotel partnerships

Seeing new opportunities, hotels are collaborating with the medical community to provide convenient access to patient-friendly accommodations.

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 21, 2016

Healthcare continues to feel the pain of reform in 2016

From digital health trends to the incoming Trump administration, 2016 was a year to lose convictions.

By Jeff Byers • Dec. 20, 2016

Federal task force reveals evidence gaps in preventive health services

Areas where more research is needed include autism screening and aspirin therapy to prevent cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 20, 2016

Study: A physician's gender could affect readmission rates

The authors observed previous studies have suggested female physicians are more likely to follow clinical guidelines and provide preventative care.

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 19, 2016

Opioid-related hospitalizations and ED visits spike in US

Opioid-related ED visits increased by nearly 100% in one decade, highlighting the role of hospitals in the front lines of the opioid epidemic.

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 19, 2016

Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: Running List

An ACA repeal may cost hospitals billions, which could in turn lead to further consolidation among U.S. hospitals and health systems for more leverage with payers and to share costs.

By Ana Mulero • Dec. 19, 2016

Study: The hospital quality gap is real

Based on their results, researchers said that making data on outcomes more transparent could encourage hospitals to more aggressively improve the quality of care they deliver. 

By Luke Gale • Dec. 15, 2016

University of Miami Health System picks up some Walgreens health clinic management duties

With retail clinics increasing rather than diverting healthcare use, UHealth will capture a larger piece of the pie in South Florida.

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 15, 2016

Fire erupts on NYU Langone Medical Center campus in Manhattan

A thick plume of black smoke was observed when a blaze erupted Wednesday afternoon.

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 15, 2016

Medisafe, major EHRs spotlight interoperable medication lists

A new report by Surescripts shows 93% of surveyed patients favor storing all their medications in one location.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 15, 2016

Uncertainty. Opportunity. It'll all be there for healthcare in 2017, PwC says

While industry eyes will be on the White House next year, trends toward value-based care will continue, Trine Tsouderos, PwC's Health Research Institute director, told Healthcare Dive.

By Jeff Byers • Dec. 15, 2016

Carequality, CommonWell partner on interoperability, data sharing

The collaboration’s aim is to make it easier for providers to get health information that could be useful in making decisions about diagnosis and treatment for their patients.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 15, 2016

Is there a robot in the house?

“Robots are not yet disrupting the healthcare landscape, but they have the capacity to do so in the future,” says Ayanna Howard, founder of the Human-Automation Systems Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 15, 2016

Patients are unhappy with the handling of their health data, survey finds

Most patients are tired of repeating the same information to providers at each visit, both on forms and verbally.

By Kathleen McGuire Gilbert • Dec. 14, 2016

Study shows link between met social needs, improved outcomes

Patients who participated in a social service resource program saw substantive reductions in cholesterol and blood pressure.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 13, 2016

Humana CEO offers 5-point plan for curbing ER use

Primary care providers should act as the “quarterback” in the healthcare system, directing patients to specialists as needed and helping to reduce unnecessary ER visits, CEO Bruce Broussard says.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 13, 2016

HHS: Preventing hospital-acquired infections saved $28B

More than 3 million of such infections were prevented from 2010 through 2015, according to the agency.

By Ana Mulero & Jeff Byers • Dec. 12, 2016

'It's door-to-door': MedStar, Uber detail partnership's progress

Uber is investing in the creation of a small team that will do nothing but work with healthcare providers, said Lindsay Elin, director of federal and community affairs at Uber, at the Connected Health Conference.

By Jeff Byers • Dec. 12, 2016

Oscar, Mount Sinai cut ribbon on new Brooklyn clinic

Convenience is a hot topic in healthcare these days and the insurer could be looking long-term toward a chain of clinics across the U.S.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 9, 2016

Augmedix raises another $23M for Google Glass service

New investors in the medical scribe solution startup include OrbiMed and McKesson Ventures.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 9, 2016

CMS aims to empower patients with new engagement models

Organizations can begin applying now.

By Ana Mulero • Dec. 9, 2016

Life expectancy in the US has decreased. That's troubling

The rate for heart disease increased 0.9% while the rate for cancer decreased by 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, new data from CDC show.

By Jeff Byers • Dec. 8, 2016

Medtronic teams up with Fitbit on type 2 diabetes management

The partnership will integrate data from Medtronic’s diabetes monitoring technology and Fitbit’s activity tracker.

By Meg Bryant • Dec. 8, 2016