By Janet Rae-Dupree – Now that it’s upending the way you play music, cook, shop, hear the news and check the weather, the friendly voice emanating from your Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speaker is poised to wriggle its way into all things health care.
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New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Neal Sofian, CEO of Tuzag, a behavior optimization company and conversational chat bots.
By Jim Dougherty – By 2020, healthcare spending by the United States is projected to reach almost 20% of GDP, making the U.S. the largest healthcare spender of any nation in the world. While curbing healthcare spending is a herculean task, the 2017 CAQH Index estimated that….
By Art Gross – A potential class action lawsuit has been filed against the University of Chicago Medical Center by a former patient, claiming his and thousands of other patients’ medical records were shared with Google without authorization and without removing identifying information.
By Lisa Ball – Medical coders are the unsung heroes of the healthcare industry. They are the link between the physicians and the payer that ultimately determine what the patient pays and what their treatment is. To those outside the industry, it may not seem like…
By Joel Barthelemy – There’s a predictable turning point in any debate about telehealth. Someone will concede that it can save money, provide clinical evidence, bring care to the underserved and even drive revenue.
By Matt Fisher – Healthcare prices vary significantly from one organization to the next for the same services and patients are highly unlikely to know what those prices will be. The issue is a topic of frequent debate and concern for all within healthcare.
Harlow on Healthcare episode NOW on Demand. Host David Harlow talks with Jeanne Pinder, founder and CEO of Clear Health Costs on transparency and consumer empowerment.
By Kayla Matthews – HIPAA is something that should be in the back of every health care professional’s mind. This act protects patient health information (PHI), but in a casual setting such as the home, it can be easy to overlook HIPAA and your responsibility to your patient.