Dive Brief: Major teaching hospitals are less expensive compared with nonteaching hospitals over the course of an entire episode of care and the costs incurred at 30 days, researchers found after analyzing 1.2 million Medicare hospitalizations for common medical and surgical conditions. Major teaching hospitals continued to have similar costs of care as minor teaching hospitals… Read More »
When hospitals consolidation take place, it might be a good cause of concern for consumer healthcare advocates as the possibility of shrink healthcare could possible take place in the future if conditions are not in place to prevent that. On Nov. 21, State Attorney General Xavier Becerra approved the Ministry Alignment Agreement between Dignity Health… Read More »
In many ways, emergency physicians across the country are at the front lines of the battle against opioid abuse and addiction, as patients who are abusing or addicted to opioids are frequent users of emergency care. The ED is often a hospital “entry point” for addicted patients, who present in the ED asking for prescription… Read More »
Creating innovative digital health tools for patients is pointless unless they actually use the app or device. But figuring out the “magic formula” can be tricky. That’s why savvy providers are turning to patients as the experts — and many consumers are willing to work with innovation teams through the process, from design to deployment.… Read More »