By Jay Hancock – Retail titan Walmart uses its market dominance to inflict “ruthless,” “brutal” and “relentless” pressure on prices charged by suppliers, business writers frequently report.
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By Steven M. Wagner, PhD, MPA – Healthcare leaders need to look at the bigger picture of healthcare reform rather than narrowly focusing on its separate components.
By Steven Posnack & Chris Muir – The ONC published the draft 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) for public comment. The ISA is a coordinated catalog of standards and implementation specifications.
By Matt Fisher – A lot of time and attention has been put into the notion of interoperability by almost every stakeholder in the healthcare system.
By Michelle Andrews – One of the key indicators of the quality of a hospital’s care is how frequently its patients are readmitted within a month after being discharged.
There is a much discussion among thought leaders in healthcare about how the current provider business model, which is based on transactions and fees for service…
By Jitin Asnaani – From the beginning, CommonWell has been dedicated to a simple but crucial vision and underlying belief that health data should be available to individuals and providers regardless of where care occurs.
Predictive analytics can be used effectively to evaluate massive data generated within the healthcare industry. Predictive analytics is a process that uses machine learning to analyze data and make predictions.
By Kaitlyn Houseman – Text messaging is fully integrated into millions of people’s lives and is a convenient, less obtrusive alternative to the phone call. Many physicians wonder how to incorporate text message communication into their practices.