Saudi Ministry of Health advisor for digital transformation Dr. Ahmed Balkhair explains how value-based healthcare helps improve the output of care and quality.

A new Optum report highlighting upcoming medications in the drug pipeline is meant as a heads-up for payers as they track developments with a couple of therapies for Alzheimer’s disease – lecanemab and donanemab.

The American Hospital Association has come out in support of bipartisan legislation, introduced in the House of Representatives, that would require the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to study expanded telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommend potential enhancements to telehealth […]

How happy are physicians? It varies according to specialty, a new Medscape report has found, with plastic surgeons apparently the most content in and out of work.

Professionals can use immersive tech to advance global healthcare. Dr. Sana Farid, a general surgeon and artificial intelligence and extended reality strategist based in Bahrain, explains.

Unplanned hospital readmissions in Massachusetts represent a significant cost, not only to the health system but to patients and their families, according to the findings in a Center for Health Information and Analysis report on unplanned hospital readmissions in Massachusetts. 

Interoperability continues to improve among hospitals, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information. As of 2021, 88% of hospitals engaged in electronically sending and obtaining patient health information, through either querying or electronically receiving summary of care records. 

The National Institutes of Health will award $3,906,026 over five years to researchers from the Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) to test the efficacy of a new socialization and sex education curriculum for young people with intellectual and developmental […]

In honor of Black History Month, healthcare leaders highlight Black American accomplishments.

Another insurer has finalized a large acquisition. Who’s the buyer, and what did they get? We’ll touch on that and other topics in this week’s Top Stories, including the privacy of data on wearable devices, and an opportunity for doctors to weigh in on AI-powered prodct development. For more news and features from Jeff Lagasse, […]