Health Care Reports

Hand hygiene is easier said than done. Sentara Healthcare, a nonprofit health system that includes 10 acute care hospitals and covers 2 million residents in Virginia and North Carolina, knew that all

We wrote this paper for those who have little experience with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of clinical decision support (CDS) software. Our goal is to provide background for those who

Health insurance exchanges, along with the roughly 30 million new consumers and $200 billion in premiums they bring, are coming in 2014. To successfully operate within these drastically new

Many physician practices are realizing that they need to adopt electronic health records (EHR) to stay competitive and avoid upcoming financial penalties or decreased revenues from payers. But there

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule on accountable care organizations (ACO) no doubt reduces some IT burdens for participating entities to qualify for shared savings

If the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula was a human being, it would have just entered adolescence, spending much of its time negotiating the potentially treacherous slopes toward becoming an

A clear trend has emerged during the past 12 months: Mergers and acquisitions between payers and providers are increasing, blurring the lines between the traditionally opposing sides of healthcare.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft guidance on mobile medical apps is crucial for hospitals creating mobile applications or having apps created for them. Any involvement in creating an app

Patient experience has become a top priority for hospital leaders, especially as the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey scores will be directly tied to

Over the past few years, social media has taken the healthcare world by storm. Physicians, nurses, health executives and even patients have joined the blogosphere and created Twitter accounts and are