During the past year, factors such as the aging population and increased demand for healthcare services have driven the rise of urgent care centers, according to a HealthCare Appraisers 2013 report.
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Physicians appear to be restricting their contact with pharmaceutical representatives, according to recent data from Capgemini Consulting, the strategy and transformation brand of Paris-based Capgemini, and QuantiaMD, a social learning and collaboration platform for physicians.
Of the 100 accountable care organizations listed on Becker's Hospital Review's 2013 list of ACOs to Know, 25 are headquartered in the Midwest.
Personalized medicine — or the use of genomic information to inform medical diagnosis and treatment — is a concept that I've written about often for Becker's (see here and here), but a new article in Esquire of all places provides…
At the Radiological Society of North America's 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Dec. 1 to Dec. 6 in Chicago, a main focus was Imaging 3.0.
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Two workforce impacts accountable care organizations and other non-merger collaborations can have on hospitals.
Facing significant industry changes in 2014, health insurer WellPoint is turning to narrow provider networks.
The global market for anesthesia devices is estimated at $7.4 billion in 2013 and is expected to grow to $8.1 billion in 2014, according to a report released by Research and Markets.
Contrary to popular belief, frequent emergency department users also frequently use other types of care, according to an article in Health Affairs.
Physicians working in accountable care organizations and those who are not differ in their opinions on capitation, bundled payments and Medicaid reimbursements, according to the 2013 Deloitte Survey of U.S. Physicians.