Technology

For healthcare organizations, now is the time to help address Zika fears by utilizing digital tools.

The Medicare Star Ratings program is one way regulators are trying to improve outcomes while reducing costs, but what is really at stake for health plans, and do consumers even care?

Despite different drivers among healthcare leaders, telehealth is gaining momentum. Still, key barriers need to be addressed.

Karen B. DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, gives the best courses of action for top technology challenges and opportunities facing healthcare executives.

CMS finalized new rules that aim to enrich the Qualified Entity Program by expanding access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery and quality improvement.

Remote monitoring studies are missing the mark when assessing the value of the technology. Here’s why.

Is digital health integration the missing link in understanding chronic diseases and what should physicians be asking to ensure the data they want to receive is captured effectively?

Payers pair with providers to manage patients with chronic disease at a distance.

Many health systems have a hard time capturing and using data from patients that can make a real impact on their businesses. Here are some innovative projects to have on your radar.

Cyberattacks based on ransomware-hacking into a computer system and holding it hostage until the victim pays to regain access-are on the rise.

A new PwC Health Research Institute report notes that while strides are being made in population health, many organizations struggle to scale efforts.

The first-year results of the ACA’s Risk Adjustment Program are in. Find out how it worked out and what insurers need to do next.

Boosting patient engagement is critical as the industry shifts toward value-based payments. For payers and providers, higher engagement increases the likelihood of positive outcomes at lower costs.

Healthcare organizations must have sound IT project management practices in place to sensibly manage both human and financial resources. Here are nine best practices to follow.

With a high-paced career, it can be difficult to transition from work to home. We asked our editorial advisors to share their secrets.

There are more than 165,000 health- and wellness-related apps for iOS, but overall engagement remains low outside the top 10. To best benefit users, who should be responsible for health and wellness apps-employers, healthcare insurers or individual consumers? It depends.

Integrating IoT devices within healthcare systems allows professionals and individuals to have access to new health-related data used for informed, personalized healthcare applications and situations.

Tandigm Health’s first-year results highlight meaningful outcomes.

Here’s how remote monitoring works to improve diabetic patient care, and a look at whether payers are paying for it.

Precision medicine isn’t just about genomics anymore. With the field moving forward as the next step in population health management, environmental, social and lifestyle factors that live outside the medical system are increasingly important to target treatments and engage patients. That means health plans also need innovative technology solutions to capture, store and integrate this crucial information.

A KPMG expert discusses the biggest drivers and challenges for expediting the adoption of virtual care.

Physicians need to be well-versed in the evolving government requirements for billing, reimbursement and overall healthcare delivery/patient experience. One expert outlines these important items for physicians to watch.

Medication non-adherence is a growing issue for patients, physicians and health plans. Here’s one effective solution.

Health plans and healthcare organizations are increasingly facing threats from cyber criminals. Here's how to better protect your organization.

A look at some of the technology advances at one hospital, and across the country, that are changing the way pediatric cancer patients are treated.

Creating a national data policy framework for empowered consumer choices.

Though technology companies are continuing to innovate in the wearable field, healthcare organizations are slow to adapt.

Mobile health (mHealth) offers new ways to empower patients with diabetes in caring for themselves and making decisions that support their health.

Some of the newest wearable devices on the market look very different than the wristbands that launched the industry just a few years ago.

Here are the top ways to strengthen health information technology to advance value-based, quality care.