Uber launches ‘Uber Health’ to transport patients to physicians’ offices
(By Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ride-hailing service app Uber on March 1 announced its intent to team up
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5 WAYS TO BECOME AN INFORMED MEDICARE CONSUMER
(Source: blog.medicare.gov) Each day, you make important choices about your finances, health, privacy, and more. During National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March
Read MoreHow a society gala was used to sell young-blood transfusions to baby boomers desperate to cheat death
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — For the crowd of mostly baby boomers, who’d just finished
Read MoreSenators roll out legislative initiative to improve healthcare price transparency
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to healthcare organizations and patient advocacy groups
Read MoreAs Surgery Centers Boom, Patients Are Paying With Their Lives
(By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia, USA TODAY Network) The surgery went fine. Her doctors left for
Read More64% of providers say EHRs failed to deliver many critical value-based care tools: 10 survey insights
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Healthcare providers are ramping up for the transition to value-based care, but do
Read MoreFierce flu season to buoy for-profit hospital operator results: 7 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) For-profit hospital operators are poised to benefit financially from the particularly tough 2017-18
Read MoreBuried In The Budget Bill Are Belated Gifts For Some Health Care Providers
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) When President Donald Trump signed the last-minute budget deal into law earlier this
Read MoreDr. Anthony Tersigni: Virtual care is transforming our healthcare system one visit at a time
(By Anthony R. Tersigni, EdD, FACHE, president and CEO of Ascension for Becker’s Hospital Review) In an environment where consumers
Read MoreSome healthcare executives still wary of telehealth and telemedicine programs
In a recent survey of 100 healthcare decision makers found that 57 percent have already launched a telehealth or telemedicine
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