The healthcare industry is starting to embrace the use of consumer data to help achieve better treatment outcomes, engage patients in meaningful ways, market...
Patients are paying significantly more for healthcare these days. The typical patient spent $10,739 in 2017, compared to just $355 in 1970. And the percentage of...
Healthcare runs on revenue, and claims denials can put a big dent into the budgets of healthcare providers — between 5 and 10 percent of claims...
Hundreds of billions of healthcare dollars are spent on unnecessary or overused tests, services, or medical procedures — as much as $765 billion a year,...
As of January 1, 2019, thousands of hospitals in the U.S. are being required to post an online list of the cost of their...
The Vancouver Clinic was facing the same problems that all healthcare organizations grapple with: too many claims denials and too much bad debt. So,...
This time last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and hospitals across the country weren’t quite ready for the flu season, which...
In healthcare, patient-facing technology and electronic health records are meant to improve the overall patient experience. Yet, in a recent Black Book survey, the...
Healthcare consumerism, which describes the ability of patients to shop around for the best value of care, has affected every aspect of the industry. Keeping up...