FILE PHOTO: A nurse walks along the hallways of a health center in Lepanto, Arkansas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht (Reuters) – Healthcare spending growth in the United States slowed for the second year in a row in 2017, mainly due to slower spending growth for hospital care, physician and clinical services as… Read More: U.S. healthcare spending growth slows for second year in a… »
(Reuters) – A rare, polio-like condition has sickened 116 people in the United States so far this year, the highest number of cases since 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September… Read More: Cases of rare, polio-like condition in U.S. highest since 2016 »
U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of best hospitals and specialties is closely watched by the industry, and as the sector evolves, the magazine updates its methodology to keep up. Ben Harder, chief of health analysis for publication, outlined the changes coming to the annual list and what may show up later down the… Read More: U.S. News & World Report to tweak best hospital rankings… »
Hospital IT executives in Europe share many of the same priorities and face many similar challenges as CIOs in other regions of the globe, including the United States, according to the HIMSS Analytics Annual European eHealth Survey 2018 released on Wednesday. Among them: empowering patients, sharing health information, protecting sensitive data and managing the growing… Read More: What are the top health IT priorities in Europe? Not… »