For nearly 20 years, The Leapfrog Group has collected and reported information on hospitals to help people make the best choices about their health care. Leapfrog asks hospitals to share the information people deserve to know, including their performance on maternity care, nursing, and steps they follow to keep patients safe. Over 2,000 hospitals provide this critical information, but some…
“There are now categories of care in which states have taken dramatically different approaches to whether that care should be available,” says Carmel Shachar, an…
This Viewpoint describes the newly finalized Reproductive Privacy Rule, a HIPAA regulatory update intended to prevent law enforcement in abortion-restrictive states from obtaining reproductive care…
Washington’s emergency departments are struggling with overcrowding. A rural fire department offers a novel solution already showing positive results as it attempts to address ongoing…
Sending and receiving clinical data. EHR to EHR clinical information interfaces are typically used between two clinical systems looking to exchange patient-specific information. They include…
Oracle Corp.’s most high-profile medical records customer, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, says the company’s software is failing at its main job of helping…
Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical was its third largest ever. (One Medical Photo) Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its health care units, Amazon
Collecting patient data through electronic PROs (ePROs) or electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOAs) has been integral for patient centricity. These tools allow sponsors to meet…
Census data for BG 3, Tract 326.04, King, WA (pop. 1,832), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.
As demand for caregivers in the US increases, employers can explore ways to better support caregivers so they can access helpful benefits.
