Healthcare organizations are showing a rising interest in population health analytics, but reimbursement remains cumbersome and developers have yet to build solutions that effectively meet market needs, Chilmark Research claims in a new report.

The National Institutes of Health has released the final genomic data sharing policy which promotes sharing, for research purposes, of large-scale human and non-human genomic data generated from NIH-funded research.

To address gaps in provider knowledge of health IT to improve medication management, a panel convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality delved into the latest efforts to improve patient safety with targeted inventions.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has hired Kevin Counihan, Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange CEO, to lead the national health insurance marketplace.

The humble primary care services are hot at healthcare organization leaders find that in a post-Affordable Care Act era, future market share hinges on having strong preventive and general care capabilities. The results of the 2014 Association of Staff Physician Recruiters member survey reflect this trend strongly.

The promise of millions of newly insured patients has yet to be realized even as other healthcare reform changes that push care into the less costly outpatient setting are impacting revenues and cash flow notes Moody’s Investor Service in its latest report on the not-for-profit hospital sector.

John Hopkins researchers interviewed 177 hospitalized patients on their day of discharge and found that while most described themselves as “very satisfied” with their care, the degree to which they shared understanding with their clinicians of their diagnoses, medication indications and tests/procedures was fairly low.

In a letter sent to hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) says it is suspending data collection for the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle measure (NQF #0500) until further notice.