There are countless stories of patients being the middle man in their own healthcare experience and this first-hand account of those experiences shows the pressure people face every day. 

While the healthcare industry increasingly adopts EHRs, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) called for a national patient ID system to improve safety and interoperability.

Hospitals and clinics in several states are trying out predictive medicine programs that, when linked to electronic health records, offer a probability of a diagnosis, but the Wall Street Journal reported not all doctors involved in the trials are sold on the technology.

If healthcare providers are to succeed in incorporating clinical evidence into both the EHR and daily clinical care, they must adopt nimble decision-support tools that automatically trigger at a critical point in the clinical visit and include recommendations specific to the particular patient being seen. 

According to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO), between January 2014 and December 2015, there were 594 reported attacks on healthcare that led to 959 deaths and 1561 injuries in 19 countries.

Patients who are upset or unsatisfied can engage in arguments with providers leading to healthcare providers violating HIPAA.

The Internal Revenue Service denied a request for tax-exempt status to an accountable care organization because it provided private benefits for some doctors in its network. 

A 48-year-old Pennsylvania woman went to the doctor for what turned out to be a urinary tract infection. She didn’t expect to be the first person in the U.S. infected with a bacteria that is resistant to colistin, an antibiotic usually used as a last option for treatment.