Reducing the amount of time between diagnosis and surgery in breast cancer patients can improve survival rates, according to results of a study recently published in JAMA Oncology.

A more highly individualized customer experience could drive revenue up by 16 percent, according to C-suite executives in a study conducted by Oracle. 

It’s helpful when clinicians provide patients with basic information about their various treatment options. According to a recent analysis published by Health Affairs, however, patients benefit the most from patient-clinician interaction that involves an actual back-and-forth conversation.

Nashville will be the home of the Center for Medical Interoperability, according to an interview with its executive director, Ed Cantwell, published in the Nashville Business Journal.

After announcing plans last October to launch a digital health accelerator, Cedars-Sinai and its partner Techstars have announced the 11 companies that will join its first accelerator class.

Studying the perceptions of 222 white medical students, University of Virginia researchers have concluded that false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites “continue to shape the way we perceive and treat black people—they are associated with racial disparities in pain assessment and treatment recommendations.”

Sunquest Information Systems has acquired GeneInsight, an IT company that streamlines the analysis, interpretation and reporting of complex genetic tests.

Patient portals have clear financial benefits, including faster and more complete patient payments, patient loyalty and reduced staff work as patients can self-serve, according to a report from athenaResearch.