ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Health care prices grew 1.0 percent in May 2013 relative to May 2012, the lowest rate in our data series, which extends back to January 1990. The 12-month moving average, at 1.7 percent, is the lowest since the same reading was recorded in September 1998. National health expenditures, which combines prices and utilization, grew 4.2 percent in May, and revised data for the first quarter of 2013 put spending growth at 3.8 percent, below the record low levels seen annually since 2009.

Lake Forest, IL (PRWEB) July 10, 2013 -- The healthcare arena has been bombarded with significant changes affecting every aspect of the industry. Most of the new government programs, directives and regulations have required hefty changes to workflows, processes and finances. However, none have seemed to positively affect revenues. Scribe Healthcare Technologies, Inc. provides a solution. A revenue generating solution.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 10, 2013 -- According to a recent IMS Health study, poor medication use by clinicians and patients costs $200 billion each year in the U.S., or 8 percent of all U.S. healthcare expenditures. To improve medication use and safety, MedSnap, LLC introduces MedSnap ID, an iPhone® application for clinicians, health systems, hospitals, clinics, ACOs, pharmacies and home health providers. MedSnap ID uses computer vision technology to quickly identify an entire set of patient pills and screen them for safety. 

HONG KONG, July 8, 2013 -- The world's leading healthcare speakers and industry experts from across the globe are due to converge at a major Health IT conference - the HIMSS AsiaPac13 Greater China eHealth Forum( http://www.himssasiapac.org/13 ) - in Hong Kong this summer to discuss strategies, challenges and outcome of Information Technology adoption in the healthcare industry. Delegates attending the event will experience emerging technologies and engage in discussions on enhancing patient care and safety using IT. The conference will take place from 1 August to 2 August 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) with a pre-conference symposia consisting of Nursing Informatics and Clinician IT Leadership at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on 31 July 2013. The conference is organised by HIMSS Asia Pacific, a not-for-profit organisation that brings together healthcare providers, government bodies, healthcare professional organisations and solution providers for the betterment of healthcare.

NEW YORK & BLOOMFIELD, Conn.-- Cigna (NYSE: CI) and NYUPN Clinically Integrated Network, LLC, an organization comprising all clinical faculty affiliated with NYU Langone Medical Center and the University Physicians Network (UPN), have launched a collaborative accountable care initiative to improve patient access to health care and enhance care coordination. The program is effective July 1, 2013.

SYDNEY-- The majority of Australian doctors (77 per cent) say sharing health records electronically had a positive impact on reducing medical errors in 2012, according to a survey by Accenture (NYSE:ACN). The survey of 3,700 doctors in eight countries – Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain and the United States – also found that 83 per cent of Australian doctors are actively using electronic medical records (EMR) and roughly 70 per cent reported improved quality of diagnostic and treatment decisions as a result of their use of shared electronic health records.

MADISON, N.J., June 26, 2013 -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced an agreement with AT&T* to provide the Quest Diagnostics Care360® Solution Suite, including the Care360 electronic health record (EHR) and eprescribing and laboratory order/results services, through AT&T Healthcare Community Online.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) ranks number one in overall performance among U.S. health insurers based on a review of 2012 claims-payment data conducted by athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based practice-management, Electronic Health Record and care-coordination services to medical groups.