A key part of the initiative involves assessing how providers can address substance use disorders among patients taken to the ED, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Indiana, Missouri, and Virginia.
Read on for the key details and for Advisory Board experts' take on how President Trump's decision could affect patients, providers, insurers, and the stability of the Affordable Care Act's exchanges.
Less than one-third of all U.S. hospitals in 2015 were able to locate, send, and receive EHRs for patients who have received care from outside providers, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Under a new partnership, NIH and 11 drugmakers will devote $215 million to research focused on advancing the development of new immunotherapy treatments for cancer.
The Altarum Institute report finds the growth rate for health care services spending in the second quarter of 2017 fell to 3.5 percent, while hospital spending grew by 1.3 percent and prescription drug spending grew by 5.2 percent.
Social media can yield major benefits for health care organizations—but many have shied away from using Twitter, Facebook, and other tools due to concerns about patient privacy, IT security, and more.
