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Did the stimulus package drop $19 billion down the rabbit hole? The law, which contained $19 billion worth of incentives designed to nudge doctors and hospitals to switch to electronic medical records. However, a new Harvard study shows the investment may have been misspent.
An analysis of 3,000 hospitals that has adopted electronic patient records showed barely a blip in cost savings or quality of care.
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As happens when the tech industry gets involved, hype surrounds the claims that artificial intelligence will help patients and even replace some doctors.
A pharmacist takes a 30-day prescription and inputs it as four weekly prescriptions – quadrupling the Medicaid dispensing fee.
Health information exchange — a process that aims to simplify and improve patient care by connecting doctors and hospitals — hasn't been catching on as fast as policymakers hoped, a new survey finds.