Network Health expands doctor, hospital choices
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THE REGION Network Health, the Cambridge health plan for Medicaid recipients and consumers purchasing low-cost insurance under the state's healthcare reform plan, said it has significantly expanded its choice of doctors and hospitals for members. The insurer said it signed agreements with Brigham and Women's Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Faulkner Hospital and other members of Partners ...
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Patients in Duke University's health system can now go to one Web site to pay medical bills, schedule doctor appointments and eventually view their personal medical histories.
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The American Medical Association is working with a startup company that encourages doctors to swap ideas online and charges investment firms to view postings that could serve as tip-offs to drug side effects and other market-moving medical trends.
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The new policy raises the possibility of changes in medical practice as doctors hew more closely to clinical guidelines.
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Blue Cross &amp; Blue Shield of Massachusetts plans to spend about $50 million to electronically link doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers in three Massachusetts communities, allowing them to share and access patients' medical records.
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Latest licensing deal signals a move into the health-care arena.
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Appointments via telly Doctors' offices across the country are beginning to offer appointment bookings via TV set-top boxes and mobiles, adding to a list of network services for non-surfers or those not owning a computer.â¦
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The federal government today launched a program that provides increased Medicaid payments to doctors that use electronic health records.
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MILWAUKEE _ When Janet Brabham wants to contact her doctor, she goes to her computer. Instead of making her way through a battery of voicemail prompts, receptionists and nurses, she sends off the medical version of e-mail. "For me, it's a great convenience," Brabham said.
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The company will announce Thursday plans for several hundred new clinics at its stores, using a standardized format and jointly branded with hospitals and medical groups.
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Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar - via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.
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Within five years, physicians could be able to access patients&#39; records from any hospital or doctors&#39; office in the state under a new ``eHealth&#39;&#39; initiative financed with an infusion
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GPs are providing more and better services to patients, performance figures suggest.
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Some family doctors have five times the number of patients than others, research shows.
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The retailer unveiled a plan intended to expand coverage and offer workers cheap prescription drugs.
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Howard County officials are expected to propose a health network next month that would provide comprehensive services to all uninsured adults in the county. The plan places Howard at the forefront of local governments seeking to offer affordable health care to all its residents, local officials say.
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The technology at the $55 million facility allows doctors to access patient information -- including digital scans, lab results and prescription drug information -- from anywhere in the hospital, at home or off-site, using a wireless network.