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Amid the buzz over apps and electronic medical records rescuing modern medicine, California鈥檚 Medicaid program still clings to 1970s-era technology. A reboot may cost half a billion dollars.
All private health plans, Medicare, state Medicaid programs and the VA now cover some e-visits 鈥 albeit with restrictions.
Companies pushed proton machines and counted on advertising, doctors and insurers to ensure a steady business treating cancer. But the dollars haven鈥檛 flowed in as expected.
Customized iPhones are just one example of devices that can be used to combat health threats in developing countries. They are helping scientists in California and Cameroon attack the parasite that causes river blindness, an African scourge.
In some cases, information now available to people without talking to a doctor can be a source of confusion and alarm and the cause of more work for doctors because it comes without adequate guidance.
Health care tech startup Theranos was riding high back in 2014. But when a reporter raised questions, its media reps circled the wagons.
The lofty ideas floated and billion-dollar deals sealed at J.P. Morgan鈥檚 elite annual conference stand in stark contrast to the uncertainty that clouds health care outside its confines.
One Indiana addiction specialist doesn't shy away from telemedicine, but he still requires in-person visits to begin and maintain his patients' Suboxone prescriptions.
A handful of Silicon Valley start-ups are trying to usher medical billing into the 21st century by creating smartphone apps to help consumers navigate their health insurance paperwork.
鈥淚t鈥檚 unconscionable that such a basic, security 101 flaw could still exist at a major health care provider,鈥 says one cybersecurity expert.
In a region where bears outnumber people, a small medical facility sets a modern example for rural hospitals on life support.
An electronic consulting and referral system adopted by the county鈥檚 safety net public health system in 2012 has reduced waiting times for appointments with specialists and eliminated the need for such appointments in a significant number of cases, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs.
An Obama administration veteran will take the helm of Cal INDEX as it combines with the Inland Empire Health Information Exchange, creating a database covering nearly 17 million patients.
The state鈥檚 five-year-plan 鈥 focused on prevention and ensuring rapid and equal access to treatment 鈥 is nothing if not ambitious.
Officials at the state exchange say they have fixed their computer system to stop switching some low-income pregnant women into Medi-Cal without their approval.
According to the neurobiologist heading a much-publicized effort funded by Facebook鈥檚 Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, putting scientists and engineers under one roof will be key.
A big backlog of applications at the state鈥檚 licensing board is holding up hiring by hospitals and making it difficult for recent nurse graduates 鈥 and experienced nurses from out of state 鈥 to work.
Some hospitals and other medical providers are experimenting with ride-hailing services to help patients without access to cars get to their appointments.
A study published in Health Affairs concludes that the idea of coordinating prescription refill timelines for people with multiple chronic conditions could improve their medication adherence and health outcomes.
California is the first state to begin building an up-to-date database to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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