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Health apps are turning smartphones and tablets into exercise aides, blood pressure monitors and devices that transmit an EKG. But the explosion of apps is way ahead of tests to determine which ones work.
Hospitals and clinics are slowly replacing paper files with electronic health records, but information often isn't easily shared. Smartphones may be one way consumers can bridge the electronic gap.
As the country tries to rein in skyrocketing health costs, hospital leaders are still rewarded for expansion and profits. A KHN investigation, in collaboration with ABC News, looks at employment contracts and incentive pay at nonprofit hospital systems.
Some hospitals view bonuses for CEOs as a way to improve performance, but the leaders of some top hospitals believe all bonuses may be a mistake.
Despite concerns over the rising cost of medical care, hospitals -- even nonprofit ones -- give their CEOs large bonuses, and it's often hard to know just why they're earning them.
How did Kaiser Health News choose and compile the data on hospital CEO bonus pay? Here's a list of questions and answers.
An important feature of the health law designed to bring down the rate of patient readmissions is backfiring on safety-net hospitals, says a report by a congressional advisory agency.
A discussion on how to improve the British system turned up buzzwords reminiscent of the U.S. health reform debate: integrated health care, patient-centered services, cutting costs.
Dr. Zubin Damania, a.k.a. ZDoggMD, takes to YouTube to parody and pillory modern medicine. On his serious side, he's founding a new kind of clinic to try to change primary care.
The White House is trying to spur innovation by releasing more of its data from Medicare, Medicaid and other sources. But technology business leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. this week said the federal government could be a lot more forthcoming with information.
Created by the health law to boost competition among insurers, co-ops in 24 states emphasize primary care and treating consumers as partners, but can they compete with the big guys?
Physicians' and patients' thoughts on the prostate cancer screening test are changing, with many taking a more cautious approach to the test and what it might mean.
Marc Fucarile is one of the last two survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing to be released from the hospital. He knows he will get some compensation from Boston's One Fund, but he wonders if it will be enough.
Washington, D.C., is on the verge of approving two high-tech radiation facilities at a total cost of $153 million. The treatment costs twice as much as standard radiation but hasn't been shown to work any better for most cancers.
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Mississippi, Oklahoma are least healthy states for people over 65, according to a United Health Foundation analysis of 34 measures of health.
Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about rules for emergency room care and out-of-network hospital costs under the health law.
In places where medical care is scare, medical schools -- like Florida International University -- are connecting students with people who need to see a doctor, and making it a major part of their curriculum.
Physicians are experimenting with new business models and practice techniques in response to financial and lifestyle pressures.
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