Keith Loria is a contributing writer to Medical Economics.
Assisting patients with rising costs of prescription drugs
October 10th 2019Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reveals that on average, Americans spend approximately $1,200 a year on prescription medications, numbers that have gone up due to rising prices. Here's how doctors can help.
Are payers ensuring good patient care?
March 14th 2018One of the missions of health insurance providers is to ensure patients have access to effective, quality, evidence-based care. Clinical practice guidelines support the practice of evidence-based medicine, and are typically derived from recognized scientific sources such as specialty societies and are updated annually.
What if patients owned their own records?
January 25th 2018With electronic health records (EHRs) proving to be incompatible and interoperability still a long way off, some have suggested that moving ownership of patient records to the patient via a cloud-based portal or other universally accessible system might be the answer.