A chief executive is losing a job over a data breach was not a concern just a few years ago. Today, hackers are proving they can blow through companies’ security systems, erode consumer trust and abruptly end careers for the…
Most businesses know the cost of everything that goes into a product, but medicine is different. What’s the actual cost of an hour in the operating room? The University of Utah Health Care is starting to get answers. Thanks to…
The liability from the use of fraudulent credit cards is shifting on Oct. 1 from card issuers to merchants. Card issuers, such as banks or credit unions, had assumed all the liability from counterfeit or stolen credit card transactions. Under…
First comes the diagnosis, and then comes the second opinion. The number of patients seeking additional advice for a diagnosis is growing and patients are heading online. That second medical opinion is coming from a growing number of startups contracting…
New high-tech healthcare services are bringing house calls back in vogue. It’s “Uber for health-care,” doctors and nurses coming on-demand to provide medical care for non-emergencies such as giving flu shots or treating strep throats. These new entrants in medicine…
The Yelp pages for hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare clinics will soon get new feature giving patients a better idea of what to expect at a certain facility. Yelp announced a partnership with ProPublica, a non-profit investigative journalism group,…
The FBI arrested 46 doctors and nurses across the country this week in the largest Medicare fraud bust ever. In total, 243 people were arrested in 17 cities for allegedly billing Medicare for $712 million worth of patient care that…
Full article here. Telemedicine is on the rise. The number of people using their phones and computers to connect with a doctor is skyrocketing, but that convenience is raising some new questions, reports CBS News medical contributor Holly Phillips. Oliver…
