Interoperability—the exchange and use of health care data—is a key component of care coordination. It also presents an ...

Medical practices, which are simultaneously managing a high demand for care and a workforce shortage, do not wish to fight ...

New data indicate that when payment models reward clinicians for supporting patients to take an active role in their care, ...

With policy makers focusing on the role of drug manufacturers, almost no attention has been paid to the way in which ...

The momentum around global budget models, as seen in the AHEAD program and New York State’s 1115 waiver, represents a ...

Janice Jhang ([email protected]), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Troyen A. Brennan, Harvard University. Biosimilars present a key opportunity to contain the growing cost of ...

The recent election results will usher in sweeping changes for major federal health care policies, programs, and the courts.

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jared Walker of Dollar For about his recent paper that explores the widely varying criteria amongst US nonprofit hospitals to determine who ...

Nothing about pregnancy diminishes an individual’s decision-making capacity or obviates their right to make decisions related ...

Adding pharmacists to primary care practices increases the primary care workforce because pharmacists can provide many ...

Policy makers serve an important role in overseeing private equity’s ownership of clinics and hospitals. State-based policies ...

Ultimately, while employers search for ways to lower health plan spending on prescription drugs, they should consider the ...