Inappropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing is a primary driver of antimicrobial resistance. Designing and evaluating antibiotic stewardship initiatives requires common measures of inappropriate prescribing that can be applied at the level of prescribers...

The new year brings new challenges for the healthcare industry. From new payment models to updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to 21^st Century Cures, hold on to your hats, because it is going to be a bumpy ride!

Amazon made headlines this year — especially as it leaped further into the healthcare arena. While there has been speculation about Amazon's entry into the industry for years, announcements by the e-commerce giant in 2018 make it clear that it's planning to make a big splash in healthcare.

The 20-year-old evaluation and management (E&M) documentation guidelines are full of different components and elements, all of which must be reviewed in order to ensure that services billed were appropriately documented.

I expect that 2019 will be the “Year of Interoperability”. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, through its hospital and physician incentive programs, is asking providers to have their electronic health records capable of...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more common in healthcare systems, healthcare professionals must ask the right questions for AI to live up to expectations, according to a viewpoint article published in JAMA.