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In a way, healthcare has spearheaded the forefront of the universal connectivity with common objects. In the world of Big Data, healthcare is now uniquely positioned to take the next step.

Diabetes is not just an epidemic in the United States; the nonprofit Diabetes UK warned that the disease is swamping the National Health Service with rising costs because not enough emphasis is placed on prevention.

Examples from many states show the tension between the desire the hold down costs and the need to address the specialized medical issues of patients with life-threatening illnesses, which can be very expensive to treat.

Many proposals to modify the Affordable Care Act include eliminating the individual mandate, which remains unpopular, but doing so would have significant effects, according to a RAND analysis.

Pelvic Floor Disorders (PFDs) affect tens of millions of women in the US alone, yet both provider and patient awareness remains low.

Close to 1 million new consumers selected a plan through HealthCare.gov because they qualified for a special enrollment period, according to a report from CMS.

CVS stunned the healthcare community this week with the announcement that it will wait for the FDA to approve a second PCSK9 inhibitor before it negotiates prices and there has been renewed attention on the need for enforcement of the federal parity law for mental health.

In addition to risk for liver damage, people with hepatitis C may also have an increased risk of heart disease, according to a new Johns Hopkins study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Semaglutide is currently available as an injectible only, but the company is working on a once-daily pill form.

A multicollaborative study conducted for the National Cancer Institute has resulted in a tool called the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE). PRO-CTCAE can help integrate the patient perspective into adverse event reporting.

More signed up under Medicaid expansion than expected, but use of technology and management tools have kept costs $2 billion below estimates.

A prominent neuroscientist has developed the Quick Dementia Rating System to reliably, and quickly, identify patients suffering from dementia.

Neighborhoods with more resources that support physical activity and healthy diets were associated with a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The study published in Diabetes Care showed that a relatively simple intervention reduced gestational diabetes 39% for women at risk.

More employers are requiring prior authorization and the use of select specialty pharmacies for high-cost drugs.

A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that older women with breast cancer have a poor response to chemotherapy, while older patients with advanced colon cancer (both men and women) did well.

After months of waiting, reimbursement for the Prolaris test will begin effective October 15, 2015.

Aledade, launched by former national coordinator for health information technology Farzard Mostashari, MD, is looking to expand its footprint throughout the United States to another 7 states in 2016.

Although the Affordable Care Act has helped many uninsured Americans receive coverage over the last couple years, the health law is essentially underfunded by approximately $500 billion.

Research published in the Journal of Oncology Practice found that factors unrelated to the individual patient accounted for the majority of variation in the cost of radiation therapy for breast, prostate, and lung cancer patients.

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prevents questions about status from being asked, and does not require a woman to disclose her pregnancy in an interview.

There is a quiet revolution happening among health plans. Mothers and fathers who work for health insurance companies-and who had the support of a doula at the time of childbirth-are beginning to inquire about expanding benefits to include coverage for this evidence-based service.

Medicare and Medicaid billing fraud scams-upcoding and unbundling schemes, double and triple billing, phantom billing and illegal kickback schemes -cost the United States an estimated $100 billion annually, inflating the size of government, escalating healthcare costs and burdening taxpayers.

People who experience food insecurity not only use healthcare more, but they account for higher healthcare costs compared with people with the same income who are food secure.

According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, outpatient process measures need a fair balance between measures for underuse and overuse of clinical services.

The use of systemic corticosteroid therapy could reduce mortality for hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A novel risk-stratification index can help avoid unnecessary colonoscopies in individuals at low-risk for developing colorectal cancer.

A Gallup survey found that only Texas still has 20% of adults who lack insurance. In 2013, 14 states had uninsured rates above 20%.

A collaborative research study has discovered the effective use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the noninvasive diagnosis and molecular characterization of brain tumors in children.

Johns Hopkins researchers discovered that the little things a hospital can do goes a long way for the patient experience.