One-third of health care in the United States is wasted. Despite this recognition, solutions are sparse. The Optimal Care model combines evidence-based medicine, patient-centered technology, and ...

In the 21st century, digital technology has changed many aspects of our lives. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest newcomer, with chatbots and other AI tools changing how we learn ...

Vendors of electronic health records and other health technology platforms have begun to publicize and demonstrate “patients like mine” capabilities, which insert analytics distilled from EHR data ...

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board has released a new standard for audit evidence for private companies, updating the existing standards in recognition of the increasing role ...

Recently, health insurer WellPoint partnered with IBM’s Watson technology in an effort to help physicians diagnose and design treatment plans based on large amounts of data and evidence. Watson is ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, governments stepped up public education efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing educational programming on local radio stations. Latin American nations took similar ...