Newly released IT policies seem to align closely with the greater push for value-based reimbursement.

Because many patients travel long distances to seek care at its hospital, University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, has made affordable housing available for patients and their families at a former hotel that the hospital is upgrading.

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Changing systems to fit human behavior is one way MedStar Health applies innovation to health care, says Mark Smith, M.D., director of the Medstar Institute for Innovation, in a video interview.

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