Data from the Australian government revealed that costs within the department at Canberra Hospital in Australia have been steadily increasing over the past three years, largely due to unplanned staff leave and medical supplies, according to a recent report by The Canberra Times.

The budget of the medical imaging department at Canberra Hospital has exceeded $10 million (approximately $7.1 million) over a five-year period due to staffing shortages, according to a new report by WA Today.

U.S. healthcare stocks had a strong 2018, rising 4.7 percent overall, and experts say they should continue to do well in the new year.

Copayment vouchers for P2Y12 inhibitors modestly improved the likelihood that patients would continue taking the guideline-recommended medications for one year after myocardial infarction, according to a study published in JAMA. However, patients supplied with this financial assistance didn’t see a subsequent improvement in clinical outcomes.

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) survivors covered by Medicaid have lower rates of revascularization and higher rates of in-hospital mortality than their counterparts with private insurance, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Change Healthcare and Health Fidelity are partnering to offer a risk adjustment coding solution that uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to increase claim accuracy and address compliance issues, the companies announced Monday, Jan. 14.

High retail prices for diabetes test strips are driving a “gray market” in the U.S. as an increasing number of uninsured diabetics struggle to afford something they need as often as 10 times a day, the New York Times reports.

Carestream has announced that it was granted 42 new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2018. The patents were focused on digital radiography, extremity CT imaging and other key healthcare technologies.