Healthcare Industry Updates

A common refrain among those outside the healthcare industry is that healthcare has a ways to go in catching up with the enterprise in security technology. While this is largely true, Verizon’s 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report revealed that healthcare is far from the most-afflicted industry when it comes to data breaches.

The healthcare industry has been notoriously slow at identifying methods and tools it needs to reduce costs and improve quality noted a report by healthcare investment firm the Psilos Group, but health reform is producing promising opportunities for investors to fuel needed innovations.

Piedmont Healthcare and WellStar Health System, two leaders in the metro-Atlanta healthcare market, announced a partnership to create the Georgia Health Collaborative, a first of its kind in the state.

Intrepid USA Healthcare Services today announced that 10 of its providers have been named to the 2012 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top-performing home health providers in the United States.