A state health claims database meant to illuminate costs still has not launched more than a decade after officials first announced it. The delay is contributing to skyrocketing medical spending, ...

Medical and consumer advocates say the state has moved one step closer to health care transparency with the passage of legislation to create a comprehensive medical cost database. The bill ...

Nearly a decade ago New York signed a lucrative contract with a health services firm to build a database to boost transparency on the pricing of medical procedures across health systems. It’s still ...

"What gets measured gets done." It's an expression often cited by global health advocates, notes World Health Organization official Erin Kenney. And she says it's the reason she's so encouraged by WHO ...

Thousands of people’s highly sensitive health details, including audio and video of therapy sessions, were openly accessible on the internet, new research has revealed. The cache of information, ...