Our weekly list of healthcare industry news and information:

Illinois hospital offers housing to curb ER superusers

The University of Illinois Hospital (UI-Hospital) and Health Sciences System noticed that many of its most frequent users were chronically homeless patients. To better help care for these patients—and cut costs—they launched an initiative to provide housing and support services for homeless patients.

EHRs help researchers crack immune system code

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy have found that EHRs can aid the understanding, treatment – and ultimately – prevention of disease.

Optimizing Health IT Investments: The Key to Optimizing Care

While America’s hospitals are spending billions purchasing EHR software, it’s not being used for the desired aims of care improvement and efficiency that it could – and should – be used for.

5 top MACRA challenges for physician practices

As physician practices work to implement Medicare’s new value-based payment system, Black Book Research collected responses from 8,845 physician practices and identified some of the top MACRA challenges they face.

HIPAA Fines Are On The Rise