The United States has seen a plethora of changes within the health insurance industry throughout the years , but most recently it has undergone some extensive innovations due to the inauguration of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .

We go in depth on these drastic measures and how they ’ re affecting health insurance companies in today ’ s market in our feature The Changing Face of the Health Insurance Industry .

In this issue we also examine the current methods hospitals are employing when it comes to their EMR systems . According to the Centers for Disease Control , they ’ re falling short when it comes to deployment .

We then take a look at Robert Szczerba ’ s ideology on how healthcare should employ certain practices from the aviation and gaming industries and report on how big data can leverage medical professionals ’ insight into current health trends . We wrap up the September issue with the top 10 healthcare stocks that remain well positioned to deliver market-topping returns .

We hope you enjoy this issue and wish you the best of health !

Editor stephanie . ocano @ wdmgroup . com

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