With 2016 just days away, various experts at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) were asked about the immediate future of scientific research. What diseases will we be closer to curing next year? How will science impact treatment?

Major League Baseball executive Paul DePodesta, known for his role in the “Moneyball” era Oakland Athletics, is joining the faculty of the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI). DePodesta will serve as an STSI assistant professor of bioinformatics, beginning on Jan. 1.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the release of its draft Quality Measure Development Plan, a strategic framework for future clinician quality measurement development.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to hire a data officer as part of its 2016 strategy to improve its internal IT systems.  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services added performance data and new quality measures to its Physician Compare website to enable consumers to make more informed healthcare decisions. 

The latest release of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed that more than half of the hospitals that Medicare will penalize in 2016 for having the worst performance on measures of preventing patient harm are on that list for the second year in a row.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added new quality measures to Physician Compare for group practices and accountable care organizations (ACOs) and, for the first time, individual healthcare professionals.

There’s been increasing focus on the quality of care and HIMSS has taken the initiative to help providers by launching an international quality measurement for the value of health IT.