Reduction in hospital readmissions has long been identified as a target area for healthcare public policy reform by the U.S. government. In October 2012, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) program, which requires the Centers for Medicare...

The familiar ’five-star’ ratings and reviews system makes it easy for consumers to use product evaluations across competing platforms to choose the product or service that is most likely to match their preferences. However, the ability to easily shop around for ratings and reviews raises a...

Online healthcare portals have become prevalent across the world in recent years with the development of internet technology. One common form that a healthcare portal takes is the online consultation website, which provides a bridge between patients and doctors and reduces the time and cost for...

Evolution of Web Advertising -- Pricing Models in Web Advertising -- Scheduling Advertisements on a Web Page -- Personalization of Web Advertising -- Internet Advertising Firms -- Mobile Advertising -- Future Trends and Challenges in Web and Mobile Advertising.

Literature in software engineering has modeled coordination in software development as a process where individual efforts of team members need to be coordinated. While this is true of traditional software projects, extreme programming (XP) introduces a different context to the coordination...