The Commonwealth Fund just released their annual report on how the U.S. healthcare system compares internationally. The report shows that the U.S., as in numerous past years, ranks last when compared to 10 other nations. According to the report, Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, 2014 Update, even though the U.S. ranks last, it's per capita health spending is the highest.

Contained in the report, Health, United States, 2013, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, is the percentage of Medicare enrollees who are enrolled in Managed care. This information is provided by state.

This month on healthsprocket, the topic garnering the most interest is top healthcare websites. Three of the top ten most viewed lists this month are on this topic; eBizMBA Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites - May 2011, Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites | September 2011 and eBizMBA Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites - September 2010.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics has released Health, United States, 2013. This annual report can be overwhelming to go through at over 500 pages. If you are interested in seeing highlights of the data, without delving into the full report, check in with healthsprocket over the next couple weeks as numerous lists will be posted based on data from the report.

By this time of year, most health plans have released their first quarter financial reports. You can see the quarter one profits for 5 major health plans in this list.

Just as the trending lists on healthsprocket illustrate trending topics in healthcare, so do the trending videos on HealthShareTV. The top five trending videos represent some of the most talked about trends: mhealth, big data, accountable care, population health and health insurance exchanges.

The videos that represent these trends are:

Recently, The Kaiser Family Foundation released the report, Health Coverage and Care in the South. Along with statistics and information on the South, it contained healthcare coverage and health information by geographic region in the U.S.

This week a few lists were posted on medication spending and use in the US. The Source of the lists was a study from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics entitled A Review of the Use of Medicines in the U.S. in 2013.

This week President Obama named White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to take over the Department of Health and Human Services.

Throughout the health insurance marketplace's open enrollment process healthsprocket has kept you up to date on the latest stats and figures.