The health system must rethink its strategy to enable primary care providers to develop better game plans for chronic disease patients, such as people living with type 2 diabetes.
The healthcare community must engage in candid, difficult discussions to ensure all people receive quality care.
Membership medicine offers a way to meet consumer expectations, and the model offers substantial financial and competitive advantages.
For healthcare leaders, making a deep impact on supply chain costs will demand more than choices around what to cut. It will necessitate an agile response in an inflationary environment.
Here are six ways that AI has played a critical role in conquering the pandemic.
After months of tribulation, Methodist Health System found a solution to our COVID-19 testing challenge in high-throughput (HTP) antigen tests, which could be run on analyzers already installed in our hospital labs.
To cultivate a diverse and inclusive healthcare workforce, strategic initiatives must overcome systemic barriers to develop early talent.
Early detection is key to saving lives and narrowing the prostate cancer health disparity gap.
In health care, we take a pledge to first do no harm. We deserve the same consideration.
These steps can offer opportunities to improve the bottom line and deliver better care to patients.
Automation is becoming a major player in healthcare revenue cycle management, with the potential to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
While companies value customer loyalty, what people want from the healthcare industry is value for their time.
Exacerbated most recently by the pandemic, physician burnout has been particularly pervasive. Prospectively tracking metrics in the electronic health record (EHR) may identify physicians at high risk of departure.
Many hospital systems rely on outdated data archives. Discrete data sets are preferable because they’re detailed, measurable, and reportable.
Outsourced partnerships can stabilize and improve operations, leading to a greater likelihood of achieving objectives due to their focus on driving better outcomes.
Technology exists that can reduce administrative waste and its hefty price tag – a cause everyone can get behind.
Lawmakers crafted legislation to fund the government and avert a shutdown. It includes a short-term extension for telehealth programs, but doesn’t block cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.
Practices and patients can reap the benefits of in-office infusion. But it must be carefully managed, as infusion comes with substantial financial risk.
Leaders, innovators, and clinicians must work together to develop key principles guiding the adoption of AI in a way that strengthens the healthcare system and supports patients.
AI is the solution for assisting hospitals with managing operating room backlogs and overall efficiencies. Some use predictive analytics to optimize scheduling to slash patient wait times.
Just as Americans are shopping online for the holidays, patients should be able to have the same convenience in finding the care that they need.
These audits hurt hospitals’ revenue cycles by increasing administrative costs and ultimately reducing reimbursement.
Financial distress, value-based care, and digital healthcare services are some of the forces driving deals.
An advanced spinal procedure has been shown to be an effective solution for kids with the condition.
Telehealth has emerged as a significant component of the healthcare landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulators will need to take action to ensure access to telemedicine beyond the pandemic.
By partnering with an integrated research organization, practices can maintain quality care while providing access to groundbreaking therapies.
The company hit the restart button in 2012 when it saw an opportunity to address the affordability gap in healthcare, as costs began started to shift from the payer to the consumer.
Without AI, no healthcare organization is going to be able to keep up with the amount of clinical documentation as more healthcare data is generated and jobs go unfilled.
Aging-in-place technology benefits seniors, giving them more independence, improved emotional well-being and overall cost savings. It also helps the healthcare system as a whole.