Healthcare Transformation

Our existing medical culture neither endorses nor supports price shopping.

Data are revealing the health impacts of gaps in essential care for those with chronic conditions. Technology can be used to leverage a response.

The partnership leverages digital platforms to help patients after they leave the hospital.

Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs at Premier, explains how the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act could revolutionize how prior authorizations are conducted and how machine learning technologies can help health systems adapt if it is signed into law.

At the HIMSS21 Digital Program, speakers from Highmark Health and Geisinger outlined the ways they are innovating to address chronic disease management and the endurance needed to see it through.

In an interview recorded earlier this year, Chief Healthcare Executive Associate Editorial Director Mary Caffrey spoke with 2 leaders of Citius Tech about meeting healthcare challenges with digital solutions.

During the pandemic, telemedicine use increased overall, but was more commonly used for established patients and the delivery of psychiatric and behavioral health care and less commonly used for preventive care.

One proposal asks hospitals for input on how to measure vaccination rates among staff with the aim of letting consumers have the information.

The transition will occur January 1, 2022.

How can stakeholders navigate the shift from volume to value in healthcare? Second of two parts.

The center of the change in healthcare is a punctuated shift from volume to value. First of two parts.

During the pandemic, any health service that could go virtual, did. In the last 12 months, demand for virtual care has risen sharply, but shifting to a centralized virtual care hub is not easy pivot for many traditional health providers.

A patient-centered cancer center for Rutgers; new leadership for cancer care in New Orleans.

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, global health lead of Accenture Health, discusses how the pandemic influenced the speed at which healthcare organizations adopted new technologies and how this adoption is impacting patient care.

For the third time, an increasingly conservative court left intact the law’s protections that require coverage for preexisting conditions, created Medicaid expansion, promote health screenings and preventive care, and launched novel, value-based payment strategies within the agency that manages Medicare and Medicaid.

As healthcare leaders consider how to embed telehealth into their member or patient experience for the long haul, it’s critical to examine how virtual care can lead to better health outcomes.

Following a checklist improves data capture, enhances patient engagement, and increases access to care.

It is crucial to target the users of transfusions—surgeons and hospitals—with tools that can be used to change practice and limit transfusion to patients who actually need it.

Humana's 2021 Bold Goal Report, released last week, highlights the importance of health system partnerships.

Survey findings show some health systems have fallen short in meeting cardiologists’ basic needs, with 41% saying they might cut back hours, change jobs or retire due to lack of health system support.

For healthcare to come home—and for it to remain there—a different kind of infrastructure must be built.

Moving healthcare home is just part of the growing personalization of healthcare that has been made possible by advancements in technologies that seamlessly connect a patient to their care team.

The analysis by the Lown Institute measures hospitals based on their performance of 12 services performed over a three-year period.

A new rule proposed by CMS aims to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates.

Use of teledermatology has greatly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are remaining concerns that may hinder its use after the public health emergency, according to a speaker at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

The Texas Hospital Association said the unexpected move from CMS brings uncertainty to the state's safety net hospitals.

A panel of experts discussed how care coordinating technologies that were employed during the pandemic can help improve home care for patients in a post-COVID-19 world.

As a first world country known for access to top-rate medical services, how does the United States find itself with a quarter of the population experiencing distinct dislocation of critical care services?

A new bipartisan law signed by Illinois' governor aims to tackle health disparities seen in the state's most vulnerable populations.

A study documented shifts in telehealth use and ambulatory care during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to June 2020.