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Quality Isn’t Just a Checkbox — Can Better Workforce Skills Drive Lower Costs?

Healthcare quality isn’t improving at scale, despite advances in technology, because many systems treat it as another compliance task rather than a priority. Stephanie Mercado, CEO of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), argued that investing in workforce skills and standardizing roles can drive safer, higher-quality care while delivering measurable cost savings — as shown by successes at the VA, Kaiser Permanente and Christus Health.

By Katie Adams

Health Services

Startup that equips medical and dental practices to provide OR-level care raises $9M

OFFOR Health brings mobile anesthesiologists and on-site clinical services to medical and dental practices such that certain procedures that needed to be done inside an operating room at the hospital can now be done in a doctor's clinic. This leads to lower wait times for patients and reduced overall costs.

By Emma Bardin

The Power of One: Redefining Healthcare with an AI-Driven Unified Platform

In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.

By David Cohen, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Greenway Health

Policy, Payers

Raising Medicare age may lead to higher overall health spending

The study offers a preview of the potential impact of raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 from the current 65,

By Michelle Andrews

Policy, Payers

Obamacare marketplaces still aren’t cost savers, most still spend 10% of income on out-of-pocket health costs

Despite the financial assistance provided by the health law, people with modest incomes and average medical expenses have relatively heavy financial burdens for health care.

By Kaiser Health News

MedCity Influencers

Aging Gracefully Part 4 Comprehensive Primary Care For The Elderly

Comprehensive primary care is essential to good health, wellness and needed medical care during our elder years. It is critical to Aging Gracefully. In the last few posts I wrote that Aging Gracefully physically requires attention to lifestyle/behaviors to assure good nutrition, plenty of exercise, reduced stress, no tobacco and – for preserving cognitive function […]

By Stephen Schimpff MD

News

Lack of Listening is the Core Problem in American Health Care

The Crisis in Primary Care – Part 4 There is and will be a need for many more primary care physicians (PCPs).Why? There is a shortage now and it will be exacerbated in the coming years for at least four reasons. The population is growing, the population is aging and there will be more individuals […]

By Stephen Schimpff MD