From Silos to Synthesis: How the Information Renaissance is Transforming Emergency Medicine
In the shift from isolated expertise to collective insights, shared data are revolutionizing patient care in EMS and hospitals.
New Study Shows That Waymark Reduces ED, Hospital Visits for Medicaid Patients
Waymark's community-based interventions reduce hospital and emergency department visits and improve care quality, according to a new study. The company supports Medicaid patients by connecting them with community health workers, therapists, pharmacists and care coordinators in their area.
Integrating GLP-1s: How Berry Street is Redefining Nutrition Care
Richard Fu details the company's approach to nutrition therapy and strategy for patients using GLP-1s.
What Do Experts Make of Risant Health’s Newest Acquisition?
While it it’s too early to judge the success of Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health, the company’s first two acquisitions show a commitment to adjoining organizations with a strong focus on population health — as well as a dedication to spreading Kaiser’s value-based care delivery models across the country.
If You Could See Where You Cleaned, Could It Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections?
Kinnos — a startup reimagining the way hospitals disinfect their surfaces by colorizing the process — recently raised $15 million in financing. Through better sanitization practices, the company is seeking to decrease hospital-acquired infections, which cause 72,000 deaths every year.
Ex-hospital CEO Sues MetroHealth for Alleged Illegal Firing
Dr. Akram Boutros said in a lawsuit filed Monday in Cuyahoga County court that Cleveland-based MetroHealth’s board of directors violated open meeting laws when it “secretly hired” counsel to investigate him and then terminated him without mandatory public notice.
How health tech can improve the patient and provider experience
Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.
Transforming the OR: CEO Reveals Game-Changing AI Tech for Better Efficiency
How Apella leverages technology to increase OR efficiency.
How health tech can improve the patient and provider experience
Leaders in healthcare draw attention to the myriad ways cloud computing technology is transforming healthcare.
Credit bureaus are removing medical debt, but hospitals can prevent it
Hospitals already have a tool at their disposal that addresses affordability for their patients. Financial assistance programs can prevent many patients from having accounts sent to collections in the first place.
Keep hospital operations moving while upgrading the building’s systems
No one said it’s easy to do construction renovation in healthcare facilities, but it is vitally important to ensure that medical facilities can deliver the best care possible.
Communication breakdown: Healthcare delivery is still hindered by preventable mistakes
Even with EHRs, notes are still written down on paper and some critical communication never happens between clinicians. To reduce medical errors, we need to keep improving our systems for collaboration.
Transforming Clinical Content with Ambient & Generative AI
Sheila Bond, MD, talked about the latest trends regarding integration of AI in healthcare.
Only 5% hospitals are compliant with price transparency rule. Here’s how they did it.
The hospitals that were found to be fully compliant with the federal price transparency rule had a few strategies in common, including picking the right technology partner and beginning their efforts early — in some cases before the rule was even proposed.
As independent practices vanish, experts debate the pros & cons of a consolidated market
Independent physician practices are being gobbled up by hospitals, payers and private equity, and while some see it as a boon for the practices and industry as a whole, others believe it will raise costs and block access to care.
Biden’s latest executive order aims to boost healthcare competition
President Joe Biden's new executive order aimed at reducing anti-competitive behavior across industries includes directing federal agencies to revise guidelines for hospital mergers, enable people to comparison shop health plans on the ACA marketplaces and work with states to import drugs from Canada.
How can hospitals weather the financial storms of 2021?
Patient volumes were uneven in 2020, and a new report shows volumes will likely remain below pre-pandemic levels in 2021. This indicates challenges for hospitals looking to stabilize their finances — but there are some key strategies that can help.
MultiCare physician exec: The good news is we have tech on our side to manage hospital capacity
Amid unrelenting surges of Covid-19 cases, healthcare organizations like MultiCare Health System had to reconfigure their operations to manage capacity. In an interview, Dr. Michael Meyers, a MultiCare physician executive, describes how the health system leveraged technology to help it move through the different phases of the pandemic.