How to Take Out the Data Garbage and Create AI Gold
If healthcare leaders hope to demonstrate ROI on AI investments, reduce clinician burnout, and meet compliance requirements, they must first ensure the integrity of their clinical data.
The Hidden Cost of Disconnected Quality Systems: Why Hospitals Should Modernize Now
The case for modernization isn’t solely about improving efficiency. It’s about equipping hospitals with the resources necessary to manage risk proactively, respond to negative trends quickly, and prioritize patient safety with high reliability.
The Human Algorithm: What AI Can’t Replace in Pharma Engagement
At a time when AI is reshaping pharma, Reverba Global CEO Cheryl Lubbert explained in an interview why empathy, context, and ethics still require a human touch.
3 Things Hospitals Must Remember to Drive Better Quality & Safety
To improve patient outcomes, hospitals must enable collaboration across disciplines, engage frontline staff in decision making, and make changes based on patient feedback, according to a panel of health system executives.
Study: Rural hospitals that merged or were bought saw death rates drop
The mortality rates at rural hospitals for certain conditions, including heart attacks and stroke, decreased in the years following a merger or an acquisition compared with facilities that remained independent, a new study shows. This is a departure from research done on the effects of M&A on urban hospitals.
CareMax to add 50 new senior care centers through Anthem collaboration
The senior care provider currently operates 34 medical centers offering healthcare and social services, like transportation. Through the collaboration, the companies will bring more seniors into value-based arrangements with the goal of improving outcomes for Anthem patients.
Providers to HHS: ACO quality reporting changes create undue burdens
Eleven provider organizations sent a letter to HHS urging them to reconsider the new rules around quality measurement and reporting for ACOs. One of the reasons these rules are burdensome and should be revised is the lack of EHR interoperability, they said.
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A Path to Healing: Discovering Arizona’s PTSD Treatment Centers
Explore top PTSD treatment centers in Arizona, offering personalized care, holistic therapies and expert support to help individuals heal and reclaim their lives.
Apervita, Diameter Health join forces to improve data quality for value-based care contracting
Health IT company Apervita will leverage Diameter Health's capabilities — which include cleaning and enriching clinical data — to enhance data quality for stakeholders looking to create value-based care contracts.
Covera Health raises $8.5M for analytics-based programs to reduce misdiagnoses
The New York City-based company is currently focused on bringing its approach to the radiology field.
Medicare rewards hundreds of lower-cost hospitals despite poor quality
The 231 hospitals the study identified had below average scores on quality measures but were awarded the bonuses because caring for their patients during their stays and in the 30 days following their discharge cost Medicare less than what it cost at half of hospitals evaluated in the program.