Shared savings programs are appealing in theory, but the incentives are too weak and unpredictable to support a scalable business model for hospitals, said Patrick Runnels, chief medical officer of University Hospitals.
University Hospitals is rolling out a remote patient monitoring program for hypertensive patients using HealthSnap’s platform. The Cleveland-based health system expects to enroll up to 5,000 patients by mid-2026, with plans to expand the program to other chronic conditions in the future.
How Apella leverages technology to increase OR efficiency.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Value-based care results in a lot of added administrative tasks for physicians — so much so that one health system leader believes value-based care will never reach true scale unless providers figure out how to ease that burden. The adoption of new technology, coupled with workflow training from fellow physicians, can help address this issue, population health experts say.
Hospitals need to start thinking about ways to build patients’ trust in generative AI in order for the healthcare industry to fully harness the technology’s potential. They can do this through methods like having transparent conversations, asking for patients’ consent to use the tools and training models on internal data, experts said.
About 80% of all FDA-approved healthcare AI applications are related to radiology — but due to a massive workforce shortage, radiologists don't have the time to explore, choose, validate and implement the tools available to them. Some providers are using a radiology AI marketplace called CARPL to address this problem, including Massachusetts General Hospital and University Hospitals.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Now, developer Scott Wolstein will in early February present his plan to developers to put the convention center and mart in the east bank of the Flats. "I'm not sure the back-ass of Tower City is the center of the urban core," Wolstein told the paper.
The Tower City location for Cleveland's would-be convention center and medical mart picked up another endorsement in today's Plain Dealer. Experient Inc. founder Bruce Harris said the site allows people to get to the airport, local hotels and restaurants while barely having to walk outside - and that would give Cleveland a major advantage in off-season convention times.
University Hospitals received $300,000 to create a digital breast imaging suite in rural Geauga County. The Geauga Medical Center will in the spring open the Frohring Breast Imaging Suite, named after The William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation that donated the funds.
Solera Health is working to streamline employer contracting with health tech.
Cleveland Clinic has created the position of executive chief nursing officer and Sarah Sinclair, a nurse and administrator from Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, will fill the post.