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Providers continue to be the most targeted organizations for industry cybersecurity breaches, with nearly 4 out of 5 breaches.
Successive rounds of unnecessary testing can cause physical and psychological harm to patients and waste an estimated $200 billion annually.
Discussing benefits and risks of low-value diagnostic testing via head CT scan with patients can reduce the prevalence of such testing.
Wasteful spending is an increasingly thorny problem in healthcare, especially with the industry comprising an ever-larger portion of GDP.
Mergers and acquisitions helped grow revenue but it's taking health systems longer to realize expected synergies.
Despite this cost increase, 95% of employers are very confident their organization will continue to sponsor healthcare benefits to active employees.
PAP adherence also was associated with a significantly lower number of emergency department visits and inpatient stays.
A tiny fraction of healthcare executives, 5%, said clinical integration is their supply chain't top priority.
Some hospitals are actively enhancing their clinical product lines via outsourcing, which they say increases patient satisfaction.
Administrative complexity accounted for the most waste, estimated at $256.6 billion, and pricing failure was a close second.