Budgeting
Supply chain management is a medium or high priority yet just 13 percent say it's a top investment priority.
The move is designed to help the facilities struggling with a declining number of patients and a shifting payer mix.
GPOs can help drive savings and utilization, but it's worth re-examining the contracts every so often to get the most out of the relationship.
Health systems should be allocating more resources to technologies that further the mission of creating a consumer-centric industry.
At Maricopa Integrated Health System, price transparency became a top strategic imperative after it helped the system boost its margins.
Baby boomers, higher income, will drive growth in healthcare spending over the next 8 years, CMS Office of the Actuary projects.
Hospitals are nipping and tucking their supply chain spend by opting for half-price, reprocessed items like cardiology catheters.
Applying advanced analytics to patient datasets can help organizations adopt a comprehensive approach to deliver personalized medicine.
Whether it's for scheduling flexibility, telecommuting options or an equitable salary, sometimes women have to ask tough questions to gain leverage in negotiations, says HIMSS' new Chief Americas Officer Denise Hines.
LFS patients who received early cancer surveillance extended their lifetime, but incurred higher healthcare costs.