Quality and Safety
A consistent framework is needed to ensure healthcare quality workforces are efficient, effective and delivering on ROI.
Anthem last year was required to pay $16 million in the most costly HIPAA fine ever, for what remains the largest data breach for the industry.
An estimated 160,000 lives are lost annually from avoidable medical errors, an improvement over 2016, which saw 205,000 avoidable deaths.
A number of clinicians and payers have been enforcing hard limits on opioid doses, regardless of the patient's situation.
Private hospitals are more likely to enact an ambulance diversion if a nearby public hospital is already turning away ambulances.
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Rideshare technology is removing transportation as a barrier to care, assisting the elderly, low-income patients and those who have chronic and complex care needs, says Aaron Crowell, head of Uber Health.
Machine learning advances go above and beyond what has presently been achieved in medicine, the findings showed.
A big challenge for health plans is addressing member expectations based on their experiences in other industries.
Starship Children's Health is accomplishing patient matching to a high degree of confidence, claims Dr. Greg Williams, clinical director at the New Zealand hospital.
Just 31 percent of clinical leaders have a designated nursing leader whose primary responsibility is innovation.