Strategic Planning
Hospitals have a few long-term options to reverse the trend of too few nurses.
When Franciscan Health assembled a team of executives and clinicians to assess physician performance, they found big opportunities disguised as problems.
With algorithms and analytics, first-moving health orgs are reaping alternative payment models to reduce readmissions, incentivize physicians to coordinate care and improve patient satisfaction.
Hospitals have been unable to translate volume growth into stronger revenue due to lower reimbursement rate increases and higher expenses, Moody's says.
New venture fund from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is more of a market lift model than an accelerator, partner says.
Going beyond the CapEx vs. OpEx debate, experts say the time has come for finance teams to decide what to move to the cloud and what to keep on-site.
But study suggests the U.S. as a whole is not doing particularly well when it comes to pulling back on outdated procedures.
Canadians throw shade at the American hodgepodge of plans they hold in high esteem in the ACA's federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation initiative.
Pending developments in government policy around access to virtual care and reimbursement for services delivered are opening doors for hospital executives.
Advanced clinical trials are underway for at least 10 investigational therapies that have shown promise in slowing or blocking development of Alzheimer's disease.