Strategic Planning
But navigating the process, especially for a hospital with limited resources, must be done properly for the strategy to succeed.
Medical and health R&D continues to account for less than 5 percent of the total $3.5 trillion in U.S. health spending.
As more care is being delivered in outpatient facilities, Scripps said it will design its acute care hospitals to care for the most seriously ill patients.
To integrate care, provide more services and stay competitive, hospitals are still building outpatient facilities.
Proposed cuts to reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services likely played a role.
Great Lakes Health Connect has tapped Holon Solutions' sensor technology to help it meet state Medicaid goals for population health.
By giving healthcare providers real-time feedback on their ordering patterns, they can adjust those patterns to optimize care.
Hospitals put $75 to $100 million into housing projects to limit unnecessary ER visits and reduce wasteful health care spending for homeless.
Smaller physician practices are particularly vulnerable to risk, and there are upfront costs to consider, too.
The average deal size for companies led by women CEOs was $31.4 million compared to $11.3 million for those with men CEOs in what is shaping up to be digital health's biggest year of investments.