Strategic Planning
Most hospitals fall well short of their cost reduction targets, in part because the ability of chief financial officers to meaningfully impact how operational and clinical leaders approach the issue is limited.
Among a variety of high risk, high reward investments for health systems, robotic surgery is emerging as a technology with lots of promise as well as conflicting evidence.
In its semiannual Economic Outlook survey, Premier, Inc., asked hospital supply chain, materials management and C-suite executives to reveal the trends impacting their supply chains over the next year. Here are the top five issues.
Seismic changes altering the healthcare industry are creating an increasing number of compliance requirements for hospitals and health systems to meet. This means a larger role for an organization's chief compliance officer.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is exporting its knowledge and management services around the world, to countries like China and Lithuania that are expanding healthcare for emerging middle class populations.
The "consumerization" of healthcare is helping to shape trends in healthcare real estate by contributing to significantly less hospital usage in certain regions of the United States.
The emergence of digital and retail health is a clarion call for hospitals and medical practices to innovate and improve the patient experience. However, providers could lose patients to retail companies if the seeds sown by the likes of CVS, Walgreens and Walmart take root.
The ability to speak before any audience, to make that audience understand complex financial topics, and to win them over to your expertise and authority are critical for a CFO's success.
Savvy healthcare supply chain leaders must go beyond medical product pricing to achieve the next level of savings for their organizations. Here are 3 areas to consider if you are searching for additional savings.
Rural health providers may feel burdened by a confluence of policy and financing trends. But one opportunity, depending on the state, can help with sustainability.