As retailers looked to move further into healthcare provision, their consumer experience stood as something of a threat to legacy healthcare providers. Lately, that competitive edge seems a little less sharp. 

 A major expansion project that will more than triple the size of the emergency department at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami is underway. The full project isn't slated to wrap until early 2027, but leaders aren't waiting to make improvements to current operations and patient care processes. 

The laboratory sits at a unique position in a patient’s diagnostic journey. The information that’s generated from a laboratory test is the critical link between a patient with a medical question and a physician with a definitive answer. Test results not only set patients on the right course but also guide their care throughout the entire treatment process.

We are happy to announce ECG’s Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Update for Q4 of 2023!

Healthcare is in the middle of what seems like a never-ending roller coaster of change. With new disruptions and disruptors emerging daily, traditional health systems have two choices: lean in and adapt or fall behind as the challenges of change in healthcare become insurmountable. Many health systems across the country are thinking about how they can modernize core operations while also embracing the shift to value-based care by expanding into new value-generation opportunities. 

Join leaders from ECG’s Physician Compensation division in discussing key trends and the 2024 market outlook for advanced practice providers (APPs).

Hospital leaders are exploring innovative strategies to reduce their overall operating costs in the current landscape of rising labor expenses and inflation.

A growing number of CEOs question whether their company's current path will take them beyond the next 10 years.

Demand for advanced practice providers (APPs) has grown exponentially in recent years, and 74% of healthcare organizations surveyed by LocumTenens.com answered affirmatively when asked, “Do you plan to expand APP coverage?”, signaling that the market for providers who improve patient access to care and help reduce physician burnout is poised for more growth. This and other findings are available in a recently released report, “Innovation & Flexibility: The Journey to Sustainable Healthcare.”  

In an interactive session at the Becker's 11th CEO + CFO Roundtable, Ken Leonczyk, senior vice president of provider partnership strategy at Optum, and Chris Pass, the company's president of market performance partnerships, emphasized that partnerships are crucial for survival and growth, as they provide access to resources, expertise and influence. They also highlighted the need for shared goals, vision and culture in a partnership. 

During an interactive session at Becker's Payer Issues Roundtable, two leaders from Microsoft, Divya Varshney, senior director of global healthcare marketing, and Amy Berk, MSN, RN, director of population health, led a discussion on the potential of artificial intelligence and generative AI in healthcare.

In an interactive session at the Becker's 11th CEO + CFO Roundtable moderated by Tammi Neukom of SCP Health, Bentley Tate, MD, SCP Health’s wellness advocate, discussed physician burnout. He said the assault on physicians' well-being often begins a decade before they start their first job and cited studies showing high levels of burnout and emotional distress among medical students and physicians. 

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care has opened a new space to boost pathologists' efficiency and aid families in bereavement following a patient death. 

Several major health systems have set their sights on growth for 2024, and the Shriners Children's hospital network is no exception. 

In an interactive session at Becker's 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, American Medical Association representatives discussed how policy is made within the organization and how health system leaders and individual physicians can be involved in the process. The panelists emphasized that policy is made by the AMA's House of Delegates, not the board of trustees. 

The nation's demographics, patient expectations and the technology landscape continue to rapidly evolve, and hospital leaders must understand these dynamics to maintain the industry's relevance in healthcare delivery moving forward, according to AdventHealth CEO Terry Shaw.

In a discussion at Becker's 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, two leaders from 3M's health information systems division — Diana Ortiz, revenue cycle senior business director, and Simone Gravesande-Joseph, consulting senior manager — discussed challenges and solutions in the healthcare industry regarding coding, documentation and revenue cycle management.

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has made substantial progress in the healthcare and pharmacy space in nearly four years, and he's learned a lot about its costs for employers and workers in that time, too. 

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, is hiring American talent for at least 17 roles related to healthcare and science, Forbes reported Jan. 3. 

Fathom hosted a lively, interactive session with healthcare leaders at Becker's 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable on artificial intelligence and the benefits of medical coding automation, including its ability to reduce workloads for physicians and support staff amid labor shortages.