On Monday, 10 health IT startups descended on Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to compete for the opportunity to conduct a pilot program with the hospital in a contest modeled on ABC's investment reality show, "Shark Tank."
Leadership & Management
This content is sponsored by Optum. Readmissions, quality reporting, population health — hospital and health system CMOs have more on their plate than ever. Here, five CMOs share their thoughts on the biggest challenges facing the modern CMO, and advice…
The state of the economy five years post-recession, and how it is impacting healthcare.
The American College of Emergency Physicians reports that the average emergency department boarding time — where patients who are ready for hospital admission are kept in the ED until space becomes available in other departments — is about four hours.…
If you think mere compliance with the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act and meaningful use is enough to survive in the future, wait until you find out about what Dr. Devi Shetty is up to in the Cayman Islands.
The following content is sponsored by TeamHealth.
It's not an easy time to be in charge of finances at a nonprofit hospital or health system. Healthcare leaders across the country are facing declining inpatient volumes, the shift from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based payment models and the call…
Dr. Patrick Toy will lead a session called “Outpatient Total Hips in ASCs” at Becker’s 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Business of Spine. The early registration discount for this event ends May 1st!
This past December, Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health settled a lawsuit alleging Anti-Kickback Statute violations by some of the health system's neurosurgeons.
Each year, 600 loads of laundry are performed by the average American household. There aren't many steps to performing a well-washed load of laundry, yet more than half of households inaccurately perform the most critical task by over-pouring laundry detergent.