The number of children in the U.S. is declining, and the drop is sharpest in the country’s largest cities, The Wall Street Journal reported July 26. Where does that leave hospitals and health systems? The number of children under 18…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health and Siemens Healthineers have signed an $87 million Value Partnership for imaging and radiation oncology technology. The agreement makes Siemens Healthineers the primary technology provider for magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, molecular imaging, interventional radiology and…
This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience. At many infusion centers, nurse schedules are built on tradition rather than data, leaving teams stretched thin on busy days and overstaffed on slow ones. As patient volumes rise…
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- Amanda Carbray, Clinic Operations Manager, Hartford HealthCare
- Betsy Hlavac, Clinical Operations Manager, Ambulatory Infusion & Medical Oncology, Hartford HealthCare
In today’s healthcare environment, technology has become central to delivering high-quality patient care. It influences access, financial sustainability, workforce capacity, regulatory compliance and organizational resilience. That reality is becoming even more apparent as federal policymakers increase their focus on both…
Intermountain Health and AdventHealth are pursuing a Denver-area joint venture that closely resembles the model Henry Ford Health and Ascension used to combine certain assets and facilities in Michigan under one operating system while preserving elements of both organizations. Altamonte…
More data is pointing to concerns of skyrocketing healthcare costs in the upcoming years. Steeper medical utilization is one cause for concern, according to several sources. Meanwhile, HR 1 is radically reshaping Medicaid, and the expiration of ACA enhanced subsidies…
Utilization review teams face a constant squeeze: manual EHR searches for clinical documentation slow admission and appeal processes, introduce errors and raise denial risk — all while revenue hangs in the balance. Stormont Vail Health confronted these inefficiencies directly. By…
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- Chad Yeager, RN, MSN, VP of Quality and Population Health, Stormont Vail Health
- Brianna Brown, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CCDS, Director of Clinical Performance, Stormont Vail Health
- Sri V. Suravarapu, MD, MPH, CPE, CHCQM-PHYADV, Medical Director of Utilization Review / Clinical Appeals, Stormont Vail Health
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth recently appointed John Tynes, MD, as interim chief medical officer of its Oregon region. Dr. Tynes was previously vice president and CMO at Intermountain Health’s St. Joseph Hospital in Denver before he left the role about two…
Kari Quickenden, PharmD, has been appointed CEO of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyo. The hospital’s board of trustees unanimously voted July 24 to appoint her to the role, according to a July 24 hospital news release.…
Seattle Children’s has named Mary Field, DNP, RN, as its inaugural chief nursing informatics officer, a newly created executive role at the pediatric health system. Dr. Field has spent nearly 20 years at Seattle Children’s, according to a July 27…