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Patient care navigation: delivering holistic care and returning joy to medicine
Smoothing the transitions between different parts of the patient care journey has become a growing part of hospitals' strategies to improve the patient experience. -
Expand Your Referral Network With Precise Marketing
Recent studies have shown physician burnout is at an all-time high, and, unsurprisingly, turnover rates have increased. It’s an important time to concentrate on a robust strategy to grow your referral network. -
The next generation of CDI is here: Advanced technologies enable automated case prioritization, code sequencing and more
Diagnosis sequencing is key to improving hospital ratings and rankings by industry groups like U.S. News & World Report, Leapfrog Group and Vizient. Manual processes for identifying high value cases, ensuring diagnosis integrity and sequencing diagnosis codes, however, are time consuming for clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and coding (HIM) teams. -
The healthcare labor shortage is affecting patient care…but not in the ways you think
As the world emerges from the worst of the pandemic, patients are returning to the clinical setting. The challenges we experienced in 2020 were very different than they are today. Healthcare executives and providers are dealing with new obstacles that are forcing them to rethink almost everything. -
Walmart Health expands Florida footprint
Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart Health plans to open 16 new health centers in Florida. -
How healthcare systems can build a foundation for innovation through maximizing their existing IT investments
While an incredible number of new technologies promise to help healthcare organizations improve efficiency and reduce costs, it can be difficult to make the necessary investments right now, as health systems struggle with both financial and staffing challenges. An alternative approach, being pursued by many health systems, involves maximizing the value of those investments that have already been made. -
2022 CFO Survey: Most hospital finance teams still waiting for access to real-time data
Ottawa, Ontario – October 26, 2022 – In August 2022, more than 100 healthcare financial professionals throughout the United States participated in a survey conducted by Becker’s Healthcare and sponsored by Multiview Financial. The survey explored the role of data analysis in hospitals and health systems. -
Why offering a patient-centric RCM experience is so important and what leading health systems are doing to achieve it
Traditional business goals like increasing revenue and ensuring compliance are long-standing, important objectives for hospitals. -
JPMorgan opens 3 new primary care centers in Ohio
JPMorgan Chase is opening three advanced primary care centers on the sites of its offices in the area of Columbus, Ohio, as part of its new Morgan Health business unit. -
ThedaCare plans OB-ED, hospitalist program
ThedaCare, based in Neenah, Wis., is planning an obstetrical emergency department and hospitalist program to boost women's services in northeast and central Wisconsin. -
HCA using 'Zen lounges' to help nurses fight burnout
A survey of nurses at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (Texas) revealed its nurses were burnt out. One-quarter were considering leaving the profession, 58 percent reported depressive symptoms and 65 percent reported burnout. HCA Houston is responding with a variety of wellness initiatives, the Houston Chronicle reported Oct. 18. -
The future of the healthcare revenue cycle: leveraging technology to balance the focus on cost and yield
Leading health systems are building financial success through digital and cultural transformation. -
How Northwell climbed 74 spots on Fortune's 'best companies to work' list
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health zeroed in on four workplace conditions to climb 74 spots on Fortune's "best companies to work" list, according to an Oct. 17 article from media company Worth. -
Interoperability: turning big data into big benefits
Interoperability is one of healthcare's biggest dilemmas, with providers trapped between growing needs for expanded use of health data and a host of compliance, legal and regulatory constraints. -
5 Strategies for Health System Growth in a Volatile Environment
Healthcare was built for stability, so it often fails to keep up with change—especially the volatility and uncertainty facing the industry today. -
Contract Labor is Here to Stay: Three Strategies for Long-Term Success
As clinical leaders and administrators, we often find ourselves on both sides of a contract labor seesaw. Perhaps you can relate. A mitigating event occurs (such as a global pandemic), which increases the need for contract labor positions. Budgets for the following year include room for these positions but carefully outline a plan to ramp down. -
Good Samaritan Hospital gets new name
After 60 years, Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., has rebranded to Good Samaritan University Hospital. -
No Surprises Act: How providers are solving for incongruencies in well-intentioned legislation
The No Surprises Act took effect on January 1, 2022, and establishes federal protections against surprise medical bills. While the legislation serves a legitimate patient protection purpose, it has many providers puzzled and technologically unprepared to comply. -
How the AMA's Recovery Plan is helping provider organizations reduce clinician burnout and improve organizational well-being
Clinician burnout is a major health care issue. It affects both clinician and organizational well-being as well as patient care. Although reducing burnout is a top priority for many healthcare organizations, a more strategic approach is needed to increasing wellness for the long run. -
GE files Form 10 as next step in spinning off its healthcare business
GE has filed Form 10, a form used to register securities for possible trading, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its process to spin off GE Healthcare.
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