On Dec. 9, CVS will hold its first investor day since the start of the pandemic, pitching to its investors how it plans to bring customers to its stores using other healthcare services, CNBC reported Dec 8. 

The healthcare industry's financial challenges have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols can help health systems reduce the length of stay, minimize post-surgical infections and decrease readmissions, which can provide much-needed financial relief.

The massive inoculation efforts in the U.S. have been led by pharmacists, emphasizing their important role in the healthcare system that shouldn't be overlooked, pharmacy student Payton Atkins wrote in the Herald Leader Dec 3. 

Deciding where to place artificial intelligence within an organization is key to optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and keeping a competitive advantage, Harvard Business Review reported Dec. 3.

Medical practices and health systems everywhere struggle with no-shows. When patients don’t attend their appointments, care suffers—and so does the organization’s bottom line.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive condition in which the arteries in the lung become stiff, thickened or narrowed, making the heart work harder to pump blood through them.

Utah officials have submitted a proposal to combine the state's health and human services departments, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Dec. 1.

Revenue cycle management is complex, difficult and costly to manage. Between the complexity of coding, transparency regulations, new market realities and shrinking hospital margins, traditional RCM processes no longer produce the desired results.

Federally qualified health centers have long cared for the uninsured and underinsured by providing free or low-cost primary care services in underserved communities.

The vaccination mandate imposed by CMS may serve to worsen patient outcomes and place serious stress on hospitals and health systems, former CMS Administrator Seema Verma wrote for The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1.

Healthcare provider organizations have experienced an incredible amount of uncertainty over the last year and a half.

Food insecurity is a serious issue that affects many Americans and is also linked to poor health outcomes. A new McKinsey report, published Nov. 24, details why and how payers and health systems should turn their attention to combating the issue.

Even before the omicron variant rattled markets and health officials, Americans were still citing COVID-19 as the most urgent health issue facing the country, a new Gallup poll published Nov. 30 shows.

The healthcare sector has met artificial intelligence with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. In a world where clinicians are overwhelmed by data, many view predictive AI solutions as necessary tools that can be paired with human expertise and judgment. When done ‘right’, these tools can dramatically improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and increase productivity to alleviate critical labor challenges such as staffing shortages.

A new survey conducted by the Stark County (Ohio) Health Department has found many women face significant barriers to healthcare access, including lack of appropriate appointment times and discrimination, reported The Repository Nov. 22.

Despite the tragic death toll the coronavirus caused in the U.S, vaccinations have been polarized politically, and many people are still hesitant about whether to get inoculated. Here are three strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination, according to a report in The Lancet published Nov. 15. 

At the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, 13 countries pledged to aim for net-zero emissions in their health systems by 2050. Doing so will be a challenge, but there are clear strategies systems can incorporate to reach the goal, The Lancet reported Nov. 17. 

ECG’s radio show and podcast, Healthcare Upside Down, offers unfiltered perspectives on what’s working in US healthcare and what’s not.

Ivermectin for COVID-19, microchips in the vaccines and the pandemic as a hoax. These are just a few of the conspiracy theories that have been proven to be false, yet nonetheless have circulated throughout the pandemic, bolstered by social media and polarized news. Some of the misinformation is spread by medical professionals themselves, giving medical boards, health systems and professional organizations a difficult task in regulating it. 

Many hospitals are reporting decreasing patient volumes but predict higher volumes in 2022, according to a McKinsey & Co. report published Nov. 15.