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Mass General Brigham's rebrand to affect all 12 hospitals
All 12 hospitals in Boston-based Mass General Brigham will be rebranded in a three-year, up to $60 million name change that was first announced in 2019, according to the Boston Business Journal. -
Dollar General: Rural America's new health hub?
Dollar General hired its first CMO and plans to become a destination for affordable healthcare offerings. -
RIP 'Uber of healthcare'
The phrase "Uber of healthcare," a once-aspirational analogy for a single, winning, disruptive force in healthcare, has officially died. -
How to unlock the value of existing medical device inventories
As patient care continues to transition to nonacute sites, many health systems are struggling to meet the change in medical equipment demands across the care continuum. One reason for this challenge is a lack of visibility and inaccurate medical equipment inventories. To understand how healthcare organizations can gain visibility into their true asset inventories, Becker's Hospital Review recently spoke with two experts about the value of clinical asset informatics: -
208-bed Metro Health gets new name
Metro Health-University of Michigian, a 208-bed in Wyoming, is rebranding to "more accurately reflect" its role in the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health system, according to a June 30 news release. -
With technology, new revenue cycle management challenges arise
Long gone are the days where professional medical coders and billers pulled medical insurance claims off the typewriter and stuffed them in an envelope to be mailed for payment. -
Piedmont to equip hospital security officers with tasers, body cameras
Security officers at Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare's hospitals in Georgia will get tasers and body cameras through a new agreement with Axon. -
Four lessons about how to use technology to reimagine patient registration
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals were looking for contactless registration solutions that were quick to implement, easy to use, and kept patients and staff safe. Now, as they look forward, hospitals are thinking about how those workflows can position them for success by providing patients with the experience that they want. -
'Inflated expectations': Hospital, insurer social programs lag in results
Hospitals and insurers have prioritized social determinants of health programs that aim to increase accessibility through transportation and housing initiatives — but it's unclear whether the programs improve health and lower medical costs, according to Kaiser Health News. -
Access to robotic surgery not just a technology challenge: lessons learned from Barnes-Jewish Hospital
As robotic surgery becomes more widely adopted for general surgery, healthcare systems recognize that they can't limit these procedures to traditional, weekday business hours. -
It’s time for payvider adoption and growth
Value-based partnerships between payers and providers have long been tested and launched in pockets within the industry. But today, the rules of the game are changing across all lines of business. Providers and payers need new business models to generate margin, growth, and a competitive advantage. -
Apple's healthcare push stalled by employee departures
Apple's healthcare-related initiatives have struggled to gain traction, partially due to staff departures, The Wall Street Journal reported June 16. -
Why Mayo Clinic is turning to technology to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries — 3 takeaways
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries are costly and contribute to poor patient outcomes. Unfortunately, they are also on the rise. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that between 2014 and 2017 national rates for pressure injuries increased 6 percent, while the rates for all hospital-acquired conditions decreased 13 percent. -
3 changes to better position your hospital for the next pandemic
Researchers from Boston-based Harvard Business School and Durham, N.C.-based Duke University shared three ways hospitals can be better prepared for a future pandemic in a June 10 report published in Harvard Business Review. -
Amazon opens 3 employee health clinics in Detroit
Amazon has opened three new health centers in Detroit for its employees through a partnership with Crossover Health, a medical group that works with self-insured employers, according to a June 14 Royal Oak Tribune report. -
Service recovery — an essential ingredient for delivering excellent patient experiences
According to the Beryl Institute, patient experience is the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization's culture, that influences patient perceptions across the continuum of care. -
Initiatives that could mitigate the next health crisis, ranked by 73 experts
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked various discussions about what steps should be taken to prepare for the next public health crisis. To study this, TIME, with guidance from the University of Washington Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness, polled 73 experts in late May about mitigation initiatives. -
Rise in medically complex patients: Prepare your rehabilitation program
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Texas hospital returns to mask mandate for visitors
Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas, will reinstate its mask requirements, according to local station CBS7. -
What healthcare can learn from America’s favorite video streaming giant
In 2009, I co-founded a company called Kobo, a global leader in e-books. When I look back on that time, what motivated incumbents to innovate wasn’t new technology or the desire to drive growth. It was fear.
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