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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. -
How one hospital turned time savings into more revenue
Would you rather save time or money? When both are in short supply, this can be an impossible question for hospitals to answer. -
An integrated method to deliver affordability through a portfolio approach focused on optimizing, repositioning, redesigning and reimagining
Affordability has long been an issue in healthcare, but the problem has only worsened. Permanent solutions are needed to bend the healthcare cost curve in the United States. -
4 insights on looking beyond the hospital's four walls to identify and mitigate safety risks
Safety is always a concern in hospital environments. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest over the past year, risks to hospital and health system staff, patients and assets have only increased. -
The 17 health systems to which Walmart sends employees for care in 2021
Through its Centers of Excellence program, Walmart partners with health systems that have demonstrated appropriate, high-quality care and outcomes for defined episodes of care. -
The ironically quiet threat plaguing organizations
"Noise" is unwanted variability in judgments that should be identical, and most senior executives underestimate just how loud it is within their organizations. -
Why the fastest-growing states have the worst healthcare: 4 things to know
Texas, Florida and Georgia accounted for half of the aggregated population growth in the last decade. Yet these states rank last in health and healthcare for having a large number of uninsured adults, high amounts of premature death and unaffordable healthcare, according to a June 2 report published in Harvard Business Review.
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