Strategy

Proliferating severe weather events, mass shootings and other disasters in the United States mean that hospitals and healthcare systems must have a well-thought, up-to-date plan for handling various crises.

Patient experience has become a critical element in the delivery of healthcare. But despite the importance of the patient experience, organizations often still struggle with delivering experiences that patients want rather than what organizations believe they want.

The urgency of modernizing the patient financial experience is undeniable, as out-of-pocket healthcare costs keep rising along with patients' expectations for cost transparency and more convenient payment options. 

Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is expanding abortion coverage in employee healthcare plans, The Washington Post reported Aug. 20. 

Large healthcare systems are improving their capabilities through mergers and acquisitions, but partnerships, joint ventures and alliances can open similar doors to expansion, according to an Aug. 11 article in McKinsey Quarterly. 

Meeting with clinicians for one hour may cost up to $1,000 of missed clinical revenue, physicians estimate. 

With a low hospitalization and death rate for monkeypox, health systems don't expect the outbreak to pose a large burden on inpatient care. Still, ramping up communication and infection control policies are key to alleviating employee concerns and providing effective…

Jefferson Health saw a significant opportunity to create a comprehensive patient blood management (PBM) program to reduce blood usage while decreasing costs, help address staffing issues, increase revenue and most importantly, improve patient outcomes.

Beyond transitioning oftentimes unnecessary and costly care, it’s a way of treating patients in a preferred, familiar venue

Ascension is hiring chief strategy officers for its markets in Alabama and Indiana.