Strategy

Change is an important part of improvement. While new solutions can go a long way toward revolutionizing a health system’s processes, at Pulsara, we believe that change is 5% technology, 15% process and 80% about people.

CVS Health has named Violetta Ostafin executive vice president and chief strategy officer, effective July 11. 

For many years, audio advertising could not be measured. Today, service line marketers can attribute appointment volume to their digital audio ad campaigns.

CEOs of the largest U.S. companies ended the second quarter with less confidence in the economy and greater caution around hiring and capital investments. 

The technological, reimbursement and policy disruptions taking place in multiple parts of the healthcare industry are challenging hospitals' financial viability, especially hospitals' surgical service lines.

Operational waste is a massive problem in healthcare.

Implementing certain federal policies that improve social determinants of health to alleviate poverty could save up to 100,000 lives per year, according to a June 10 study in JAMA Network Open. 

Physicians, scientists and policymakers are starting a conversation about when to remove race from certain medical metrics and to understand where using race is beneficial, Kaiser Health News reported June 13.

Hospital and health system chief strategy officers must balance their focus on topics ranging from workforce challenges to evolving consumer behaviors.

Single-use endoscopes are an alternative to traditional reusable devices that come without many of the drawbacks of the reusable devices. Against this backdrop, healthcare organizations are weighing the financial implications of shifting to single-use endoscopes.