Strategy

Quality Improvement (QI) plays a pivotal role in advancing patient care and optimizing healthcare workflows. ORControl™, a minute-by-minute coordination system for operating room efficiency, addresses several challenges within QI by automating processes, increasing transparency, and fostering teamwork. Here’s how ORControl™…

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare's 2024 has been highlighted by plans to acquire nine Illinois hospitals and post-acute facilities from St. Louis-based Ascension and launching an integrated EMR system in Southern California.

For decades, hospitals and health systems relied heavily on external consultants to guide strategic decision-making. With limited internal resources and access to fragmented data, these organizations often turned to external expertise for market forecasts, service line projections, and patient volume…

The healthcare industry faces the formidable challenges of rising costs and precarious profit margins. Elevated supply and labor costs, combined with structural revenue pressures, have created a financial environment where margins remain tenuous. Amidst this financial complexity, health systems are…

In this age of profound technological advancements in healthcare, leaders are keeping a sharp focus on their biggest asset and driver of success: people. This focus on people, paired with strategic efforts to improve efficiency, can transform healthcare operations.

In today’s financial climate, health systems are seeking ways to keep pace with accelerating competition for more consumer-friendly, convenient, and affordable care options. In response, digital-first, low-capital approaches to joint ventures (JVs) are emerging as an attractive alternative to lengthy,…

More and more, patients expect their digital interactions in healthcare to mirror those of retailers. Organizations that deliver these experiences are likely to see increases in patient satisfaction and engagement, as well as financial health.

Patients entrust their lives to hospitals every day. But a hidden danger lurks in the shadows: unauthorized access to patients, pharmaceuticals and other critical supplies, and IT networks of the like.

Distalmotion’s Dexter Surgical Robot opens an entirely new era for soft tissue robotics in the outpatient setting and ambulatory surgery centers that will have immediate benefit for patients.

Clinical integration bolsters communication and collaboration between departments and across a facility’s clinical services lines. This is particularly important in high-volume referral centers with a diverse patient mix. TeamHealth partners with a level-one trauma facility in South Florida for emergency…