Strategy

The ongoing shift to value-based care has placed a significant emphasis on provider performance and outcomes. But with clinical staffing shortages near all-time highs, delivering the right care at the right time – which is the essence of effective care…

Healthcare and human services organizations are grappling with intense competition for direct care providers amid increasing financial pressures. As entities confront hard talent recruitment and retention choices, leaders depend on data to help make the best business decisions. However, those…

Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., is requesting a revision of a city agreement that requires more than one-third of its employees to get to the hospital without cars, Palo Alto Weekly reported Oct. 18. 

In the wake of the pandemic, turnover is on the rise in many RCM teams, as employees resist back-to-the-office strategies and instead often seek remote job opportunities at other organizations. At the same time, the volume of administrative work associated…

In a workshop at the 8th Annual Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting, David Law, chief client officer at Zotec Partners and Kelly Searle, chief revenue officer at Tacoma, Wash.-based Sound Physicians, discussed the use of artificial…

Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, EdD, MSN, RN, began serving as enterprise vice president of community engagement for Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health in September, and she brought more than two decades of healthcare experience to the role.

Inpatient and outpatient settings — though riddled with staff shortages and workflow challenges — hold key opportunities for quality improvement. To realize potential here, hospitals and health systems must consider support that will drive not only advancements but also innovation…

There's a neighborhood in Salt Lake City that was full of young, growing families 20 years ago. Kids needed sports medicine and pediatric services; new mothers relied on women's clinics. 

Evanston, Ill.-based Northshore – Edward-Elmhurst Health has entered an exclusive, multi-year partnership with The National Basketball Retired Players Association. 

As Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital set out to ready a new five-year strategic plan, adjusting organizational structure was among the focuses. The goal was a new structure at the highest level to better represent the growth the system has experienced…