Strategy

Developing a robotic-assisted surgery program is a major undertaking and a big investment of time and money.

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) lines have numerous clinical, operational and financial benefits for healthcare organizations.

With more than half of U.S. adults reporting having delayed or foregone care in the past year due to cost, the financial challenges for self-pay patients and those with high deductibles are particularly acute.

Health systems' capital planning strategies focus primarily on finances but should extend to clinical assets and the cyberthreats they are exposed to, as those elements have a large impact on clinical operations, regulatory compliance and financial risk.

In a post-COVID world, healthcare systems are even more challenged to figure out how to do more with less. "Systemness" is an operational approach to these challenges that brings uniformity and greater transparency to health systems.

Volatility and uncertainty have eroded health system margins, and the situation cannot be corrected simply by returning to previously "normal" pre-pandemic approaches.

Managing medical documentation is a complex challenge for health system laboratories, which must maintain document control in order to protect patient privacy, standardize testing procedures and adhere to strict regulations.

Genomic testing has been used for years at academic medical centers as a one-off tool to provide an answer to specific cases. Now, there is broad understanding that its benefits can be multiplied across more patients and institutions if it…

The healthcare industry has always struggled with labor shortages. The magnitude of the  current situation, however, is unlike anything we’ve seen before. While the word  “unprecedented” has almost lost its meaning in the last few years, it remains accurate: today’s …

The rise of high-deductible health plans has made patients the number one payer for some healthcare organizations, creating a necessary shift in the way that providers are collecting payments to ensure both financial stability and patient satisfaction.