Archived Whitepapers

The following whitepapers have been made available to readers of Becker's Hospital Review. Click on a category below to see the whitepapers available on that topic.


Archived Whitepapers
Source: McKesson 
For an orthopedic practice, a single surgical procedure requires more than four hours of administrative tasks and 11 staff hours — time that could be spent on more valuable things.

Reducing these administrative burdens to improve surgical care efficiency is a key opportunity for independent operators to stay competitive in their markets.

This white paper outlines five tips to decrease administrative burden and maximize surgical efficiency in orthopedic practices based on expert insights from a panel at the Becker’s Annual Spine & Ortho Conference.

ASC/Spine
Source: NextGen
Physicians face a mounting documentation burden, fueling burnout and diverting their attention from direct patient care.

By streamlining documentation processes and adopting tailored solutions, ASCs can give physicians more time back in their day, fostering a more sustainable and fulfilling work environment. This white paper shares how ASC leaders can use AI-powered mobile solutions to capture patient-provider conversations for easier and faster documentation.

Key benefits include:

  • Up to two hours saved on documentation daily
  • 90% accurate notes generated seconds after a patient visit
  • Increased access to patient records

Source: Premia  
The TOPS System was first implanted in 2005 and the current version has been in clinical use for a dozen years. As of today, thousands of patients have benefited from this innovative system.

This white paper examines how the TOPS System provides an entirely new modality to treat patients with spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis. TOPS is the first and only FDA-approved facet replacement device with a superiority-to-fusion claim.

A disruptive breakthrough in spinal care, TOPS uniquely addresses the needs of patients, surgeons, facilities and payers to create a broad win for all stakeholders.

Key takeaways about TOPS:

 
  • Motion alternative to lumbar spinal fusion
  • FDA labeled as superior to spinal fusion
  • New Technology Add-on Payment of up to $11,375 for Medicare eligible procedures

 

Source: Waystar
Inflation and high deductibles mean patients are getting bigger bills, which causes both surprise and confusion. Often, patients don't understand why they owe so much, or they aren't able to meet their financial responsibility even if they do.

Obviously, this is difficult for patients — but it's also debilitating for healthcare organizations.
When patient collections are down, providers face bad debt, poor patient retention, and decreased satisfaction for patients and staff.

It's time to create a better patient collections experience. Providers who take action now can change a potentially bleak future simply by rethinking patient collections. Download the whitepaper to learn how to leverage data to create consumer-friendly experiences, improving both patient engagement and profit margin.

Key points include:

  • The current state of patient collections, from deductibles to denials
  • Why transparency is key to patient satisfaction + compliance
  • Using automation + data to improve patient collections
  • How to empower patients to pay with the 3 Cs

Source: Merritt Healthcare Advisors
The healthcare industry is seeing a wave of mergers, acquisitions and consolidations among specialty care practices as the need for size and scale leads practitioners to seek the capital and resources necessary for growth.

These growth opportunities present risks for physicians who fiercely value and guard their independence and control over their practices. For investors and advisers, recognizing and addressing these concerns when discussing possible deals is critical to successful transactions.

This white paper outlines current specialty consolidation trends and the top challenges of balancing needed growth with desired autonomy.

Key learnings:

  • Macro trends in specialty consolidation
  • Types of consolidation business models
  • Pros and cons of consolidation

Source: Carlsmed

At least 1.6 million U.S. adults seek treatment for spinal deformities every year.

The Rationale for Personalized Interbody Devices is a literature review of published research about the potential benefits of patient specific interbody devices. Over 30 studies describe the benefits related to personalized geometry and endplate fit, which may help surgeons achieve sagittal and coronal alignment goals more reliably.

1. Personalized geometry and fit may help surgeons more reliably achieve optimal alignment, which is the most significant predictor of improved clinical outcomes in surgery to correct spinal malalignment.
2. Compared to non-personalized cage designs, personalized interbody cages reduced endplate stress, increased contact area for bone graft loading, lowered stress on posterior rods and caused a lower stress increase on adjacent levels.
3. Endplate conforming cages provided comparable clinical results and fusion rates in comparison to the traditional cage but with decreased postoperative subsidence and a lower severity of subsidence-related neck pain in follow-up.


Source: Cardinal
McLaren Health Care standardized their non-acute supply chain with Cardinal Health’s support. This case study shows how a whole system approach to supply chain, paired with the right leadership, communication and distribution partner, leads to an efficient protocol with continuous improvement.

Discover how you can transform your own supply chain strategy with these non-acute best practices and key learnings, including the use of data and increased visibility. Read this case study to learn more.


Source: Intuitive
ASCs need to keep up with the latest technological developments in order to drive revenue and attract patients. With the global robotic surgery market on the rise, many ASCs are looking to robots to thrive.

The opportunity for greater surgical volumes is ripe for minimally invasive procedures performed in ASCs.

Although robotic surgeries are a costly investment, the migration of procedures to the outpatient setting can ensure a return on investment.

This white paper from Intuitive Surgical, manufacturer of the da Vinci robotic surgery platform, will offer best practices in adding a robotic surgery line to your ASC.

Source: Surgical Directions
COVID-19 has clearly demonstrated that hospitals rely on surgical services to drive financial results. Even as the pandemic subsides, ongoing case surges are leading todips in OR volume that reduce hospital revenue and erase profitability.

While the OR is “ground zero” for recent financial problems, it also represents the best opportunity to rebuild hospital margins. In fact, better-performing hospitals are now leveraging surgical services to launch a sustainable financial recovery.

Disruptions in the OR workforce, changes in the surgery market and other factors have complicated the path to recovery. To rebuild surgical services revenue, hospital executives need to plan and execute a complete OR reset.

This report details for hospital executives how to lead a post-pandemic financial recovery by reinvigorating OR performance and reworking OR strategy.

Source: Cardinal Health
With more procedures now performed in the outpatient space than ever, it is critical for facilities to operate at an optimal level. With the right tools and expertise, simple changes to pack programs can boost cost effectiveness and eliminate waste.

This whitepaper offers quick insights into how one surgery center with 12,000 cases annually achieved $100,000 in savings through simple changes to their pack program.

Download to learn more.

Source: Waystar
When a provider manually runs a claim status check, it takes, on average, 19 minutes and costs providers $9.37.

In 2020, providers made 238 million claim status inquiries by phone, fax or email. Most payers still limit the number of inquiries allowed per call, which means more calls, more work for staff and more time wasted. And that’s before adding in the time it takes to update claim statuses in practice management or hospital information systems.

New financial performance demands are forcing revenue cycle, financial services and billing professionals to reevaluate their approach to claim monitoring. To unlock the cost savings and smarter workflows they need, it’s critical to deploy tech and tools that can easily automates the process. And not just any tech—you’ll need solutions efficient and flexible enough to meet the unique needs of your organization.

This whitepaper breaks down the most effective strategy for achieving smarter claim monitoring and shows you how to navigate the challenges you’ll face along the way.

Download this guide to learn:

  • How providers handle claim status inquiries today
  • Why current processes are inefficient
  • How to solve claims status challenges

Source: Regent Surgical Health
ASCs are revolutionizing the total joint replacement market. Current projections are that by 2026, as much as 51 percent of primary hip and knee joint replacement surgeries will be performed at ASCs.

The leadership team at the Beaverton-based Oregon Surgical Institute and their JV partner, Regent Surgical Health, anticipated the future back in 2016 and embraced what at the time might have been considered a risky and uncertain strategy. Ever since, OSI has been making good on its bet.

This whitepaper provides a look into OSI's total joint journey. Learnings include:

  • Best practices for practice design
  • Insights on building clinical teams
  • How to make continuous improvements to TJR programs

Source: Medtronic
Orthopedic spine interventions are associated with a higher risk of opioid dependence and overdose. It is pertinent that surgeons stay vigilant in opioid stewardship, explore ways to improve the patient's postoperative experience and lessen the use of opioids.

This study reveals how advancements in nano-surface technology on spinal interbody devices influenced a reduction in the postoperative opioid usage when comparing the same implant design with and without Nanotechnology.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • Which factors were predictive of opioid use after surgery
  • How interbody surface type was associated with postoperative opioid use

Source: Medtronic
The UNiD™ Adaptive Spine Intelligence Clinical Brief is a summary of evidence around the benefits of UNiD™ Adaptive Spine Intelligence technology and sagittal alignment in general. The evidence summarized within covers adult deformity, degenerative and pediatric deformity patients, with an emphasis on rates of rod fracture and flattening, as well as the ability to predict and achieve sagittal alignment goals with UNiD™ Adaptive Spine Intelligence technology.

Key Points:

  • Sagittal alignment is the most dominant radiographic predictor of outcomes in deformity patients
  • UNiD™ Adaptive Spine Intelligence predictive models can successfully predict postoperative spinopelvic parameters in the instrumented and uninstrumented spine
  • Degenerative patients have been found to be at 10 times greater risk for adjacent segment disease if their PI-LL mismatch is greater than 10 degrees

Clinical Excellence
Source: R-Zero
Enhanced disinfection methods, such as UV-C and sensors, have gained significant popularity in the past few decades as an important component of disinfection protocols in hospitals, particularly in high-risk areas like operating rooms. Nevertheless, hospitals encompass a much larger space, and the requirement to minimize microbial contamination on surfaces and in the air extends far beyond the confines of the operating theater.

In this whitepaper, Look Beyond the Operating Room, you’ll learn: 

  • How you can implement sustainable technology in your hospitals and healthcare facilities
  • Cost-effective options for cleaning methods
  • Ways to continuously clean surfaces and air in different rooms within healthcare settings

Source: ServiceNow
Efficiency is the name of the game for hospitals and health systems right now, especially when it comes to staffing. Yet, most hospitals' onboarding process takes months, is disjointed and costly — not to mention frustrates new employees.

To better support staff and reduce unnecessary spending, healthcare organizations must streamline clinicians' onboarding process, which sets the stage for retention and frees up time to focus on what really matters: patient care.

This white paper details how a streamlined, automated onboarding process can be a strategic differentiator. Download to learn more about:

  • Current hurdles and inefficiencies in most onboarding processes
  • The role of technology in simplified clinician onboarding
  • How better onboarding supports regulatory, licensing and compliance needs

Source: Hil-rom 
Nurses are leaving the workforce in droves with 800,000 expected to leave their roles in the next few years. This exodus is driven by retirement as well as key issues including high stress, COVID-19-related burnout, dwindling support staff and safety concerns.

If hospitals and health systems want to retain and attract nurses, they must reduce caregiver burden, enhance safety protocols, improve nurse well-being and remain patient-focused.

In this white paper, three nursing experts discuss the role new technology can play in addressing nursing-related challenges.

The experts include: 

  • Annette Brown, BSN, RN, chief nursing informatics officer, Eisenhower Health (Rancho Mirage, Calif.)
  • Marianne Hatfield, RN, DNP, chief nursing officer, Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (Marietta, Ga.)
  • Michael Williams, MD, chief medical information officer, UVA Health (Charlottesville, Va.)
  Key takeaways: 
  • Why documentation is a significant burden for healthcare staff — especially nurses
  • The importance of grounding efforts to unburden nurses in workplace safety
  • How new technologies are driving safer, more connected care and reducing caregiver burden

Source: Freshpaint
Healthcare marketers must constantly work to balance patient privacy concerns with the need to engage with patients on digital platforms. Updated guidance from the HHS on web tracking technology and HIPAA have complicated this balancing act, making it difficult for healthcare teams to supply important data to their most critical marketing tools in a HIPAA compliant way.

In this guide for healthcare marketers, readers will learn how to bridge the gap between patient privacy and digital marketing quickly and cost-effectively.

Key learnings include:

  • How to navigate HHS guidance around tracking tools and technologies
  • How to make your most important analytics and marketing tools HIPAA compliant
  • How to do digital advertising without sharing protected health information

Source: Neuroflow
Healthcare leaders don't have to feel helpless when it comes to addressing the rising rate of suicide in the U.S. With the right insights, organizations can quickly identify rising risk and intervene in the moments that matter.

This latest whitepaper from NeuroFlow explores how organizations can take a data-driven approach to suicide prevention and population risk management. It covers how real-time data provides greater visibility into previously overlooked populations, and how these insights arm care teams with the tools and confidence they need to prevent crises.

This white paper will answer key questions such as:

  • What is the cost of suicide on the healthcare industry and society?
  • What is the liability of suicide prevention programs?
  • What are innovators doing to identify at-risk individuals at scale?

Source: Elsevier
Precision oncology has made huge strides in recent years. Thanks to advancements in technology, bioinformatics and computer modeling, many providers are now able to incorporate precision oncology into their day-to-day practice, ensuring patients receive precise diagnoses and are then connected to the right treatment or clinical trial. 

But roadblocks remain. Health equity is a major concern, both because limited data could exacerbate health disparities and because many patients cannot afford care. Additionally, a large pool of patients is needed to ensure comprehensive data, and some payers still need to be convinced of precision oncology's value. 

During a Becker's advisory call, leaders from hospitals and health systems across the country discussed these challenges and how the field will continue to evolve, offering insights on how organizations of any size can find success utilizing precision oncology for treatment. 

Download the white paper to learn: 

  • The biggest roadblocks to precision oncology today + strategies to overcome them
  • How leaders are addressing health equity, reimbursement + more
  • How to prepare for the future of precision oncology

Source: Elsevier
Healthcare leaders are optimistic that generative artificial intelligence will benefit operations, staff and patients, but many are proceeding with caution in leveraging this budding technology.

In this article, you'll find a recap of an exclusive discussion with health system clinical and technology leaders, who candidly share their stance on generative AI, how they're currently using it and what's "keeping them up at night."

Download to learn more about: 

  • Where health systems currently stand in generative AI adoption
  • Key patient considerations (age, data ownership, etc.)
  • How leaders are navigating challenges and concerns in accuracy, safety and unintended consequences

Source: Illumina
As precision medicine and genomic testing become increasingly accessible, more health systems are building robust programs to scale innovative, high-quality and personalized care. But with these exciting possibilities come myriad implementation challenges — from organizational alignment and data capabilities to simply knowing where to start. 

In this white paper, you'll learn how health system leaders are building their precision medicine programs, fueled by genomics, and tips for navigating common challenges along the way. 

Download to find more on: 

  • Approaches to strategic partnerships
  • Data and tech capabilities that drive successful programs
  • The need for aligning incentives/payment models
  • How to ensure equitable access in precision medicine

 

Source: IQVIA Healthcare Solutions
Addressing social determinants of health largely depends on data, but key information is often locked up in silos, hindering hospitals and health systems progress. 

Northshore Edward-Elmhurst Health got around this challenge and accelerated its health equity initiatives by unlocking key SDOH data, which uncovered an alarming life expectancy disparity in its regional population. This whitepaper recaps their success, including how a solution from IQVIA enabled emergency department social workers to identify 56% more at-risk patients at the point of care, resulting in more targeted interventions and treatment. 

Learning points: 

  • Why it is critical for health systems to have a view of the SDOH most relevant to their patient populations
  • How NLP can unlock patient level insights at scale
  • How artificial intelligence can be deployed successfully in clinical settings

Source: Cepheid
Achieving the Quadruple Aim — improving population health, cost of care, patient experience and provider satisfaction — requires innovation. While there isn't a silver bullet, many health systems are prioritizing tools and interventions that hit all four buckets at once. One such tool is point-of-care molecular diagnostic testing.

In this white paper, you'll learn how a decentralized PCR testing infrastructure supports all aspects of the Quadruple Aim, and how health systems are using technology to scale quick, accurate and accessible tests for better outcomes.

Download to learn more about:

  • Benefits of decentralized testing, including reduced length of stay and readmissions
  • How decentralized PCR testing data supports disease tracking + antibiotic stewardship
  • How standardized molecular diagnostics helps health systems achieve the Quadruple Aim

Source: AMN Healthcare  
With unrelenting staffing constraints, healthcare leaders are laser focused on the entering workforce. Effectively supporting workforce strategies requires a deep understanding of new practitioners’ preferences and desires.

In this report, you’ll have access to survey findings and perspectives of 13,000 medical residents in their final year of training. The report sheds light on the level of demand for graduating medical residents, as well as their practice preferences and plans. As a thought leadership resource, this analysis also is intended to help healthcare organizations recruit medical residents and assess the priorities of newly trained physicians entering the field.

Download for more insights on:

 
  • The relative importance of various job features as residents evaluate practice opportunities
  • The population size of communities where residents would most like to practice
  • The types of practice settings residents prefer

 

Source: Flatiron
The combination of rapidly evolving cancer treatment guidelines and constant FDA approvals and label expansions for new cancer treatments makes it difficult for cancer centers to keep up with the latest best practices for cancer care. With more treatment options comes more complex decision-making, leading to decision fatigue for clinicians who are trying to keep the most current information top of mind when choosing treatment plans for patients. On top of this, the increase in therapeutic options puts new demands on administrators responsible for achieving financial and operational goals.

  With customizable clinical decision support, cancer centers can: 
  • Equip clinicians with evidence-based medicine, clinical research, and site-specific preferences at the point of care
  • Streamline clinical and pharmacy workflows with clinical decision support embedded directly into the electronic health record (EHR)
  • Standardize the delivery of high quality care across cancer center sites and patient populations
  • Drive financial success by capturing and reporting payer-required data elements

Source: AvaSure
In the transformative world of healthcare right now, one topic is at the center of all the headlines: the critical nursing shortage. This gap of over 1 million nurses nationwide is the culmination of years of declining nurse enrollment amplified by the pandemic. As hospitals must function with fewer RNs without sacrificing quality care, the use of virtual care has emerged as a potential savior to a dire situation.

Hospitals across the U.S. are dipping their toes into the world of virtual nursing, but many are unsure where to start and not making much progress. Yet Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has been in the virtual care game for years and can be viewed as a roadmap for other facilities looking to cope with capacity challenges, staffing shortages and extended emergency department wait times.

Download the whitepaper to learn:

  • Concrete strategies and starting points for implementing virtual care
  • How virtual nursing can improve employee retention and patient outcomes
  • Real-world results from a successful virtual nursing program

Source: AMN Healthcare
Health systems are increasingly tapping travel allied healthcare professionals to address urgent workforce needs. 

While permanent allied healthcare staff remain hard to find in local markets, travelers have proven a reliable supplement with geographical flexibility. However, the job market has become more competitive as demand for a flexible allied healthcare workforce grows nationwide.

This white paper outlines numerous strategies healthcare organizations can use to successfully staff allied healthcare travelers.

Key learnings: 

  • The benefits of employing allied travel professionals
  • Five ways to make allied travel assignments more appealing
  • Workers' biggest pain points in the job search process 

Source: Smith+Nephew
A pragmatic, open-label, randomized controlled trial at two ICUs at Stanford Medical Center – specializing in the care of cardiothoracic surgery patients or critically ill, medical, surgical and trauma patients – saw significant reduction in hospital-acquired pressure injuries with implementation of the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System.

Publication summary covers: 

  • Improvement in turn protocol adherence
  • Reduction in incidence of pressure injuries
  • Specifics on ventilator-dependent patients

The LEAF System combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering: 
  • Personalized care for each patient
  • Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
  • Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
  • Automatically generated reports that can be used for root cause analysis

Source: ServiceNow
Healthcare leaders are preparing for operations and care delivery to look vastly different a few years from now. While digital transformation holds the key to greater efficiencies, cutting-edge care and meeting patients' expectations, the journey is far from simple and demands resilience.

In this e-book, you'll find a collection of seven must-read articles that highlight innovation, challenges and viewpoints of leading hospitals and health systems like CommonSpirit Health (Chiago), UPMC (Pittsburgh) and more as they work toward building a unified digital environment.

You'll find:  

  • What leaders predict healthcare will look like in 100 years
  • How digital chiefs are preparing for the near future
  • Best practices for achieving a unified tech environment that's safe + compliant

Source: Cue Health
Healthcare today is rapidly evolving to facilitate patient care that is decentralized, less fragmented and more competitive. To meet these demands, the industry has begun adopting point-of-care testing (POCT) for convenience and speed over lab-based testing.

To learn more about the state of POCT today, Becker's Hospital Review spoke with Rhonda Ashcraft, laboratory manager for clinical operations with Memorial Hermann Medical Group in Houston, and two leaders from Cue Health, an innovator in molecular point-of-care diagnostics.

This white paper contains insights on:

  • The evolution and limitations of antigen testing
  • Traditional barriers to molecular POCT and how to overcome them
  • Why molecular POCT is becoming the "gold standard" of POCT solutions

Source: NICE  
Hospital and health systems are all working to attract new patients, retain existing ones and rebuild trust in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Improving access and engagement are key to succeeding in each of these areas. 

Becker's Hospital Review recently spoke with digital experts — including Maria Fernandez, director of patient experience at Emory Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital — to discuss how to deliver the consumer-centric experience patients are demanding and achieve each of the above goals. 

This brief report covers: 

  • Key factors driving patient frustration 
  • The type of technology hospitals can use to streamline digital interactions 
  • How Emory Johns Creek Hospital is improving staff and patient experience

 

Source: NICE
When it comes to the patient experience, standout organizations are those that embrace consumerism and fully understand what patients expect out of technology. What is the preferred technology? How does it increase satisfaction? 

This new report answers these questions and examines more trends affecting the patient experience. It covers:  

  • Why healthcare providers need a strong, proven patient-experience strategy 
  • Which patient-experience projects should be top priority for providers 
  • How artificial intelligence is impacting the quality of digital patient experience 
  • 6 practical recommendations for achieving success

Source: Connexall
Seamless. Cohesive. Unified. These are the praises sung by clinical leaders to describe the transformative impact of a fully connected healthcare delivery ecosystem. When technologies are seamlessly integrated, the result is a streamlined experience for frontline
care teams, enabling them to dedicate their energy to patient care rather than grappling with disjointed tools.

Connexall solutions power the connected hospital with an integrated end-to-end communication platform to promote care quality, enhance patient experience, elevate staff satisfaction, and improve health outcomes.

This interactive guide illustrates examples of how Connexall is helping transform patient care and realize their vision of a becoming truly connected hospitals.

Learning Objectives:

Through this guide, users will:

  • Recognize the positive impact that smart integration technology can have on streamlining workflows, improving care delivery, and enhancing patient and staff satisfaction.
  • Understand the value of employing a flexible, vendor neutral, and fully customizable use case-based methodology to realize the vision of a smart connected hospital.
  • Experience how leading health systems across North America are employing Connexall solutions to more effectively meet the unique needs of their patients, providers, and communities.

Source: RevSpring  
Despite the various disruptions and financial headwinds buffeting health systems, one constant remains — a commitment to integrating more patient-facing technologies. However, there is no single solution that can deliver all patients the consumer-friendly experience they crave. And integrating new solutions introduces new operational and user challenges.

To unpack this issue, Becker's Hospital Review hosted an advisory call with technology and patient engagement leaders from prominent hospitals and health systems. Organizations represented on the call include: 

 
  • Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)
  • MUSC Health (Charleston, S.C.)
  • UPMC (Pittsburgh)
  Download the white paper to learn about:  
  • The barriers to a positive tech experience for patients
  • Health systems' inclusive, proactive patient-facing digital strategies
  • Why change management is the biggest hurdle in any technology journey 

 

Source: Constellation
Despite best intentions, things can go wrong in fast-paced healthcare environments. Early intervention after a patient-harm event is key to minimizing negative effects for everyone involved: patients, families and staff. 

This report covers how to speed up resolution after patient-harm events, lower costs, and mitigate clinician stress and care team disruptions. Cases close three times faster than the national average in instances where intervention happens quickly and indemnity is paid, according to early findings. 

Learning objectives:  

  • Why reporting harm events early is important 
  • How early reporting influences both expenses and the lifecycle of a case positively 
  • The elements of early intervention and their benefits

Source: ServiceNow
Having a seamless onboarding experience is vital to start clinicians off on the right foot and set the stage for employee retention — yet most hospitals lack a unified strategy to bring together the many departments involved, making the process unwieldy, time consuming and costly.

An onboarding process can take up to six months and cost up to $300,000 per clinician, and the cost of losing one nurse is estimated to be $52,350. It's imperative for healthcare
organizations to streamline clinicians' onboarding and hold on to them once they're up to speed.

This white paper details how an automated and seamless onboarding process can be a strategic differentiator and free up clinicians to focus on what really matters: patient care.

You'll learn:

  • What parts of the onboarding process are frustrating for providers
  • Why efficient onboarding is vital for employee retention, patient care and finances
  • How to create a unified, seamless onboarding process through intelligent automation

 

Source: iA
Healthcare in general has made great strides in technological advancements that have transformed the industry. Pharmacy is one area that has yet to embrace advancements at the same pace — even as the pharmacy market grows rapidly. As more prescription drugs are introduced, pharmacies are filling more prescriptions, positioning the industry to grow from $560 billion in 2021 to $862 billion by 2028. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical expenses grew 7.7% in the U.S. in 2021.

The bottom line: Pharmacies can't afford to lag behind on digital innovation. Pharmacy workers are already struggling to keep up with the growing demand, and patients expect the convenience, accessibility and reduced costs that a digital experience can offer. This whitepaper lays out the evidence that the pharmacy industry is poised for a movement and offers concrete ways to prepare. 

You'll learn:  

  • The three telltale signs of an incoming movement for pharmacy
  • Why it's vital for pharmacies to transform the way they operate
  • Strategies for innovation and tech advancement, patient satisfaction and retention, and tackling economic headwinds

Source: AMN Healthcare
How is the demand for physicians and advanced practitioners changing? What recruitment incentives are most effective? This 2023 report examines the key trends healthcare leaders need to know to elevate recruitment strategies and stay competitive. 

The annual AMN Healthcare/Merritt Hawkins Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives is a benchmarking resource used by hospitals, medical groups and other facilities to inform recruitment efforts. 

Download the report to learn:  

  • How demand for physicians and advanced practitioners is changing and which are most challenging to recruit
  • The types of financial and other incentives used to recruit physicians and advanced practitioners
  • The types of practice settings into which physicians and advanced practitioners are being recruited and the types of communities that are recruiting them based on population size

Source: MCG
Intermediate-risk chest pain patients — those not classified as low risk or high risk — can be especially tricky for emergency department teams. Clinicians do not have access to straightforward or universally agreed upon next steps for intermediate-risk patients like they do for low-risk or high-risk chest pain patients. 

Efficient and effective care for intermediate-risk patients requires a series of correct clinical determinations and decisions. This white paper explores an evidence-based approach to give ED clinicians confidence when caring for patients presenting with immediate-risk chest pain. 

It covers:  

  • Appropriate risk assessment
  • Next steps for intermediate-risk patients
  • Revascularization versus medical therapy

Source: Ascom
A recent survey of 950 acute care and med-surg nurses revealed Clinical Decision Support Systems are the top tech tool they believe will lead to better care quality over the next five years.

The new findings also reveal more about hospital nurses' overall outlook on care quality, as well as what they want out of technologies to improve the work environment and patient safety.

Healthcare leaders will learn:

What nurses say they want technology to help them do
Where CDSS are being used outside of the ICU and the value nurses find in them
Key barriers to implementing CDSS outside of the ICU and how hospitals can overcome them

Read the full report.

Source: RingCentral
More and more, healthcare leaders are committing to digital, personalized experiences for patients, acknowledging how these offerings can boost satisfaction and enable smoother connection points between patients, providers and payers.

This white paper narrates a patient's healthcare journey supported by cloud communications, demonstrating how this technology applied to each step — from scheduling to post-op, follow-up and billing — can empower and delight patients and support processes between all key players in the care continuum.

Source: eVideon
With pressure to achieve more with less, hospitals and health systems are getting more selective with their technology investments. Leaders expect cohesive capabilities like access to real-time information, seamless data exchanges, effective communication and more — all while reducing clinician burden and improving patients' experience at every point of the care journey.

This playbook walks you through key components of a tech-enabled patient room, and how organizations like Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital are improving experiences for patients and their families, as well as streamlining clinical workflows for front-line teams.

You'll also find:  

  • Case studies linked throughout
  • Concrete ways smart room technology supports and satisfies nurses 
  • Advances in tech that promote personalization and patient education

Source: Gozio Health
These days, digital services play a significant role in the healthcare journey. Yet, most patients say providers’ mobile apps fail to meet their needs. To be competitive and to deliver the best experience, hospitals and health systems must meet patients, employees and health plan members where they are and customize their mobile interactions.

This whitepaper outlines how tailoring mobile experiences for various users creates a more personalized and engaging healthcare experience, ultimately boosting staff and patient experience — and your bottom line.

Key learnings: 

  • The benefits of patient and employee mobile apps
  • How to adopt personalized mobile strategies 

Source: Smith+Nephew  
A pragmatic, open-label, randomized controlled trial at two ICUs at Stanford Medical Center – specializing in the care of cardiothoracic surgery patients or critically ill, medical, surgical and trauma patients – saw significant reduction in hospital-acquired pressure injuries with implementation of the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System.

Publication summary covers:

  • Improvement in turn protocol adherence
  • Reduction in incidence of pressure injuries
  • Specifics on ventilator-dependent patients
 

The LEAF System combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering:
 
  • Personalized care for each patient
  • Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
  • Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
  • Automatically generated reports that can be used for root cause analysis

 

Source: IMO
Healthcare organizations rely heavily on value sets in order to identify distinct patient populations. However, creating and maintaining these important tools is complex and challenging, often diverting valuable resources from other essential tasks.

In this insight brief, we delve into value sets and their importance in various healthcare initiatives such as population health management, quality reporting, clinical trials, and more. We also highlight the challenges organizations face when managing value sets, including:

  • Issues with processes such as time-consuming manual data manipulation due to code set updates and inconsistent methods for building value sets; and
  • Issues with value set definitions and data ambiguity including competing methods for defining value sets and the frequent absence of a centralized repository in which to store them

Fortunately, like most challenges, there is a solution – in this case, one that leverages comprehensive clinical terminology and code mappings along with innovative tooling to streamline the creation and editing of value sets.

 

Source: Advisory Board
Nationwide value-based payment may become a reality in the next 5 to 10 years, and industry players need to be prepared. 

This white paper breaks down three possible scenarios for nationwide value-based care. In each scenario, industry experts describe what the future could look like, how it might unfold, and what that means for major stakeholders in healthcare — and what to do if this future doesn't look rosy for your organization.

Key takeaways: 

  • See how three different scenarios catalyze value-based care
  • Discover who gains the advantage and how each projected path forward affects major stakeholders
  • Learn how to secure a place in a value-based care future

Source: Philips
After patients have a cryptogenic stroke, 30-day monitoring with Philips mobile cardiac telemetry-MCOT patch realizes significant cost-savings compared to proceeding directly with implantable loop recorder (ILR) alone — that's according to new findings from a cost-minimization model.

The improved atrial fibrillation (AF) detection rates of MCOT followed by ILR reduce the likelihood of a secondary stroke due to new anticoagulant use, resulting in a significantly lower total cost of care.

This study demonstrates:

  • MCOT as a first-line evaluation detected 4.6 times more patients with AF compared to ILR alone.
  • MCOT followed by IRL resulted in almost 8 times lower costs compared to ILR alone, due to improved AF detection rates and reduction of secondary stroke risk.
  • Total cost difference of MCOT followed by ILR vs ILR alone

Source: Helix
Gone are the days where genomics is singularly viewed as expensive, hard to implement, and lacking clear benefits and return on investment. 

For forward-thinking healthcare leaders, genomic screening is on the brink of becoming the standard of care.

In this whitepaper, you'll read three experts' thoughts on the evolving clinical and research landscape for genomics, as well as the business case for population genomics at an academic medical center.

Key learnings:

  • Explore MUSC's innovative genomics initiative
  • The growth of enterprise genomics programs
  • How population genomics is transforming clinical care and driving strategic growth

Source: Cardinal Health
Reporting on data from its latest rankings, The Leapfrog Group said a "dramatic spike" in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) during 2021 and 2022 "should stop hospitals in their tracks." HAIs lead to increased morbidity, mortality, length of stay, and costs, making infection control paramount for hospitals and health systems. 

Proper use of surgical gloves is a critical aspect of infection control efforts, but surgical gloves come with their own issues, such as being prone to perforation and causing skin problems for wearers after prolonged use. To minimize risks, healthcare providers should develop detailed and consistent guidelines for surgical glove use. 

Download this white paper to learn: 

  • Factors to consider to choose the right surgical gloves
  • Best practices for safe surgical glove usage
  • How to stay up to date on hand hygiene best practices

Source: Smith+Nephew
This meta-analysis tracks results across eight studies covering more than 34,711 patients, 19,136 of whom were monitored using the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System.
See the huge impact the system made on protocol adherence and incidence of pressure injuries. 

  • 1 randomized controlled trial
  • 7 conference abstracts
  • Study results included both clinical and health economic data
  The LEAF System combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering:   
  • Personalized care for each patient
  • Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
  • Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
  • Automatically generated reports that can be used for root cause analysis

Source: TRIMEDX
The relationship between health systems and medical equipment can be complicated. The modern standard of care leans heavily on technology to aid diagnostics and treatment. But the cost of advancing care is substantial. In addition to the cost of purchasing equipment, health systems must invest in maintaining these highly technical devices. While the breadth of these demands may seem daunting, standardizing a proactive approach to technical maintenance, supply chain management, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity can remove many uncertainties from modern care delivery and yield a greater return on a health system’s investments.

In this whitepaper, organizations will learn how to implement a proactive approach to comprehensive clinical engineering for optimal patient care and greater return by:

  • Using technology to support a preventative maintenance strategy
  • Strengthening supply chains with a dedicated process
  • Staying ahead of regulatory developments
  • Establishing data-driven cybersecurity protocols for medical equipment

Source: Notable
Sophisticated personalization has existed for more than a decade from companies like Amazon and Netflix.

And because of that, personalized experiences are what consumers expect.

But as of 2023, receiving a personalized experience from a healthcare provider is an anomaly.

Because of this, patients are increasingly disappointed with the experience their providers deliver (and are starting to look at alternatives).

This whitepaper explores the personalization journey of two leading health systems and provides steps you can take to implement at your organization.

Discover how:

  • Leading health systems combat patient leakage and maintain a competitive edge
  • Personalization can help you save anywhere from $6–40 for every call avoided
  • Leading health systems achieve 95%+ patient satisfaction

Source: Elsevier  
Across the country, hospitals and health systems are adopting new technology with the same, ambitious double aim: to improve patient outcomes while managing skyrocketing costs. With an evidence-based, clinical decision support tool — embedded into their clinical workflow — Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health Cancer Center saw marked improvement in both of these metrics. 

This case study reviews the research performed and the impact researchers found on patient survival rates and contribution margins.

Read more for key insights on: 

  • The value of reducing care variation
  • The cancer center's clinical and financial successes, including enhanced patient survival rates and a 74 percent contribution margin increase
  • Anticipated effects on provider efficiency and physician burnout

 

Source: CCS  
Care management is crucial for people with chronic conditions, many of whom struggle to navigate the healthcare system while managing their health at home. With the healthcare industry still straddling fee-for-service and value-based care, care management stakeholders remain misaligned.

Common pain points, including failing to enroll the right people and missing the mark on holistic, socioeconomically sensitive services, leaving patients in the shuffle.

This whitepaper outlines how care management stakeholders can acknowledge shortfalls and bridge the gaps in financial, technical, and clinical strategies to support better the health and wellness of people with chronic conditions.

Key learnings:

  • Insights from clinical executives at a leading national health plan and diabetes management organization
  • 5 common pain points in the care management continuum
  • Strategies to reinvent the care management status quo

Source: Provation
Increasing industry pressures are complicating hospitals' efforts to increase clinical productivity, cut costs and protect future growth opportunities. Reimbursements are universally declining, and value-based models are more prevalent in healthcare — making cost reduction a growing priority. At the same time, data breaches are on the rise and hospitals are being forced to make bigger investments due to the rising tech burden.

This whitepaper shows how hospitals are harnessing the power of technology and artificial intelligence to increase productivity, improve clinician satisfaction, and work anytime, anywhere.

Find out how your hospital can experience: 

  • AI-driven GI documentation workflows
  • Increased cybersecurity
  • Robust enterprise reporting; and
  • Advanced, always current medical content

Source: Neuroflow

Integrating behavioral health into physical care is a top priority for many healthcare organizations. However, building an integrated program or enhancing an existing one is a challenging task. Overwhelming demand for mental health services, ongoing financial challenges and escalating staff burnout create considerable roadblocks for organizations planning to integrate behavioral health.

Still, many leading healthcare organizations have identified and implemented evidence-based models that meet the needs of their populations with consistently positive outcomes. NeuroFlow has distilled that experience and advice into a helpful guide providing the tools your organization needs to develop an effective roadmap for integration.

In this whitepaper you'll learn:  
  • How to advance integrated behavioral health programs based on your organization's unique needs
  • Opportunities to scale integrated behavioral health programs and key considerations to achieve financial sustainability
  • How leading systems have successfully launched and expanded integrated behavioral health program

Source: Cardinal Pharma
Spending on specialty drugs grew to $301 billion in 2021 — and it's projected to surge even more over the next two years. Amid these projections, health systems are rethinking strategies to best manage the costs and complexities of their specialty medications.

In this interview, hear from Cardinal Health’s specialty drug inventory expert about inventory technology that enables providers to better manage specialty drug inventory and ensure these expensive products aren't going to waste.

Learning points:

  • Prepare for unpredictable demand without incurring carrying costs for limited distribution drugs
  • Optimize your specialty inventory spend by only buying products you use
  • Eliminate waste due to expired specialty medications

Source: GOJO
The long-term care sector is emerging from COVID-19 wounded yet equipped with plenty of lessons learned in infection prevention. While improving quality and patient safety will take substantial, concerted efforts, there are small but powerful changes facilities can make today to promote better outcomes.

This guide offers a collection of updated, evidence-based guidelines for hand hygiene and surface disinfection to support your team as you navigate forward. You'll find actionable tips and insights on:

  • Post-COVID revisions to infection prevention regulations
  • Criteria for evaluating hand hygiene and surface disinfection products
  • Resources that propel improved safety culture and infrastructure

Source: Zoom
Patients' heightened expectations for convenience and fast responses have spurred healthcare organizations to level up their contact centers, and move away from antiquated "call centers" that have historically led to rerouted calls, inefficiencies and frustration.

This interview with Ron Strachan, Healthcare CIO Advisor at Zoom shares what healthcare organizations — whether a provider, payer or life science company — need to build a modern, robust contact center.

Learning points:

  • Why contact centers have gained renewed attention as a top priority
  • How a cloud based, video enabled, contact center solution can expand patient engagement and satisfaction
  • Ways the modern contact center can increase flexibility for physicians and potentially reduce burnout

Source: MCG  

The last half century has borne witness to a new paradigm in healthcare delivery. What was once unimaginable — namely performing surgery anywhere other than the hospital — has become commonplace. Today, more than 50 percent of surgeries are performed in outpatient settings, including ASCs and hospital outpatient departments. 

Despite the growth in outpatient procedures, challenges remain. Barriers to the continued expansion of outpatient procedures include differential payments for various sites of care, inadequate compensation for preoperative patient optimization, competing hospital priorities, and inequities in patient access.

This whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview on current trends in outpatient procedures and what  healthcare organizations must do to remain successful in the future.

Key learnings:  
  • Current and future regulatory and financial trends 
  • Key considerations for shifting procedures to lower sites of care
  • How benchmarking tools can provide guidance

 

Source: CDW Healthcare
Stubborn workforce challenges brought to the surface the need for streamlined care coordination and augmented, unburdened staff. Innovative health systems are exploring what's possible via artificial intelligence-powered technology, not only to address these issues but also to meet patients' rapidly changing needs and preferences — whether inside or outside the four walls of a hospital room.

In this white paper, you'll see insights gleaned from an executive roundtable at Becker's Hospital Review's 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, where leaders discussed the role of automated intelligence and platform-based tech in these areas. Read more to learn about:

  • Core tech features of the redesigned, modernized patient room
  • How clinical care coordination centers address efficiency and patient needs
  • Why leaders should think twice before fully outsourcing to an AI system

Source: RevSpring  
For hospitals and health systems to achieve long-term financial sustainability in the face of economic pressures, a one-size-fits-all approach to payments isn't going to cut it.

In an advisory call, leaders from NYC Health + Hospitals in New York City, Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh and Baptist Memorial Health in Memphis, Tenn., discussed the patient payment landscape, and shared strategies to improve payment processes and the patient experience.

In this e-book, you'll learn what these healthcare organizations and others are doing to create a culture that fosters positive financial conversations with patients.

Key learnings:

  • Tips for increasing point-of-service collections
  • Best practices for educating patients on financial responsibility and health insurance
  • How to personalize payments for a better patient experience

Source: Pacira Biosciences
Outstanding outcomes and lower costs are the hallmarks of ambulatory surgery centers. However, consistently delivering these results isn't easy, especially for complex procedures such as spinal surgery and joint replacements. To ensure high patient satisfaction and reduce hospital readmissions after such procedures, effective pain management is essential.

Becker's Healthcare recently spoke with four physicians about how pain management protocols in ASCs have evolved as more patients and procedures have shifted to outpatient settings and as the opioid crisis persists. Experts also shared the core components of a successful multimodal pain management program. The ASC surgical and pain management experts tapped for their insights included:

  • Michael Briseño, MD, North Texas Orthopedics and Spine Center (Grapevine, Texas), Texas Health Orthopedic Surgery Center Heritage (Fort Worth, Texas)
  • Jonathan Hyde, MD, Miami Spine Specialists
  • Richard Teames, MD, BSN, Dallas-based Valiant Anesthesia Associates
  • Shane Zamani, MD, Surgery Center at Doral (Fla.)

Source: Cardinal Health
Healthcare facilities can't afford missteps in protecting their staff and patients — with 1 in 31 patients enduring a healthcare associated infection on any given day and hospitals spending $28.4 billion on this issue annually, leaders must prioritize the tried-and-true protocols that promote safety, including best practices for exam gloving.1

In this guide, you'll learn the key steps to properly select, store and use exam gloves to ensure the optimal health and well-being of your patients and clinicians.

You'll have access to resources including:

  • An exam glove clinical application matrix to help you choose the right exam glove in every clinical setting
  • An exam glove storage guide
  • Step-by-step instructions for putting on and removing exam gloves for the best possible protection

Source: Relias
Healthcare organizations face immense challenges, including staffing, financial and regulatory challenges. Success in this environment requires transformational leaders who can inspire teams and drive impactful change.

In healthcare, transformational leadership yields numerous benefits, including employee engagement and retention, patient safety and organizational achievement.

The key question is: how to develop truly transformational leaders?

This new white paper lays out exactly what transformational leadership is, what the benefits are and most importantly – how to become a transformational leader.

Download this white paper now to learn:

  • The definition of transformational leadership
  • Characteristics of transformational leaders
  • The many ways that transformational leadership benefits an organization
  • Four steps to become a transformational leader

Source: Reputation  
 What trends are shaping the direction of the healthcare industry in 2023? We surveyed consumers to understand how they look for care, including how search, ratings/reviews, and other factors influence their choice of a provider. It’s clear that digital drives the patient journey – and 86% of patients say they read online reviews, up from 72% last year.

Our concise and hard-hitting trends guide shares concrete feedback that providers can use to become more patient-centric and successful.

You’ll learn:

  • How patient feedback drives business results.
  • How Google influences the patient journey.
  • Why in-network retention is at risk.

Source: Relatient
No shows are a real problem for healthcare organizations, costing the industry an estimated $150 billion annually. In addition to higher costs to the care provider, patients who fail to show up for their appointments often require more expensive emergency care later on.

Understanding who is most likely to no-show for an appointment — and why — is important to determining how to best tackle the issue.

In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

  • 3 strategies that don't move the needle on no show rates
  • 5 common misconceptions about patient behavior and motivations
  • 7 things that actually work to radically reduce the number of no-shows

Source: DIRECTV
Consumers today can have virtually any product delivered overnight, choose what to watch with the touch of a button, and look up any topic in seconds — and they expect the same level of convenience from their healthcare providers.

Online reviews, the expectation of price transparency and the popularity of wearable health-tracking devices are all influencing the way patients seek medical care. This e-book explores five trends in care delivery transforming the modern patient experience. 

Key learnings include:

 
  • How patients are choosing healthcare providers today
  • Why price transparency is a must
  • What patients are looking for in the care experience

 

Source: Smith Nephew
Staffing challenges mean it’s increasingly difficult to maintain on-time patient turning and prevent pressure injuries. Fortunately, the latest guidelines detail recommended prevention protocols and promote new technology that can remind staff of turning times.


In this paper, see:

 

  • Highlights of the guidelines in an easy-to-read format.
  • A comparison between auditory cueing and wireless patient monitoring technology.
  • A case study showing how wireless patient monitoring improved efficiency for nursing staff and significantly reduced HAPI incidence in a 145-bed general hospital.
The first patient monitoring system designed to aid pressure injury prevention protocols is the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System, which combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering:
  • Personalized care for each patient
  • Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
  • Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
  • Automatically generated reports

Source: Healthgrades
Research from Healthgrades shows that women are missing out on vital health screenings — around 55 percent of women skipped or delayed preventive care in the last year and were 48 percent more likely to do so than men.

But whether it’s navigating patients' post-pandemic perceptions or concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion, health system and pharma marketers can help female patients prioritize wellness and make confident healthcare decisions.

Download the special report to learn:

  • Why women are missing out on care
  • What obstacles prevent women from addressing health concerns
  • The 3 biggest things women look for in a healthcare provider
  • How marketers can enhance patient experiences and outcomes + 4 ways they can better serve women

Source: Provation
In today’s digital landscape, anesthesia teams cannot document procedure details by hand or use AIMS software that doesn’t properly manage the entire perioperative encounter. These inefficient, outdated tools risk patient safety and can lead to staff burnout.

In this white paper, you'll learn about the perioperative AIMS software that led an anesthesia group in a Florida health system to success with EHR integration, mobile flexibility, and an intuitive user interface.

Discover the benefits through their eyes — from improved staff satisfaction, documentation, and patient safety to cost savings and streamlined OR processes.

Read more to find out how your facility could enable:

 
  • Automatic charting of patient vitals with wireless data streaming from anesthesia monitor machines
  • On-the-go documentation with a mobile tablet that allows for real-time patient check-ins
  • Improved patient safety and compliant documentation from pre-op to post-op and billing
  • Increased staff satisfaction within an understaffed workforce

 

Source: Haemonetics
When it comes to blood transfusions, there simply is no room for error. Despite advances in technology and process controls, incidents involving errors that could result in wrong transfusions are all too common. To see real improvements, a new approach to transfusion safety is needed.

Point-of-care blood management systems can help reduce transfusion errors while improving efficiency and lowering costs. Discover how the implementation of this system helped one hospital save $436,000 annually.

In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

  • The problems hospital blood supply chains face today
  • Why the role of point-of-care blood management systems is more critical than ever
  • How point-of-care blood management systems help support transfusion safety, compliance and efficiency while reducing costs

Source: Clear Arch Health
Patient readmission rate is a key metric used to assess a hospital or health system's quality of care. High readmissions are a big indicator of a failure to properly address patient health management.

This white paper outlines how one health system successfully reduced readmissions for chronically ill patients by utilizing remote patient monitoring.

In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

  • Best-practices for implementing a sustainable and effective remote patient management program.
  • How Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System achieved significant reductions in readmissions for specific clinical case uses and expanded its remote patient monitoring program.
  • How remote patient monitoring programs can increase patient-provider communication, improve patient engagement and encourage patient self-management.

Source: Upstream
The 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade had profound, rippling effects on reproductive healthcare and access to contraceptive services — immediately. Industry leaders are bracing for change.

In this whitepaper, you'll learn how community health center leaders and their organizations are adapting to the rise in demand for contraceptive care and how they're addressing barriers to providing services for patients.

Read more for insights on:

  • The emerging role of primary care providers as key figures in contraceptive counseling, service delivery and access, and how leaders can support them in this role
  • Navigating barriers to contraceptive care, such as insurance challenges
  • Empowering staff to make time for contraceptive counseling and education and patient-centered care

Source: Abbott
Are we doing everything we can for vascular patients? 

CAD and PAD patients have always faced roadblocks along their post-intervention care journey, from costly treatments to finding the motivation and time for managing their conditions. Additionally, there's a disconnect between physicians' and patients' views on the value of digital tools in adhering to care plans. 

This white paper from Year 3 of Abbott's Beyond Intervention research into the global state of vascular care contains key insights from over 2,000 patients, healthcare providers and healthcare leaders on how we might improve patient adherence and outcomes outside healthcare facilities. 

Key learnings include:

 
  • The importance of a comprehensive care experience within the healthcare system
  • The biggest challenges for patients in adhering to post-discharge care plans
  • How healthcare leaders and providers can provide multiple touchpoints and leverage digital tools to make adhering to a care plan at home easier for patients

Source: Quest
The 100-year-old Mantoux tuberculin skin test requires two office visits and a highly trained eye from the physician to make a diagnosis. Human error is inevitable, and it's common for patients to miss their second appointment, wasting office time and sending them back to square one. 

For nearly 20 years, the Interferon Gamma Release Assay — a simple blood test — has offered a more efficient, more accurate alternative, yet 3 out of 4 healthcare providers default to the century old method. In this white paper, Quest Diagnostics will explore the facts and debunk the myths and misconceptions that have surrounded IGRAs since their inception. 

Key learning points: 

  • How IGRA blood tests use the latest field-proven medical technologies to yield a conclusive result 97 percent of the time
  • How the IGRA saves patients and physicians time and stress
  • Why the IGRA is ultimately the most cost-effective choice

Source: Exact Sciences
Precision oncology has come a long way — equipped with new and better information gleaned from genomic testing, more hospitals and health systems are building comprehensive programs around this form of medicine. But it is no easy task: Leaders initiating such programs must be prepared with the teams, processes, workflows and partnerships needed to ensure success and standardized care.

In this white paper, Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope shares five key lessons learned from building their precision oncology program, as well as the success they're seeing in patient engagement and earlier detection.

You'll also learn:

  • How precision oncology has changed over time, and how the more recent "panoramic" approach is better positioning clinicians to choose the right treatments for patients
  • Why standardization of care in precision oncology is critical for equitable care
  • The benefits that a precision oncology program can bring to patients and communities + the infrastructure and processes organizations should consider in building a successful program

Source: VisualDx
Diagnostic errors affect an estimated 12 million adults in the U.S. each year — compromising patients' well-being and facilities' bottom line, as these errors cost the healthcare system approximately $20 billion annually. Especially at organizations embracing value-based care, leaders must explore the root causes of these errors, which can range from unconscious biases to lack of clinical resources, and consider how clinical decision support tools may fit into their workflows.

In this white paper, you'll learn how clinical decision support tools can augment physicians' reasoning and enable them to visualize patient data, access specialist knowledge and identify trends to improve efficiency, accuracy and quality of care. You'll also find insights on:

  • The dangers of unconscious bias in diagnostics
  • The impact of inappropriate referrals
  • Improving patient satisfaction and health equity

Source: Cardinal Health
Supply disruptions to surgical drapes and gowns create frustration and additional work for operating room staff forced to hunt down alternatives.

Healthcare leaders shouldn’t underestimate the importance of supplying staff with the right operating room products to ensure they feel confidently protected to care for patients.

This eBook explores how supply reliability affects clinical teams and the solutions that can help mitigate surgical drape and gown challenges in the OR.

Please fill out the form to download the eBook.

Learning objectives: 

  • Appropriate protection and comfort for any procedure
  • The value of choosing the right drape and gown for each procedure
  • How a healthy supply chain with state-side manufacturing can help keep shelves reliably stocked.

Source: Wolters Kluwer
Early identification of sepsis and consistent evidence-based care must be a priority for hospital administrators and clinical leaders. Driven by lengthy stays, sepsis is the most expensive condition for U.S. hospitals, is a major driver for readmissions, and is a top reason for in-hospital patient mortality.

To tackle these challenges, Conway (Ark.) Regional Medical Center focused on patient monitoring to improve compliance rates and make doing the right thing easier for clinicians.

Read this case study to learn how Conway Regional: 

  • Identifies patients with sepsis earlier with continuous alerts and reminders that guide care
  • Improved SEP-1 bundle compliance by more than 20 percent over four months 
  • Achieved cumulative savings of $384,000 in four months 

 

Source: MRIoA
What would member satisfaction and business profitability look like in your organization if you could ensure patients consistently get the right care at the right time? When over- or underutilization occurs, the impact ripples to all patients/members and your business. Medical Review Institute of America (MRIoA) has modernized utilization management to ensure appropriate care. Find out how with digitalization, advanced analytics and evidence-based clinical guidance, and greater connectivity between health plans, patients and top medical specialists across the nation, independent clinical review has become the solution health plans, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), third-party administrators (TPAs), government, and self-insureds can’t compete without.

Key Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how modern utilization management solves multiple challenges for healthcare organizations
  • Understand the keys to empowering patients and reducing unnecessary costs by ensuring appropriate care
  • Find out how modern independent clinical review works seamlessly with your organization to expand your capabilities

Source: QGenda
Facing long wait times, heavy administrative burden and rising physician dissatisfaction, leaders at Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Hospital knew they needed to revamp scheduling at its Kirklin Clinic.

The so-called "superclinic" houses hundreds of physicians in nearly three dozen specialties and represents one of the busiest outpatient centers in the U.S.

During this webinar, leaders will share how the Kirklin Clinic implemented an intelligent room scheduling system to address these challenges and grow patient volume without expanding physical space. Learn how the hospital achieved:

  • A 7.4 percent increase in patient visits and 4.7 percent increase in clinic session volume
  • Shortened patient wait times
  • Reduced administrative burden and higher physician satisfaction

Source: Gozio
Efforts to empower patients via digital tools accelerated amid the pandemic, as leaders worked to increase access to care. New data from more than 38,800 hospitals and health systems worldwide suggests these strategies are working — though there is still room for improvement.

CHIME's 2022 Digital Health Most Wired survey assessed healthcare organization's digital health capabilities and usage across eight key categories, including patient engagement. This report offers a summary of the survey's patient engagement key findings, including a look at how organizations have improved patient engagement and what the intersection of patient empowerment and digital health will look like in the future.

In this report, you'll learn:

  • Which tools the majority of systems now have and consider table stakes
  • Which tools are most underutilized by systems
  • How to maximize staff and patient engagement

Source: LightBeam
Providers making transformational investments to succeed in value-based care often face the challenge of doing so while still generating revenue in fee-for-service (FFS). To bridge the two worlds, providers must prioritize strategies such as growing chronic care management (CCM) billing and automated tech such as Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).

This case study features the journeys of four such Stratum Med provider groups that implemented Deviceless RPM as the catalyst to overcome staffing shortages while extending care to rising-risk patients and preventing avoidable utilization to generate shared savings.

  • Discover how Deviceless RPM strategies can increase staffing efficiency by up to 15x 
  • Learn from leaders at organizations in different stages of transitioning to value-based care
  • Discover how Deviceless RPM can lead to improved chronic conditions outcomes and financial savings

Source: Cue Health
As COVID-19 continues, with new variants emerging, the amount of new research and data about COVID-19 testing and treatment is overwhelming, making it hard for clinicians to keep up.

This new e-book provides brief snapshots — one page each — summarizing the latest data and insights on important COVID-19 topics.

Topics include:

  • Research shows Paxlovid cuts long COVID-19 risk
  • Pediatric cases of COVID-19 jump
  • How telehealth can increase access to Paxlovid
  • Updates from Pfizer on boosters and a combo vaccine
  • How pharmacists delivering vaccines lower healthcare costs
  • The growth of new variants
  • The impact of COVID-19 on gut bacteria and infections
  • Data on COVID-19 and flu coinfections
  • Updates on future COVID-19 vaccines and treatment

Source: Quest Diagnostics
With tuberculosis diagnoses falling significantly during the first two years of the pandemic, it's more important than ever that reliable TB testing is in place. Despite the availability of newer blood testing options that are easy to perform and deliver accurate results, the 100-year old TB skin test is still widely used.

In this whitepaper, Quest Diagnostics outlines the benefits of TB blood tests, including cost-savings, patient experience and more.

Key learning points:

  • How TB blood tests reduce patient visits
  • The objective, accurate results provided by blood tests
  • How blood tests yield cost savings for both patients and providers

Source: Cardinal Health  
Manual flushing can be time-consuming for overburdened healthcare staff, but hospitals can safely minimize the amount of time spent on this critical task with automated flush delivery technology. 

This whitepaper summarizes five clinical studies that reveal how the KangarooTM feed/flush pumps with automatic flushing technology from Cardinal HealthTM are benefiting patients and hospitals. 

Key learning points:

  • Potential cost-savings from automated flushing 
  • The benefits of automated flushing vs. manual syringe flushing
  • Solving for dehydration with automated flushing



Source: DrFirst
Gundersen Health System receives hundreds of prescription refill requests daily — a time-consuming, manual process with redundant tasks and errors.

Now, Gundersen is using an AI solution to automatically transcribe data in its renewal requests. This solution cuts down on manual clicks and keystrokes that can lead to medication errors and contribute to clinician burnout.
 
Download to learn how Gundersen has used this AI solution to: 

  • Improve "clean sigs" by 202 percent
  • Automatically import 84 percent of prescription renewal data
  • Save 100 hours of clinician data entry time  
  • Improve safety and decrease risk of errors

Source: Oracle Cerner
Healthcare is complex, but that doesn't change the fact that patients expect simplicity, convenience and personalization in their healthcare experiences.

To get to a place where patients feel the level of convenience in their healthcare experience is on par with what they're used to from other industries, organizations need to craft a strategy that offers digital front doors, digital practices and personalized experiences.

This whitepaper features insights from Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health and Oracle Cerner on:

  • Overcoming barriers in implementing digital solutions
  • The features of a strong digital front door
  • The difference between digital front doors and digital practices
  • Building organizational culture into digital transformation

Source: Elsevier
The simultaneous need to retain today’s nurses while preparing to support and nurture the nurses of tomorrow has never been greater. Only 50 percent of nurse leaders believe new nurses are ready to practice, according to a 2021 nurse leadership study conducted by Elsevier.

To learn more about how health systems are working to support veteran nurses and upskill new nurses, Becker's Hospital Review recently hosted an advisory call with several chief nursing officers and other clinical leaders. This report is based on that conversation. The topics covered included:

  • Bridging information gaps to strengthen clinical judgement beyond onboarding
  • Competency-based education focused on specific clinical environments
  • Pre-skilling and immersion programs to transition nurses faster into leadership roles
  • Emeritus roles for experienced nurses

Learn how leading organizations are improving nurse retention and preparing the next generation of high-performing nurses.

Source: Quest
Tuberculosis(TB) remains a leading cause of infectious disease morbidity and mortality worldwide, but during the pandemic, there was a 20 percent decline in reported TB diagnoses.

Is your hospital and health system’s TB screening strategy up-to-date?

Learn how leading health systems are using TB blood tests for pre-employment screens in the hiring process and to prevent post-exposure contagion. 

In this new white paper, discover how new testing provide hospitals and health systems with shorter test times and lower false-positivity rates.

Key takeaways:

 
  • Latest CDC guidance on workplace TB testing
  • Benefits of IGRAs vs. traditional TSTs
  • Best practices for pre-employment TB screening & post-exposure testing

Source: Phreesia
Mobile technology plays an important role in daily life. And in healthcare, the demand for mobile options is rising. Fortunately, mobile technology can streamline check-in, facilitate payments and support efficient communication.

This white paper discusses seven ways that mobile technology improves the intake experience for patients, providers and staff, and demonstrates why healthcare organizations that employ a mobile-first intake strategy are well-positioned to succeed in a rapidly changing healthcare system.

Read the white paper to learn:

  • How embracing mobile communication helps healthcare organizations improve patient satisfaction
  • Why embracing a mobile-first patient intake strategy helps providers save time and boost staff efficiency
  • Tips about how to use mobile technologies to deliver the convenience and flexibility patients expect

Source: Notable Health
Is your digital transformation going as planned? We hear from many providers that their systems aren’t generating hoped-for levels of patient engagement.

Unfortunately, outdated interfaces turn customers away, which means more work for providers and administrators.

Health systems must look beyond basic EHR forms and cookie-cutter processes to get patients on board. The user experience is what matters. Winning organizations are using consumer-grade tech solutions that patients can navigate easily. As a result, they’re seeing fewer no-shows and higher patient satisfaction.

How do health systems with limited resources create user-friendly experiences?

In a new whitepaper, we look at how three health systems leverage intelligent automation to save time and increase revenue. Discover ways to reduce workloads by building intelligent automation into your existing EHR system.

We share how intelligent automation is helping health systems achieve:

  • 8 percent reduction in no-shows
  • 74 percent digital conversion rate
  • 51 percent increase in co-payment
  • 96 percent patient satisfaction rating

Source: Wolters Kluwer
Early identification of sepsis and consistent evidence-based sepsis care must be a priority for hospital administrators and clinical leaders. Sepsis is the most expensive condition for US hospitals driven by lengthy stays, is a major driver for readmissions and a top reason for in-hospital patient mortality.

Conway (Ark.) Regional Medical Center gained more visibility into patients' status and timely, accurate alerts by partnering with Wolters Kluwer. This led to big improvements in the hospital's SEP-1 compliance rates and cost savings.

Read this Sentri7® Sepsis Monitor case study to learn how Conway Regional is:

  •  Identifying patients with sepsis earlier with real-time alerts and reminders that guide care
  • Improving SEP-1 bundle compliance by more than 20 percent over four months
  • Achieved cumulative savings of $384,000 in the four months since adopting Sentri7® Sepsis Monitor

Source: Oracle Cerner
Addressing health inequities has vaulted to the top of healthcare organizations’ agendas, as COVID-19 has created urgency to take meaningful actions to address health disparities and inequities.

However, despite a collective commitment to do better, organizations have lacked the technological infrastructure to enable detecting and addressing these inequities.

To shine a light on the technological infrastructure that is needed, Becker's Hospital Review spoke with David Feinberg, MD, chairman of Oracle Health, and two Indiana University Health leaders — Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, vice president and chief equity officer, and Nichole Wilson, vice president for community health operations — about the technology solutions required to addressing health inequities.

This white paper examines the:

  • Foundational technological infrastructure needed to make progress on inequities – including data platforms and frameworks
  • Datasets and analytics capabilities organizations need
  • Talent and human capabilities required to turn data into insights and action

Achieving health equity will take more than good intentions – it requires data and a technological underpinning. Discover the technology infrastructure needed to move the needle on health inequities.

Source: TruLite Health
Health equity has been a problem for years, but COVID shined a spotlight on this critical issue. Achieving true health equity will require sustained effort at massive scale. To better understand the current state of health equity, its strategic priority, and what healthcare organizations are doing to achieve it, Becker’s Healthcare partnered with TruLite Health on the first-ever survey to benchmark health equity among more than 100 organizations.

What did this survey find? A newly published ebook summarizes insights and analysis on the First Annual Health Equity Benchmarking Survey. This ebook focuses on:

  • Actionable steps that healthcare organizations are taking to address health equity
  • The main elements of health equity programs, budget commitments and status of the implementations
  • Tools and technologies required to support organizations in achieving health equity
  • Achieving health equity will take significant time, effort and investment. Discover what steps industry leaders are taking– and what your organization can do right now – to address this issue

Source: Ascom
Nurses are facing more challenges on the job than ever before. Accordingly, they expect more from their workplace to make committing to the job worthwhile. Higher compensation is just one way hospitals can support their nursing workforce.

Ascom's Challenges on The Job for U.S. Nurses survey includes responses from more than 500 nurses to give hospitals a closer look at the needs of today's nursing workforce and the main actions hospitals can take to attract and retain nursing talent.

Here's what you’ll learn:

  • What are the top three workplace stressors
  • How technology choices matter in deciding where to work
  • Nurses' #1 rated technology tool and why it’s critical in day-to-day job satisfaction

Source: Smith+Nephew
More than 6 million Americans suffer from chronic wounds and the problem isn't going away. Pain can become a vicious cycle for patients, leading to stress and anxiety, which can stall healing.

 Becker's Hospital Review spoke with two wound care experts about advances in negative pressure wound therapy and how these innovations may help dramatically improve both clinical outcomes and the patient experience:
  • Amanda Loney, BScN, RN, wound, ostomy and continence consultant, Bayshore Home Care Solutions, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 
  • Abbé Benoit, BSN, RN, clinical resource specialist, Smith+Nephew
  Key learnings:
  • How pain has a direct effect on the healing process
  • How to determine when negative pressure wound therapy is appropriate
  • How negative pressure wound therapy solutions can help to improve the patient experience
  • How best practices can include use of both traditional and single use negative pressure wound therapy


Source: Smith+Nephew
Healthcare staff are overburdened amid persistent workforce shortages and growing to-do lists. As a result, on-time patient turning often falls by the wayside, leading to increases in pressure injuries.

A single pressure injury can cost hospitals more than $21,000 and often prolong patients' length of stay, among other unwanted outcomes. This report outlines how Mayo Clinic Florida in Jacksonville achieved a 67 percent reduction in hospital-acquired pressure injuries and a $500,000 return on investment after piloting a new system to remind employees of turning times.

Key learnings: 

  • The burden of hospital-acquired pressure injuries
  • Key challenges in preventing the complication
  • Best practices for implementing a sustainable pressure injury prevention program from Mayo Clinic Florida

 

Source: AdventHealth
In 2019, AdventHealth began laying the groundwork for a comprehensive genomics and personalized health program. Today, the Central Florida-based health system offers patients comprehensive genomics testing, analysis, interpretation and genetic counseling services.

This paper describes AdventHealth's approach to genomics and personalized health from both a strategic and programmatic standpoint. It includes underlying principles, lessons learned and a perspective on the future of therapeutic development.


Learning points: 

  • Identifying focus areas in genomics related to clinical utility
  • Leveraging strategic partnerships to accelerate clinical deployment and care improvement
  • Connecting genomic data with clinical data to create value from a research, discovery and data science perspective

Source: TRIMEDX
In a typical healthcare facility, hidden pockets of waste hinder operations, patient safety, and profits. Much of that waste stems from mobile medical equipment. Altogether, MME exceeds 90 percent of all clinical assets in a hospital, ranging from IV pumps to enteral feeding pumps, fluid warmers and more. Inefficiencies in the management of MME can pose infection risks for patients, waste employees' time, and cost healthcare systems' money.

Learn how Catholic Health System in Buffalo, N.Y., eliminated waste and cut these risks by leveraging an MME management program. This case study outlines how the health system used data to track equipment and accurately forecast utilization needs to ensure the right equipment was clean and ready for use when and where it was needed.

Key learning points:

  • The improvements Catholic Health System saw in equipment utilization, cleanliness, and safety
  • How the health system leveraged the program to increase staff satisfaction and face time with patients
  • Lessons learned for successful adoption of an MME management system

Source: Dispatch Health

Tailwinds from innovation in new care delivery models, streamlined technology, and a commitment to right-sizing healthcare spending have helped make a case for serving high-acuity patients at home. In-home care models complement facility-based care delivery by extending the reach to underserved or hard-to-reach populations in their communities.   As several forward-thinking health system leaders have found, partnering to provide high acuity care to patients in their homes has fast-tracked the ability to meet evolving consumer expectations. While at the same time helping to manage workforce challenges and capacity issues while protecting profit margins.

In this white paper, learn how innovative collaborations extend the system's service lines by serving high-acuity patients at home to achieve:  
  • A Hedge Against Workforce Challenges and Margin Compression
  • A More Cost-Effective Pathway, Solving for Repetitive Readmissions
  • Appeal with Post-Covid Consumer Expectations

Source: Elsevier
Patients can't get the right treatment without first being accurately diagnosed. But sometimes coming to an accurate diagnosis is challenging given clinician time constraints and the overwhelming amount of medical knowledge available. Diagnostic errors and delays impact everyone involved including healthcare leaders, clinicians and patients.


In this whitepaper, learn more about:
  • Causes of diagnostic errors and delays
  • Impacts of misdiagnosis
  • How to help your staff be well equipped to accurately diagnose patients

Source: PatientBond
Hospitals and health systems have access to a wealth of patient data, but market research is critical for interpreting that data from a patient’s point of view.

Central to insight-driven efforts is a consumer science known as psychographics that pertains to people’s attitudes, beliefs, values and personalities. It gets to the heart of consumers' motivations, priorities and communication preferences.

Experienced healthcare leaders know that being consumer-centric is more than shifting costs and granting patients more choice and options in their care. Consumerism means delighting patients and surpassing their expectations with personalized experiences so they want to come back when the time comes in which a hospital is needed.

Psychographics have been used for decades by consumer products manufacturers and retailers, which has conditioned consumers to have higher expectations regarding products and services. Healthcare leaders must learn to take a page or two from the "consumer playbook" and develop strategies that are informed by deep consumer insights.

This report covers:

 
  • The first Moment of Truth, when the healthcare consumer is "shopping" for a hospital and is making a decision on where to receive care services.
  • The second Moment of Truth, when the healthcare consumer experiences the hospital’s services.
  • Touchpoints that strengthen or detract from that brand experience.



Source: Cardinal Facial Protection
Masking emerged as a key tool to prevent the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic. While some hospitals have loosened facial covering rules amid periods of low community transmission, experts predict that masking will remain a permanent fixture in many clinical settings long after COVID-19's immediate threat wanes.

These eight must-read Becker's articles offer the latest updates on masking in the era of COVID-19, from both an infection control and supply chain perspective. Readings include:

The value of wearing a mask when others don’t
Why did flu, COVID-19 ‘twindemic’ never happen? 1 explanation
How 4 systems keep supply issues from affecting care



Source: Exact Sciences
The cancer continuum is complex and often full of disconnected processes. From prevention and screening to diagnosis and therapy selection, helping patients and providers adhere to testing recommendations and access complete care is key to improving patient, provider, financial, and quality outcomes. Currently about 70% of cancers do not have a recommend screening method, but through innovations in screening and health information technology, outcomes can be improved. A key component of this comprehensive approach is the delivery of personalized medicine no matter where patients are in their cancer journey.

To unlock the power of personalized medicine, stakeholders such as health systems, industry leaders, payers, and policymakers must work together to streamline system workflow processes and empower patients and providers. Discover how health systems can collaborate with industry to continue improving cancer diagnostics and seamlessly integrate these advancements into patient care protocols.



Source: Smith+Nephew
This meta-analysis tracks results across eight studies covering more than 34,711 patients, 19,136 of whom were monitored using the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System.

  • See the huge impact the system made on protocol adherence and incidence of pressure injuries.
  • 1 randomized controlled trial
  • 7 conference abstracts
  • Study results included both clinical and health economic data

The LEAF System combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering:

  • Personalized care for each patient
  • Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
  • Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
  • Automatically generated reports that can be used for root cause analysis

Source: Optum
Health leaders and millions of Americans are feeling the disconnect in healthcare. Now is the time to create a holistic care approach that incorporates all facets of physical, mental, social and prescription health.

This whitepaper uncovers insights and actions leaders can implement to surround individuals with a holistic care ecosystem — one designed to address seen and unseen drivers of health.

Explore how to:

Seize the moment for a holistic approach
Embrace a people-first plan
Connect community and key partners
Connect care in meaningful ways
Align information, resources and incentives

Source: Mobile Heartbeat
Discover what it takes to implement a clinical communication and collaboration solution from project kickoff through installation and going live.

This guide, from Mobile Heartbeat, will take you step-by-step through the finer points of the implementation process so your clinical and operational teams are fully prepared and equipped with the necessary information for a successful deployment.

Guide topics include:

Understand the phases of implementation
How to align goals and objectives for successful implementation
Finding the right clinical communication and collaboration solution to meet your organizations needs

Source: Ambu
Now more than ever, health systems and regulators have had to heighten their focus on infection control and patient safety.

In the last three years, the FDA has released several updated safety recommendations regarding the potential for cross-contamination in endoscopy — first addressing duodenoscopes but now including other endoscopes.

A new, highly anticipated update to standards for reprocessing reusable endoscopic medical devices classifies flexible endoscopes as "high-risk," necessitating sterilization rather than high-level disinfection to rid the scopes of contaminants.

As increased attention is paid to infection control in hospitals, investments in single-use technology have surged. In this new report from Ambu, you will learn how sterile, single-use flexible endoscopes offer hospital systems the opportunity to provide every patient with the safest solution possible for routine, therapeutic, and emergency care.


Source: SCP Health
The emergency department sits at the nexus of hospital-based care and the outpatient world. It serves as a front door for the hospital, providing over 70 percent of all hospital admissions.

From the ED’s unique vantage point, it is clear there is an unaddressed Care Gap costing the U.S. health care system, and all its stakeholders, dearly. Many return ED visits are preventable and involve patients who may struggle to fill new prescriptions or follow a new care plan. A recent analysis of more than 1 million patient encounters at 300 EDs nationwide found that 50 percent of hospitalizations occurred within 7.5 days of an ED discharge.

In this white paper, Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP, FAAFP, enterprise chief medical officer of SCP Health, identifies solutions and enumerates the benefits of narrowing and filling the Care Gap, including:

Improved patient outcomes
Decreased cost and risk
Increased capacity and optimized resources
Better performance in value-based models

Source: Cardinal Drapes

With surgical site infections (SSIs) accounting for about 20% of HAIs1, it is vital to prophylactically use products that can help prevent SSIs. In this article, we’ll explore:

The prevalence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs)
Why infections occur
Current trends in infection prevention
Iodophor vs. chlorohexidine gluconate (CHG) use cases

Source: PointClickCare
Healthcare's workforce shortage crisis is poised to worsen. Early this year, USA Today reported that one in four healthcare workers are likely to leave the field in the near future. This is occurring in an industry where excessive workloads and burnout have become commonplace.

In healthcare, the stakes are high. Workforce shortages can translate into poor outcomes patients and intense psychological duress for nurses. Unless health system leaders find better ways to support clinicians, employee dissatisfaction, patient length of stay and the risk of missed care will increase. Leaders must pull all available strategic levers to help address these challenges. Technology can help.

This whitepaper examines strategies and tools to help mitigate the harm of critical staffing shortages. Key learnings include:

  • 4 ways to decrease length of stay and address the staffing crisis
  • How a seven-hospital health system reduced emergency department visits for high-utilizers by 20 percent
  • How to reduce the workloads of bedside providers

Source: Illumina
Many healthcare organizations name population health as top priority, yet few are leveraging sufficient data on health determinants needed to advance it.

Without a whole-person approach, population health will never reach its full potential of better targeting health interventions and preventing care episodes in the first place. A panel of senior healthcare executives recently convened to discuss how their organizations are considering the whole-person and opportunities to advance population health and equity goals.

This brief whitepaper presents three key takeaways from their discussion.

Key learning points:

How organizations are going beyond claims data to enhance preventive care
Improving risk stratification to address social determinants of health
Role for genomics in population health beyond cancer centers

Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper.

Source: Cardinal
Ensure your team is protected with the right PPE today.

There are many myths surrounding personal protective equipment (PPE) today. Work with trusted experts who have the industry knowledge to help keep your staff protected at every step of the way.

Download the infographic to discover the answers to important questions including:

  • When is PPE required in my facility?
  • Is one piece of PPE all that is needed?
  • Where can I get the PPE I need?

Source: Smith+Nephew
Staffing challenges mean it’s increasingly difficult to maintain on-time patient turning and prevent pressure injuries. Fortunately, the latest guidelines detail recommended prevention protocols and promote new technology that can remind staff of turning times.

In this paper, see:

Highlights of the guidelines in an easy-to-read format.
A comparison between auditory cueing and wireless patient monitoring technology.
A case study showing how wireless patient monitoring improved efficiency for nursing staff and significantly reduced HAPI incidence in a 145-bed general hospital.

The first patient monitoring system designed to aid pressure injury prevention protocols is the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System, which combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering:

Personalized care for each patient
Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
Automatically generated reports

Source: Accureg
KSB Hospital took a hard look at their patient access department and realized that the status quo had to go. Read this case study to learn how KSB prevented $800,000 per month in denied charges, saving the organization $20 million in revenue.

Using AccuReg EngageCare Provider for automated quality assurance, real-time eligibility and benefits verification, and price estimation and payments, KSB did the following:

  • Reduced denials from 21 percent to 7 percent
  • Prevented an average of $800,000 per month in denied charges—a savings of $20 million in revenue
  • Improved first-pass initial accuracy rates from 63 percent to 95 percent and final accuracy from 80 percent to 99 percent
  • Reduced staff turnover from 42 percent to 25 percent

Source: Vizient
Hospital leaders are reimagining traditional care models to maintain quality while mitigating a mounting workforce shortage. According to a recent Vizient study, remote monitoring programs are a trending solution for many hospitals, particularly in the form of virtual inpatient nursing.

Virtual nursing poses a variety of benefits for both clinicians and patients. This paper provides analysis and first-hand insight from prominent hospital systems that have successfully implemented this model. While these programs currently take place in an inpatient setting, opportunity exists to expand to outpatient and eventually home care as well, as research indicates sites of care will continue to shift toward these settings into the future.

This clinical whitepaper covers:

Survey results identify current and future trends in reimagining care delivery
The rise of the virtual nurse and how two hospitals implemented it differently
Shifts in site of care with growth in outpatient and hospital at home
Leveraging technology to reimagine who delivers care and how they deliver it

Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper.

Source: Quantum Health
Patients finally feel comfortable resuming routine healthcare. That's the good news. The bad news is clinicians already burnt out from the mental and physical stress of the COVID-19 pandemic are now up against more waves of patients being diagnosed with cancers and other conditions that could have been found and treated earlier had it not been for pandemic-related disruptions.

Download this report to learn more about the impacts of delayed care and how healthcare navigation can help.

Key learning points:

  • Timing matters — preventative care is critical to employees to maintain wellbeing and catch any underlying conditions early on
  • The effects care delays have on both patients and clinicians
  • Real-world examples of how healthcare navigation mitigates the effects of delayed care for patients.

Source: DrFirst
If your hospital pharmacy staff is like most, they probably make numerous phone calls to local pharmacies and providers to reconcile patient medication histories. Then, once they gather the information, they need to enter it manually into the patient record.

MedHxSM, an AI-powered solution, allows pharmacists and other clinicians to spend more time providing care and less time manually gathering, entering and confirming medications.

Read the case study to see how Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is using MedHxSM to:

  • Gather data from 120 local and independent pharmacies
  • Achieve a medication reconciliation "hit rate" of more than 93 percent
  • Reduce the need for phone calls and manual entry

Source: Change Healthcare
Healthcare is riddled with costly inefficiencies, and laboratory utilization is no exception. This analysis of more than 3.4 million tests ordered between September and November 2021 found nearly 8 percent were deemed inappropriate. Before healthcare organizations can address inefficient laboratory utilization, they must first identify where it's most likely to occur and what improvements will have the greatest impact.

This report examines ~3.4 million provider ordering transactions to offer healthcare leaders a unique glimpse into laboratory utilization trends and opportunities to decrease clinically inappropriate laboratory ordering and unnecessary spend:

  • Review ordering trends that are the driving sources of inappropriate laboratory utilization
  • Understand the effect of inappropriate ordering on the laboratory's financial health
  • Learn how to identify large financial and clinical wins across the spectrum of testing from genetics to daily labs.

Source: TRIMEDX
Administrative burdens, heavier workloads, and stress from labor shortages are all driving pandemic burnout, turnover, and declining job satisfaction for both clinical and administrative staff.

These challenges threaten hospital finances, the patient experience, and quality of care. However, an often overlooked factor that plays a crucial role in ensuring success in each of these areas is the effective management of medical devices. This white paper outlines five approaches to medical device management that can positively impact patient safety and clinician satisfaction.

You will learn:

  • How the effective management of medical devices can improve nurse satisfaction
  • Innovative technologies that are easing administrative burdens and improving efficiency
  • The consequences of non-clinical staff shortages, and recruiting and retention strategies to combat them

Source: Provation
Before a major health system overhauled its preadmission testing process, its PAT Department was functioning like an H&P clinic — minimal personalization, significant administrative burdens, and decreasing revenue.

Click here to find out how NorthStar Anesthesia transformed the health system's preoperative processes and improved patient experience, from the leading physician anesthesiologist’s perspective.

You will learn:

  • Why implementing modern preoperative processes can save time and money
  • How to tailor the preadmission testing process to the procedures performed
  • How an efficient preadmission testing process can improve collaboration and communication

Source: Accelerate Diagnostics
Bloodstream infections are a significant cause of sepsis, which costs the U.S. healthcare system an estimated $62 billion annually.

Quick and effective antibiotic therapy in patients with sepsis can reduce the risk of death 8 percent per hour. Achieving both timely and optimal therapy hinges on a single variable — the speed at which organism identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing is produced by the clinical microbiology laboratory.

This whitepaper outlines how five health systems improved antibiotic stewardship metrics for patients with bloodstream infections and decreased length of stay by one day using rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing.

Source: CallMiner
There have been tectonic shifts in recent years that have already changed healthcare and the patient experience forever. These changes are forcing providers, payers and collectors to change the way they engage with patients at every physical and virtual touchpoint.

In this whitepaper, you'll learn about six key trends in patient experience, as well as how data that is already housed within your organization can be used to enhance patients' experiences, improve quality scores and increase revenue.

Download the whitepaper to learn more about the following trends:

  • Growing consumerism
  • Rising competition
  • Reimbursement becoming tied to patient experience
  • Declining reimbursement and increasing denials
  • Hospitals carrying significant bad debt
  • Centralized communication

Source: TeamHealth
When a system scorecard highlighted weaknesses within the hospitalist and specialty departments of a 500-plus bed Kansas medical center, it signaled a need for change. TeamHealth worked hand-in-hand with the facility to create and implement targeted strategies to stabilize performance metrics and improve overall quality of care.

Download this white paper and learn how to sustain successful hospital medicine programs. Discover:

  • Improving quality of care through enhanced team culture and collaboration.
  • Boosting key metrics including pre-discharge follow-up and sepsis compliance, while reducing barriers to care such as high length of stay.
  • Creating facility-wide improvements through purposeful partnerships with hospital leadership and other specialty clinical departments.

Source: AMA
Understanding residents and fellows' experiences with work-life balance and wellness is of profound importance, especially amid the pandemic, as medical training can be a peak time for distress among physicians. This knowledge is vital to creating a positive residency experience that helps physicians prioritize work-life balance objectives throughout their career.

National findings from the American Medical Association's recent survey of more than 1,000 residents illustrates the key stressors of today's residents and fellows. Download the summary report to learn more about these insights and discover organizational well-being resources available through the AMA Health System Program.

Key learnings:

  • Do care teams feel valued by their organization?
  • How is workload, work pace and EHR stress affecting residents?
  • How is burnout affected by other residency experiences, like sleep and peer support?
  • What organizational resources are available for improved resident well-being?

Source: Disinfection Done Right
Healthcare-associated infections have a negative impact on patients, economic performance, and community image.

Tactically deploying newer cleaning technology that supplements established methods, can assist in the task of keeping an ultra clean healthcare facility.

Download the whitepaper to learn how Disinfection Done Right (DDR) helps implement a clever adjunctive method that is safe, requires little-to-no down time, minimal human involvement, and relatively minimal investment for air and surface pathogen reduction in hospitals, surgery centers, nursing homes, and medical offices.

Source: ECRI
As healthcare organizations place renewed focus on strengthening safety practices, ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2022 Special Report is a must-read. The report identifies imminent patient safety challenges experts believe deserve the greatest focus this year, and offers systems-based approaches to eliminate these risks.

Metrics tracking healthcare-associated infections and other forms of patient harm indicate multiple patient safety measures have significantly deteriorated amid the pandemic.

Key learning points:

  • How persistent issues, such as staffing shortages and clinical staff behavioral health, can affect patient safety
  • How bias and racism can undermine perceptions, behaviors, and outcomes related to safety
  • How pandemic-related challenges affect care, including issues such as supply chain disruptions, products subject to emergency use authorization, and operationalizing telehealth
  • Recommendations for systems-based approaches to eliminate risks and achieve total systems safety

Source: DrFirst
South Shore Hospital prioritized efforts within its emergency department to reduce costly adverse drug events and potential readmissions that commonly occur in patients admitted through the ED.

This whitepaper explains how the ED improved the processes and tools used to gather a patient’s medication history to address these major sources of organizational pain.

Download the whitepaper to learn about:

  • Avoiding medication errors
  • Preventing adverse drug events
  • Reducing hospital readmissions
  • Staff satisfaction with technology

Source: CareCredit
Health systems' dual focuses of providing patient-centric care and achieving financial sustainability can create tension within an organization. At times, billing and revenue cycle goals can be at odds with healthcare organizations' commitment to provide patient-centric care and remove financial barriers to access. Health systems must find a way to balance these priorities, while meeting patients' expectations for convenience.

During a session at the Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in November, Pat Basu, MD, president and CEO of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and Alberto Casellas, executive vice president and CEO of CareCredit, shared observations about current financial challenges in healthcare and the importance of making the patient payment experience more modern, frictionless and user friendly.

Key learnings:

  • What patients want from the healthcare payment experience
  • Key payment challenges for health systems
  • How Cancer Treatment Centers of America offers flexible and convenient financing options for patients

Source: Gozio Health
Mobile and digital strategy is critical to delivering outstanding patient care and driving revenue, but healthcare technology is plagued by inadequate digital apps that offer a limited scope. Hospital mobile apps often fail, but Gozio Health CEO Joshua Titus has strategies to reverse this trend.

Download this white paper and learn:

  • The urgency to offer highly engaging digital experiences
  • Where patient engagement falls short
  • The key to successful mobile strategy

Source: MDVIP
When it comes to primary care, health systems are in a challenging place. Patients won’t tolerate waiting weeks or even days for an appointment, and many are taking money from their health savings account or other sources to pay providers outside the health system network. At the same time, physician burnout is a bigger concern than ever, and filling open positions at healthcare organizations has become challenging.

This white paper outlines patients' and physicians' biggest pain points in primary care — based on a recent survey from MDVIP — and how health systems can address them through innovative primary care models.

Key learnings:

  • What patients value most in a primary care experience
  • Primary care physicians' top obstacles
  • How health systems can better address their community's needs with patient-centered primary care solutions

Source: Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health understands that clinicians in all settings are facing extraordinary challenges in the safe provision of care.

Increased patient loads combined with clinician burnout and severe supply chain disruption can erode your culture of safety for routine procedures, such as injections.

The Cardinal Health Monoject Sharps Safety product division, in collaboration with Becker’s, have created an eBook depository of articles to raise awareness and provide actionable insights to enhance the culture of safety within your facility during the pandemic, despite ongoing labor shortages and vaccination administration.

Cardinal Health strives to be an industry leader and trusted partner committed to proactively delivering education and awareness as it relates to promoting a culture of safety.

Source: Vida
Diabetes and depression are rising in tandem, and a diagnosis of one will substantially increase a person's likelihood of developing the other. This paper defines the problems healthcare organizations face regarding diabetes care. It also provides clinically validated reasons why treating mind and body together within one seamless experience can help improve outcomes, drive down costs and sustain member engagement. 

Download this whitepaper to discover: 

  • The four challenges facing payers in delivering diabetes care
  • How Integrating mental and physical health can save 16-28 percent of all costs
  • How patient-centered care increases member engagement and satisfaction

Source: NAPA
Enhanced recovery after surgery programs have promoted patient safety and faster post-surgical recovery across specialties, but due to the complexities of heart and vascular care, such programs for cardiac care have been unsuccessful — until now.

North American Partners in Anesthesia worked with Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health to develop the nation's first ERAS cardiac program. In one year, the groundbreaking protocol has increased patient and surgeon satisfaction and saved the hospital nearly $2 million. Superior clinical outcomes achieved with the program also earned WakeMed Heart & Vascular the number one ranking in CMS' national outcomes listing for heart bypass surgery, and designation as the first U.S. ERAS Cardiac Center of Excellence.

This case study describes how NAPA's anesthesia leadership at WakeMed drove the clinical research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and education that inspired 100 percent participation by the medical staff and more.

Key learning points:

  • How WakeMed’s cardiac ERAS program reduced patients’ ICU and hospital length of stay, opioid use, GI complications, reintubation rates, and ICU readmission rates
  • How outstanding clinical outcomes increased patient and surgeon satisfaction, and produced operational efficiencies that contributed to better financial performance, including fewer patient-bed days, increased case volume, and an approximately $5 million reduction in cardiothoracic ICU insurance payments
  • How NAPA’s anesthesia-driven, value-based approach promotes safer patient care and a stronger hospital balance sheet.

Source: Constellation
Harm events can be a devastating and heart-wrenching experience for physicians and care team members. In many situations, healthcare teams may be able to mitigate unintended painful consequences by reporting harm events earlier.

This report offers insights on the clinical and financial benefits of early reporting, based on an analysis of more than 31,000 national malpractice claims.

Dive into the data to learn:

  • Why reporting harm early is so important
  • How early reporting influences both expenses and the life cycle of a case
  • The elements of a successful communication and resolution program
  • How to foster a workplace culture that promotes reporting

Source: Nuance
Missing secondary diagnoses can hurt patient outcomes and lead to costly readmissions. However, requiring staff to read over every patient's chart for any additional diagnoses can contribute to burnout. Workflow-integrated, artificial intelligence-driven computer-assisted physician documentation systems help clinicians document and code all secondary diagnoses while still focusing on the primary clinical problem, enhancing documentation integrity and reducing readmissions and costs.

Read how AI-driven CAPD solutions helped healthcare organizations, including Ardent Health Services and Halifax Health:

  • Analyze relevant notes to identify undocumented diagnoses and comorbidities, and document them to withstand audit scrutiny
  • Reduce severity of illness score by 41 percent and risk of mortality score by 49 percent
  • Reduce retrospective severity queries to physicians by 63 percent

Source: Arcadia Solutions
Research indicates as many as 1 in 10 people experience lingering symptoms for weeks or months after their initial COVID-19 infection. And with the pandemic still raging, the number of people who may go on to become long COVID-19 patients could have significant implications for public health.

Arcadia worked with the COVID-19 Patient Recovery Alliance to analyze a massive real-world data set to identify potential drivers of the wide range of symptoms that make up long COVID-19.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • How vaccination affects the likelihood and severity of long COVID-19
  • How to use data sets to understand complex interactions and drive hypothesis creation that supports clinical research
  • Recommendations for further investigation and policy work

Source: ServiceNow
Healthcare providers are striving to deliver better experiences, all while dealing with a variety of interconnected pressures. But to quickly adapt to the changing world around them while delivering excellent experiences, providers must face challenges—and digital solutions—in a more holistic way.

Find out how ServiceNow® can help provide the connectivity and flexibility providers need to improve patient experiences from end-to-end, work efficiently, and securely leverage data to create value.

Source: IMO
A host of factors contribute to the growing problem of clinician burnout. And while some of them — such as long hours and the inherent stress of the profession — are beyond the scope of a technological solution, others are perfect candidates for health IT interventions.

Although it might seem counterintuitive to solve technology struggles with more technology, sometimes it’s exactly the right fix. For example, tools that can help organize the problem list or make it easier to find pertinent patient information can enhance the EHR and decrease the amount of time spent clicking around in search of the right data.

So, what are some solutions that can help? Download IMO's latest eBook, "An unlikely remedy: How technology can alleviate the clinician HIT burden" to learn more.

Key learnings:

  • How to effectively leverage the right IT solutions to lessen clinical burden
  • The internal and external stressors contributing to clinical burden, and how to minimize them in meaningful ways

Source: Press Ganey Associates
The digital behaviors that gained momentum in recent years have been hard-coded into the patient journey. In the wake of COVID-19 and with 2022 on the horizon, healthcare organizations must commit to a digital- and consumer-focused strategy to shape the patient experience.

In September 2021, Press Ganey surveyed 1,000+ consumers to unlock insights into how they approach their journey to care. The findings provide a roadmap for accelerating digital transformation in 2022 and converting more care seekers into happy, loyal patients.

Source: Virginia Mason Institute
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed bright light on numerous challenges in healthcare — from reducing the burden of strained medical staff to increasing patient access and health equity. Sustainable solutions to these challenges require operational changes to how people work combined with cultural changes to how organizations embody their values.

See how organizations across the United States and United Kingdom have used this approach to achieve measurable results and fuel a commitment to improvement that never stops. Highlights include:

  • Defeating burnout with a culture of respect.
  • Reducing wait times and optimizing technology by analyzing what truly adds value for patients.
  • Improving equity by consistently weighing the social dimensions of policies, programs and services.

Source: PerfectServe
Nurses are at the heart of clinical communication yet are often left with disconnected or outdated communication solutions. Empower nurses with next generation solutions that connect them with providers, nurses and patients in one location to reduce communication errors, improve care team coordination and reduce their workloads.

In this white paper, you’ll learn how to:

  • Improve speed to care by reducing time needed to manage communication
  • Instantly receive critical results, code alerts or patient communications
  • Embed into the EMR, integrate with nurse call or alarm middleware

Develop a strategy for getting shared devices to nurses and equip them with the tools needed for today’s healthcare organizations.

Source: Lumeon
Only 14% of healthcare organizations are currently operating close to elective surgical capacity. The urgent need to recover patient volumes sits in stark contrast to a staffing crisis, making digital tools and automation a productivity must-have.

With insight from more than 85 surgery leaders, this report takes a fresh look at perioperative leadership challenges, opportunities and priorities, including how to support a return to sustainable surgery volumes.

Key learning points:

  • How to benchmark surgical productivity
  • Identify the most impactful areas for improvement
  • Why digital preoperative readiness is essential

Source: PointClickCare
Readmissions are a significant challenge with a high price tag — amounting to over $26 billion annually for Medicare patients alone.

Many factors contribute to readmissions, but a common thread among them is the increasing complexity of healthcare. Providers are taking on additional patients. At the same time, documentation requirements are growing, as is the need to interact with more systems and tools. The average health system has multiple different EHR systems in place across their network.

The result is cumbersome data integration and access, which creates care coordination challenges.

Many readmissions occur when patients move between care settings. Given the fragmented healthcare landscape, information can fall through the cracks, leading to suboptimal care transitions that put patients at risk.

But readmissions can be reduced by using the right care coordination tools that enable real-time data sharing and care collaboration.

The solution lies in the adoption of technology and processes that help providers at the point of care make safe and appropriate treatment decisions while providing meaningful insights to care managers monitoring patients across the continuum.

Source: HC1
Precision health has the potential to dramatically transform healthcare delivery, offering lower risk, better outcomes and more efficient, less wasteful, care. However, precision health at scale is still largely a vision.

During the 2021 Precision Health Virtual Summit, a diverse group of thought leaders from health systems, providers, payers, employers, universities and start-ups reflected on the core lessons they've learned on their journey to precision health. Organizations represented at the summit included Cleveland Clinic, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health.

Download this eBook to learn:

  • How to move past barriers to precision diagnostics adoption
  • Approaches to leverage pharmacogenomics expertise
  • How Precision Health Insight Networks are helping healthcare organizations bring precision health to scale.

Source: Smith Nephew LEAF
Most U.S. hospitals rely on clinician education, auditing and chart reviews rather than real-time, patient-generated data to remind staff to turn patients in order to prevent hospital acquired pressure injuries. However, these methods have proven ineffective.

Halting HAPIs in American hospitals demands attention. Recent reports from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicate that the incidence of many hospital-acquired conditions is falling. However, pressure injuries rates continue to rise despite being a top priority for health systems.

A recent survey conducted by Frost and Sullivan was designed to better understand the persistent rise of pressure injuries and examine potential solutions to the problem.

This report is based on those survey findings and in-depth interviews with 20 healthcare professionals.

Source: Wolters Kluwer
Hospital financial performance and clinical outcomes are frequently compromised by unwarranted variation in care, which accounts for at least 25 percent (and possibly up to 65 percent) of costs. Care variations come from diverse sources, but the net result is increasing waste in healthcare spending and decreasing quality of care and outcomes.

Unwarranted variation can lead to inefficiencies, adverse events, increased lengths of stay, and higher mortality rates. Basically, all quality indicators are affected.

How you approach unwarranted variability can either help or hinder your efforts to improve patient care, rein in costs and thrive in this highly demanding healthcare environment. We examine decision points along the care continuum where unwarranted variability is most likely to happen and recommend actions you can take to drive sustainable and effective care.

Source: PointClickCare
Most health plans define success as delivering member-centered, high-quality care, while reducing costs. These are excellent goals, but payers can't achieve them in isolation.

Collaboration is essential and critical care insights frequently come from outside the payer organization. Healthcare is delivered across a wide continuum of nodes, ranging from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers, federally qualified health centers, home health providers, skilled nursing facilities, and more. To drive optimal clinical outcomes across the complete continuum of care, stakeholders need access to real-time information sharing, as well as easy-to-use in-workflow care collaboration tools.
Collective Medical believes shared success comes from those collaboration tools used in combination with data and technology sharing. 

This whitepaper will cover:
  • The importance of a partnership perspective
  • Using care insights to drive success
  • Collaboration and care insights in the real world
  • How clinical collaboration groups improve stakeholder engagement across the care continuum

Source: Glytec
CMS is adding two new electronic clinical quality measures for severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia to the Hospital Inpatient Quality-Reporting Program, and healthcare organizations must start collecting data on these measures in 2023.

This move is making it clear that severe hypoglycemia related to insulin should be a never event that hospitals must actively work towards that goal by prioritizing the optimal treatment and management of severe hyperglycemia.

These measures will create the incentive for hospitals to prioritize glycemic management, which can be difficult without the proper support and technology. There are challenges to achieving optimal glycemic management, but it’s a must-have given that it benefits patients' safety and helps reduce costs for individuals, hospitals and the public.

In this whitepaper, you will:

  • Learn the typical driving factors of poor glycemic management in the hospital.
  • Understand the correlation between uncontrolled blood glucose and increased length of stay, cost of care and readmission rates.
  • See real results from real hospitals that are using an eGlycemic Management System to reliably and consistently reduce the incidence of hypoglycemic and hyperglycemia in your healthcare system.

Source: Optum
Each healthcare leader has a role in the solution. We need to work together to evaluate our cultures, practices, products, and services to identify root causes of inequity, design the interventions and support services that improve health outcomes for everyone and improve levels of inclusivity, diversity, and health equity.


This new C-suite toolkit includes role specific, actionable guides with steps to help CEO’s, CFO’s, and CMO’s better understand the strategic, financial, and clinical implications of implementing health equity initiatives including:

  • Defining your workforce equity goals
  • Building equity into your leadership plan
  • Ensuring equitable care across a diverse set of patients
  • Making equity a part of your purpose and mission
  • Building the business case to support resource allocations
  • Addressing root causes of inequity in the broader community
  • Enabling a diverse, inclusive workforce
  • Activating your community relationships

Source: Elsevier
Clinicians' careers are defined by dozens of moments each day that determine patient outcomes. As medical knowledge continues to expand and care becomes more complex, how are your clinicians keeping up with the latest evidence-based practices?

In this guide, discover how to empower your clinical staff to:

  • Diagnose and treat patients efficiently and effectively
  • Enhance patient outcomes
  • Develop advanced critical thinking skills

Source: Change Healthcare
In the fall of 2018, Carle Health began working with Change Healthcare to focus on low-value testing. The health system implemented CareSelect® Lab, a clinical decision support (CDS) tool that integrates with leading EHRs to provide point-of-order guidance on the appropriateness of every unique lab, pathology, and genetic test order in real time. In the first 30 days after rolling out a non-interruptive intervention, Carle Health saw significant reductions in targeted orders.

Learn how Carle Health and Change Healthcare:

  • built a lab stewardship program that relies on CareSelect® Lab to address lab overutilization and low-value testing
  • gained access to an aggregated view of its data to decide which undesirable ordering behaviors to target—and where and how to target them
  • leveraged evidence-based guidelines authored by Mayo Clinic and provider communication to significantly reduce inappropriate ordering

Source: North American Partners in Anesthesia
Chronic opioid use is the most common post-surgical complication — a poor long-term outcome that affects one in every 16 patients in the U.S. after surgery. Besides harming individuals and communities, excessive opioid prescriptions can also affect hospitals' profitability.

While multimodal pain programs attempt to reduce opioids, their “one size fits all” approach is inefficient for physicians and may cause sentinel events or adverse side effects that prolong a patient’s recovery.

This case study describes how a new inpatient pain management protocol using pre-defined patient risk categories yields meaningful clinical, operational, and financial
results.

Key learning points:

  • Why traditional multimodal pain programs that attempt to reduce opioids are inefficient
  • The benefits of an updated inpatient pain management approach that relies on pre-defined patient risk categories
  • How leveraging anesthesia expertise in this new approach to perioperative pain management saves time for busy hospitalists while improving patient safety and satisfaction

Source: Honeywell
There’s no question that the Covid-19 pandemic forced us all to take a hard look at our supply chain strategies. While demand for critical PPE surged, supply dwindled and the global supply chain crumbled. We’ve learned it’s essential for organizations to take proactive steps to diversify their supply chain and mitigate the risk of potential disruptions.

Now, it's essential for organizations to take protective steps to diversify their PPE supply chain and mitigate the risk of potential disruptions in the future.

In this white paper, you will learn:

  • How the pandemic exposed PPE supply chain issues
  • The importance of diversifying suppliers to increase resiliency
  • Key considerations in selecting a PPE supplier

Source: Salesforce
In order to deliver effective, individualized treatment, providers need to start with a comprehensive 360-degree view of every patient, which includes clinical and nonclinical data, along with relevant social determinants of health.

Download this e-book to see how you can:

  • Connect care teams and proactively reach patients at home
  • Empower every employee to address patient needs efficiently
  • Personalize patient engagement using data insights  

Source: Philips
Clinical confidence can lead to better, more predictable outcomes by getting diagnoses right the first time, ensuring timely treatments, and enhancing patient management across care settings. Now more than ever, health systems must deploy technologies that streamline workflow and relieve clinicians of growing and unnecessary burdens.

Clinical confidence may be the antidote to clinical burnout. The team at Philips aims to design technologies that increase clinical confidence by providing correct and complete information, as well as support caregiver collaboration.

Download our clinical confidence guide to:

  • Bolster clinical confidence by focusing on purposeful innovation.
  • Address the five leading factors that contribute to clinical burnout.
  • Improve patient care, using lessons from other health systems that have leveraged technology.

Source: Roche Diagnostics
NAVIFY® Tumor Board demonstrated positive impacts in the preparation and conduction of a tumor board during a multiyear study with the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center at Missouri Healthcare.

Data was collected prospectively before the use of NAVIFY® Tumor Board (phase 1) through stable integration with the platform (phase 4). Data was collected across the breast, GI, hematopathology and ENT tumor boards looking at the following user groups across the institution: nurse navigators, pathology residents, radiologists and geneticists.

In this whitepaper you’ll learn:

  • Positive impacts that NAVIFY® Tumor Board had on case preparation, case discussion time and case postponement rates at the test site
  • Potential operational benefits seen at test site, including additional cases discussed and working days saved

Source: Cardinal
The number of outpatient surgeries has grown dramatically over the last 40 years and with this ongoing shift, patients recovering at home run the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a serious complication of surgery.

However, mechanical prophylaxis, including intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC), can mitigate the risk for patients recovering at home.

Key learning points:

  • Implications of the shift from inpatient to outpatient procedures and more patients heading home sooner
  • Opportunities to implement at-home compression therapy for VTE risk reduction 

Source: Cardinal
In the past year, the shift in the delivery of patient care from hospitals to other settings has accelerated — a trend that healthcare executives expect to continue.

To better understand what this shift means for healthcare supply chains, Becker's and Cardinal Health surveyed 100 C-suite and supply chain leaders from health systems nationwide in the first quarter of 2021. This research report outlines five key takeaways that emerged from leaders' responses. 

Source: PatientBond
The healthcare system is mobilizing to promote and manage distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Consumer demand for the vaccine is high; however, not everyone is receptive to a COVID-19 vaccination. 

Read this whitepaper to learn:

  • Who is most (and least) likely to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Why healthcare consumers might avoid a COVID-19 vaccination.
  • How psychographic segmentation can facilitate uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Source: PointClickCare
The Integrated Care Coordination Readiness Report is a first-of-its kind analysis, providing useful insights on data from more than 140,000 post-acute episodes, across 15,000 skilled nursing facilities and 4,000 hospitals to reveal opportunities for health systems to strengthen organizational outcomes, improve patient management and reshape their post-acute network relationships.

Source: AMN Healthcare
Easy-to-use technology enables providers to simply be providers.

By augmenting patient care with technology services, healthcare providers can focus on treating their patients and rely on outside experts to provide reliable communication assistance and cultural brokerage.

Here are key takeaways from this report:

  • When it comes to treating LEP, Deaf and HoH patients, providers need a fast, easy-to-use solution to effectively communicate.
  • Just as providers are committed to effectively treating patients, medical interpreters are committed to facilitating meaningful understanding between healthcare providers and patients from various cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
  • The use of professional language services has been proven to improve the LEP patient experience and reduce the likelihood of readmissions.

Source: Optum
COVID-19 has made dramatic changes to care delivery and cross-industry partnerships. It has exposed the human and financial costs of the nation’s health inequities, forcing shifts to virtual health care delivery, flexible staffing models and more in-home care.

But many questions remain. In this report, Optum surveyed more than 161 health care leaders from health plans, providers and life sciences and asked:

  • Where are we making progress?
  • What challenges still exist?
  • Which areas do you prioritize for investment?

Source: SCP Health
To make 2021 a year of recovery for clinicians, healthcare leaders must have a deep understanding of the resources and support tools needed to help providers do their jobs while making their own wellness a priority. This e-book features 10 must-read articles on what healthcare workers want their leaders to know, strategies for addressing burnout and ways to safeguard clinician well-being amid a crisis.

Source: Suki AI
There’s a phenomenon called “AI-washing,” in which it is purported that a tool is powered by artificial intelligence when it is actually heavily reliant on humans for its capabilities.

In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:

  • Key AI technologies used by clinical digital assistants and what is technically possible today
  • Five stages clinical assistants must go through to evolve
  • Technical milestones needed to ultimately achieve a truly ambient clinical digital assistant

Source: ServiceNow
After months of shutdowns and quarantines, we can now take steps toward a healthier tomorrow. Finally, the vaccines are ready, and we all need to be too.

Find out how ServiceNow can orchestrate vaccine management, connecting workflows from distribution to monitoring, and help meet one of the most significant challenges of our lifetime.

Source: NATHO

As our country’s healthcare labor shortage looms, the need to ensure the safety of residents of all states has never been more acute.

Download this white paper to learn more about:

  • The impacts of the current nursing shortage
  • How a national license could improve healthcare
  • Implementing a national model

Health Information Technology
Source: Teladoc Health
As health systems grapple with staff burnout, capacity issues and rising costs, telehealth is quickly becoming the standard for supporting care delivery and transformation efforts. Leading hospitals and health systems are embracing tools that break down technology silos, reduce fragmentation and address digital literacy of the constituents they serve. In fact, 91% of health system leaders now report having a telehealth program in place — a 6-percentage-point jump from last year — and 71% report expanding their offerings.

This whitepaper uses responses from recent a survey of healthcare CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, virtual care leaders and other decision-makers to detail three valuable insights on the current state of telehealth and how organizations can maximize results from their offerings.

You will learn:
How other health systems are using telehealth to overcome today's challenges
Where telehealth is headed in the future
How to overcome obstacles like user adoption, payer alignment and technology infrastructure

Source: LeanTaaS
In a healthcare environment where staffing shortages and financial pressures are commonplace, healthcare leaders are seeking new ways to optimize resources, unlock value and improve access to care.

With technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics, over 1,000 hospitals and centers have discovered that it's possible to know what's coming and align healthcare assets with staff and patient demand. The result is increased efficiency, improved provider satisfaction, reduced labor costs and fewer delays in patient care. These were the major themes that came to the surface during two recent virtual summits: Transform Hospital Operations and Transform Infusion Center Operations, hosted by Becker's Healthcare and sponsored by LeanTaaS.

This recap examines the key learnings from these five virtual summit sessions:

  • Increase ROI Through AI: Unlocking Scarce Capacity and Staffing
  • Make AI Work for the Workforce: Empowering Staff and Systems to Thrive
  • Optimizing OR Flow: How Data-Driven Insights Help Anesthesia Groups and Hospitals Work Smarter, Together Featuring UCHealth
  • Transforming Performance: Uniting AI, Automation and Change Management Featuring Baptist Health Jacksonville
  • Resilience in Action: Infusion Centers as Catalysts for Innovation, Featuring Duke Health

Source: Altera Digital Health
For all the workforce, finance and operation challenges hospitals and health systems are facing, community hospitals are feeling them two-fold. IT systems and processes are key to addressing issues like staffing and efficiency, but community hospitals must carefully consider value and how they're distributing resources.

In this white paper, you'll learn how information and technology executives at El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health — an independent network of community hospitals — revamped the health system's IT department to better support the workforce.

You'll learn more about Pipeline's approach to:

  • Getting value out of IT investments without compromising performance, amid rising costs
  • Pulling cross-departmental teams together to problem-solve
  • Empowering IT teams by bringing in clinical experience, support + a customer service mindset

Source: Notable
Traditional digital front door investments have not met expectations.

Patients are still frustrated with roadblocks to accessing care, and staff are doing more data entry and other manual repetitive tasks than ever before.

Digital transformation was supposed to bring healthcare into the modern age, but the industry is still burdened by processes like clipboards, faxes, and never-ending manual work queues.

But, there’s a shift happening - thanks to AI and automation. This guide covers: 

  • Key indicators of an ineffective digital front door.
  • Proven strategies from top healthcare organizations for an efficient, AI-powered digital front door that benefits patients and staff.
  • How conversational AI is revolutionizing patient navigation in healthcare.

Source: EXL Service
More accurate diagnoses, predicting health risks and highly tailored treatment plans. Today's patients expect all of this, but to truly move the needle on personalized care, healthcare organizations need to get serious about harnessing the right data.

This whitepaper explores 5 key industry trends driving the shift to more personalized care, how companies can respond, and the role technology plays in that response. It covers what it will take for the industry to make good on its promises to deliver better outcomes and more cost-effective care, and the steps individual companies can take today to accelerate progress on personalized care.

Learning points:

  • 5 key trends amplifying the importance of patient-centric care
  • How healthcare companies can respond to deliver the experience patients expect and improved outcomes
  • How integrating technology and data-driven insights is revolutionizing the patient-provider relationship and setting the course for the future of healthcare

Source: TeleVox 
It’s widely agreed that generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to transform many industries, including healthcare. But how exactly this transformation will unfold remains unclear. As health systems look to capitalize on this new technology, leaders must evaluate what pressing business challenges they need to address and whether the technology can truly help solve those challenges.

  In its current iteration, there are three components of healthcare that can immediately be improved by the integration of generative AI. These are:  
  • Patient Experience: Generative AI can be used to create personalized and conversational experiences for patients. This includes answering questions, booking appointments, and providing care guidance.
  • Care Team Efficiency: With generative AI at their side, health providers can automate tasks such as note-taking and patient outreach, freeing up care teams to focus on more important tasks.
  • Care Guidance: Generative AI can be used to provide patients with personalized care guidance, such as medication reminders and disease management tips

This report examines how to overcome barriers to technology integration and realize the promise of generative AI sooner rather than later.

Source: Roche
Tumor board conferences play a crucial role in the comprehensive management of cancer patients. Yet, without the support of a digital platform, multidisciplinary teams can face challenges in communication, collaboration and decision-making, potentially resulting in care delays, errors and diminished outcomes.

This report explores how healthcare organizations can adopt new technology to improve tumor board workflows, optimize care decisions and prevent treatment delays. 

Learning points: 

  • Best practices for the successful implementation and use of digital tumor board solutions
  • Key benefits of the solutions based on real-world implementations

Source: Philips 
Atrial fibrillation patients discharged from an emergency department have a 2.7 times greater risk of stroke, death or AF re-presentation within a year1. To improve outcomes, some hospitals are leveraging connected cardiac ambulatory monitoring, which also streamlines ED workflows and shifts care to more suitable, cost-effective settings. 

In this paper, you’ll learn how this monitoring technology leads to improved care coordination, more efficient patient workflows and throughput, reduced care costs and better patient outcomes for AF and stroke. 

1. Wei M, Do D, Tang P, et al. Optimal disposition for atrial fibrillation patients presenting to the emergency departments. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018;71(11):A509. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(18)31050-7

Source: JLL
Facilities management is integral to the overall success of healthcare organizations, but many leaders are sleeping on a key opportunity to help these teams reach their full potential. 

Most facilities management teams at mid-sized or large healthcare organizations rely on various technologies to mitigate risk and boost facility performance. But despite the advantages these technologies deliver, it's impossible for facilities management professionals to fully excel without intensive training.

Wherever your organization is on its technology journey, take steps to achieve a better return on investment from your facilities management technology. Download the guide for key considerations on optimizing your technology to: 

  • Achieve facilities compliance, maintain accreditation and reduce risk
  • Boost performance and reduce costs
  • Enhance the employee experience

Source: Huron
As hospitals and health systems lean into technology innovation, many are striving for the "digital first" badge. But creating a culture where agility, transparency and innovation are woven into organizations' DNA is far from simple. 

In this paper, you'll learn four takeaways from an exclusive discussion with hospital and health system leaders, where they candidly shared how they're navigating challenges and lessons learned at various stages of digital transformation. 

  Key points:  
  • Components of a true digital mindset
  • The foundation hospitals + health systems need to meaningfully innovate
  • The role of technology in access-to-care disparities
  • Opportunities in patient engagement

Source: DXC
Technology-driven innovation is a common goal among healthcare leaders. Most want to see their organizations embrace innovation, nurture it and benefit from it.

A persistent challenge that has emerged for leaders, however, is change management — and whether they have the required expertise to allow the capabilities and culture of innovation to take root and spread broadly across clinical, revenue cycle and other operations.

In an executive roundtable at Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting, Daryle Abrahams, a change effectiveness consultant and leader at DXC Technology, moderated a discussion with three healthcare technology leaders: 

  • Edward Kim, MD, physician-in-chief and senior vice president, City of Hope Orange County (Irvine, Calif.)
  • Marty Sheetz, vice president, business implementation and operations, Delta Dental
  • Paul Williams, associate vice president, infrastructure technology, Penn Medicine (Philadelphia) 
The panelists discussed how hospitals and health systems can successfully implement new technologies, as well as the strategies and capabilities organizations need to overcome internal resistance, support user adoption and upskill and empower their staff.

In this white paper, you'll learn: 
  • Why behavioral change is often necessary to drive user adoption of new technologies
  • Why technology-driven initiatives face multiple challenges, both old and new
  • How intrapreneurship can spur innovation

Source: Notable
From unfilled positions to fewer write-offs and denials, this longitudinal study examines the effect of automation over two years at North Kansas City and Meritas Health. 

Today, the system has implemented digital scheduling, automated registration and intake, automated care gap outreach, and more, with far-ranging effects across patient and staff experience, as well as financial and care outcomes.

This whitepaper: 

  • Reveals how performance metrics changed over the course of two years
  • Details how frontline workers and clinic managers have responded to the new technology
  • Shares the real, human impact of AI and automation on care outcomes

Source: LeanTaaS
Continuing financial difficulties have made it more crucial for hospitals to improve their resource management and bolster their workforce to manage costs without compromising the quality of care or patient access.

The operating room is a powerful place to begin on this journey, as ORs can generate up to 70% of a hospital's revenue and up to 40% of its expenses. The potential to drive further revenue in the OR through increased case volume, while optimizing resources and staff, is enormous.

This whitepaper offers healthcare leaders a roadmap to identify OR inefficiencies and address them using a "magic equation" of artificial intelligence, automation and change management. The roadmap also includes case studies from Baptist Health Jacksonville (Fla.) and The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City.

Key learnings:

  • 10 ways to identify OR inefficiencies
  • Best practices for using AI, automation and change management in the OR
  • Real-world results from Baptist Health Jacksonville and The University of Kansas Health System

Source: Community Hospital Corporation
As healthcare undergoes a digital transformation, rural and community hospitals with limited resources must embrace new digital strategies and tools to enhance their clinical and financial performance. But that's easier said than done for community hospital CEOs with limited budgets.

The challenge requires community hospital leaders to ensure they're adopting technology solutions that are strategic, cost effective and efficient.

This whitepaper offers a roadmap for IT infrastructure investment to help leaders identify and implement solutions that will support their organizations' clinical, business and security needs.

Key learnings:

  • How to evaluate evaluate potential IT investments
  • The business case for replacing legacy systems and other outdated IT solutions
  • 7 steps to a successful IT transformation

Source: BOK Financial  
The prevalence of healthcare cyberattacks is rapidly growing, posing significant threats to health systems and patients alike. 

Healthcare organizations experienced 1,426 cyberattacks per week in 2022, a 60 percent jump from the year prior, according to data from Check Point Research. As of July, the average cost of a healthcare data breach was $10.9 million — the highest of any industry, a separate report from IBM Security found.  
This whitepaper offers a state of the union on healthcare cyberattacks in 2023, examining their rising prevalence and how health systems can work to prevent them.

Key learnings:

 
  • The prevalence of healthcare cyberattacks
  • 5 ways to protect against cyberattacks
  • The role of cyber insurance 

 

Source: Mastercard
The healthcare industry loses an estimated $430 billion annually to increasingly complex fraud, waste and abuse. Only 10 to 15 percent is ever recovered.

With artificial intelligence, anomalous billings can be flagged or auto-denied, enabling investigators to focus on high-value, complex cases.

What if you could continuously monitor provider behavior and risk levels, manage daily billing fraud risk in real time and access pre‐pay analytics to identify FWA before claims are paid? AI for healthcare fraud detection can do all this and more.

Read this e-book to learn:

  • How AI optimizes workflows by triaging good, bad and suspicious claims
  • Why higher detection rates and fewer false positives helps teams focus on more complex FWA schemes, resulting in substantial savings
  • How models are continuously trained, evolving with schemes as they arise

Source: VirtuSense  
Traditional nurse staffing models aren't going to cut it amid today's healthcare labor crisis. Faced with significant staff shortages and high turnover rates, many healthcare leaders are adopting creative approaches to streamline nursing workflows.

This white paper explores how hospitals can use automation to reduce stress on nurses, while also improving patient experience and outcomes. See how a blended nursing strategy using bedside nurses, virtual nurses and documentation automation can increase team members' efficiency, reduce procedural errors, and give patients more facetime with caregivers. 

Learn how this approach can:

 
  • Shrink length of stay by 90 minutes
  • Cut patient sitting hours by 48 percent
  • Reduce patient falls by 60 percent 

 

Source: Zoom
There's a consensus among healthcare leaders: Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve patient outcomes and experiences, as well as reduce the cost of care delivery. But when it comes to the pace of deploying this technology and concerns of bias, privacy and effects on patients — confidence levels and viewpoints become mixed. 

In this e-book, you'll see key takeaways from a survey of more than 190 clinical, administrative and IT leaders on their current approaches to AI and perspectives on what this technology means for the future of healthcare. 

Read more to learn: 

•  How leaders believe AI can help achieve strategic objectives
•  The current state of this tech at organizations surveyed
•  Privacy, security and ethical concerns + pathways forward

Source: Altera
Though hospitals, health systems and payers have diverse population health strategies, they all have one thing in common — major barriers to accessing high-quality, cohesive data that fuels these initiatives and desired outcomes.

In this white paper, you'll learn key insights from a roundtable discussion with Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City) and Inland Empire Health Plan (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), where technology, nursing and medical leaders shared how they're tackling data issues, where they're seeing successes in addressing social determinants of health and what they recommend to other organizations striving to do the same.

Key learning points:

  • Challenges in gathering essential SDoH data
  • Benefits of real-time data feeds and reports
  • Key elements of a successful population health program and building community trust

Source: Optum 
The nation is facing high demand for mental health services, but there's no one-size-fits-all approach to solving today's challenges. 

Despite the high demand for behavioral healthcare services, many face barriers care. To make real change, it's essential to identify and reduce the root causes of mental health inequity and expand access to meet the mental health needs of every individual.

This mental health series for healthcare executives explores how to close the information gaps in mental and behavioral health data, uncover and conquer the root causes of mental health disparities, and evolve to meet an ever-rising mental health demand.

You'll learn: 

  • 4 steps to assess and improve the quality of your mental health data
  • 7 tips for improving health equity and care access 
  • How to guide your organization through adapting to new strategies and customizing the mental health experience to fit each unique individual

Source: Teladoc
Hackensack Meridian Health, one of the largest health systems in New Jersey, has a telestroke program that operates 24/7/365. This program has allowed Hackensack Meridian to improve its stroke response times and treatment rates, ensuring that patients receive the highest standards of care and minimize the potential long-term effects of a stroke.

The program is a model for how virtual care can be used to improve stroke care. This approach has the potential to save lives and improve the quality of life for stroke patients.

In this whitepaper, healthcare leaders will learn:

  • How the organization implemented a 24/7/365 telestroke program.
  • How the program has allowed Hackensack Meridian to improve its stroke response times and treatment rates.
  • How the program provides a more coordinated and efficient approach to stroke care, which can lead to better outcomes for patients.

Source: TRIMEDX  
Healthcare systems are undergoing significant transformations as they strive to optimize their operations while delivering high-quality patient care. Strategic decisions at the executive level impact both the operational efficiency and financial security of the organization and most importantly, patient safety. One key aspect that can significantly influence executive decision-making is data-driven clinical asset management. By connecting executive leadership teams with actionable data from their organizations' medical device inventories, health systems can enable strategic capital planning and resource allocation decisions that drive positive outcomes.
 
Learning statements:

 
  • Learn about the challenges impacting health system executive decision-making.
  • Explore five steps that health systems can take to better inform stronger executive decision-making.
  • Review how health systems can achieve better organizational outcomes by formalizing visibility and standardized processes in their clinical asset management strategy. 


By harnessing the power of actionable data, health system executives can navigate the challenges of today's healthcare landscape with confidence, drive positive organizational outcomes, and usher in a new era of excellence in patient care and operational performance.

 

Source: AMN Healthcare
About 20 percent of people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home. That equates to almost 9 percent of patients who will encounter some type of language barrier when seeking medical care.

That has major implications for healthcare organizations. Patients with language barriers experience reduced quality outcomes — including 1.5 days longer length of stay and 9.4 percent higher readmission rates than English-speaking patients.

This report explains the value of a robust language access program that goes beyond simple compliance and delivers real financial value for the business and better outcomes for the patients.

This short report will cover:

  • Improving reliability
  • Reducing costs
  • Increasing revenue

Source: SURE Retractors  
Surgical site infections continue to plague hospitals and health systems. While the industry has made strides in infection control practices — including sterilization methods — SSIs remain a significant cause of morbidity, prolonged or repeat hospitalization and patient deaths. As a result, some healthcare leaders are closely examining or reassessing their organizations' instrument sterilization practices and opportunities for innovation here. 

In this research-based white paper, you'll learn: 

  • The current state of instrument sterilization quality + deficiencies at most hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers
  • Why the design of reusable surgical instruments makes it challenging to reliably clean them
  • Recommended paths forward, including transitioning to single-use, sterile, pre-packaged instruments

Source: Surgical Site Infection (cdc.gov)

 

Source: Biofourmis
Remote care programs are gaining steam as hospitals and health systems strive to improve care quality, deliver better patient experiences and reduce costs. Deploying such initiatives, however, comes with challenges. 

This e-book highlights insights from the Becker's Healthcare-Biofourmis leadership survey on the current state of the home-based care paradigm, as well as Augusta (Ga.) University Health's experience implementing a care-at-home strategy.

You'll learn:  

  • Leaders' target areas for remote care programs
  • Top barriers to adopting these initiatives
  • How Augusta University Health approached operational barriers + is seeing reduced length of stay and readmissions

Source: Notable
Today, only 6% of health system executives have an established generative AI strategy according to a recent survey by Bain & Company.

But that’s going to change, rapidly.

If you’ve heard the generative AI hype, but aren’t sure where to get started, or if you’re on the fence about the real-world implications of LLMs, this is the resource for you.

Discover:

  • How advanced AI technologies are being deployed by health systems to personalize the patient experience at scale
  • The right use cases for implementing these technologies in support of the existing healthcare infrastructure and teams
  • Practical applications for generative AI and large language models in healthcare

Source: AWS
Medical imaging experienced profound advancements in the 19th and 20th century. Beginning with the advent of the X-ray in 1895 and continuing through the emergence of ultrasound technologies, tomography techniques such as CT and PET scans, and capping off with the invention of the MRI in 1977.

In the 21st century, medical imaging is again experiencing a leap forward. New imaging technologies will allow for more detailed pictures of patients’ tissues and organs — perhaps even at the cellular level.

Technologies powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning also have the potential to detect health issues, such as stroke or heart attack, sooner. Machine learning can also support physicians with real-time feedback as they review images.

Collectively, these solutions could improve speed to diagnosis and treatment which would ultimately improve patient outcomes.

Maintaining, growing and securing on premises data storage presents major challenges for hospitals and health systems in such an environment.

Enter the cloud.

Source: T-Mobile
As remote care and artificial intelligence become key strategic areas for hospitals and health systems hoping to drive efficiency and better patient outcomes, a host of considerations have emerged — from appropriate application of technology to governance and ethics. Before implementing AI-driven tools especially, some leaders are conducting a proactive first step: ensuring network connectivity for safe, secure and reliable use of budding technology.

In this white paper, you'll access insights and best practices from mobile technology experts and leadership at Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, Texas) on smart tactics for deploying AI in healthcare to ensure it delivers accurate information and value.

You'll also learn:

  • The many pain points in healthcare that AI can address — if deployed thoughtfully
  • Two areas leaders should assess before implementing
  • New tech, as well as essential regulatory and oversight concerns
  • How to ensure your organization's network will support AI traffic + the role of 5G

Source: LeanTaaS
Technology in healthcare is advancing at a rapid clip. Still, many hospitals and health systems continue to equip their teams with archaic tools — like the dreaded spreadsheet — to carry out scheduling, patient assignments and other critical day-to-day tasks. Not only does this approach jeopardize accuracy, efficiency and patient care, it also wears down current staff.

These issues coupled with workforce gaps demand that hospitals and health systems use technology now to more effectively manage staff and reduce administrative burden. In this research- and case study-backed paper, you'll see how systems like Baptist Health (Jacksonville, Fla.), Health First (Rockledge, Fla.) and Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland have embraced this method and realized better clinical outcomes.

Download to learn:

  • How artificial intelligence and predictive analytics can activate the workforce, support inpatient staffing and help organizations prepare for lingering shortages
  • Benefits of technology applied to infusion centers and operating rooms
  • Key steps and results from systems like Baptist, which saw 40 percent reduced call volume after using electronic case scheduling at their largest hospital

Source: Philips
The Clinical Surveillance Maturity Model is a framework that aims to reduce unnecessary medical alarms and identify critical patient conditions early.

The model shows how healthcare monitoring is advancing from basic alarms to more sophisticated "smart alerts." These smart alerts utilize high-fidelity, live streaming medical devices data and consider critical patient information like demographics and test results to provide more useful warnings.

The Clinical Surveillance Maturity Model's ultimate goal is to help improve patient safety and outcomes by aligning alerts with evidence based clinical practice guidelines and using advanced technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence for better and more precise monitoring.

Key learnings:  

  • How the Clinical Surveillance Maturity Model tracks the progression from basic medical device alarms to more advanced, context-rich smart alerts in health systems.
  • What it takes to develop and adopt smart alerts
  • Why clinical trust in the smart rules is crucial for successful adoption.

Source: Biofourmis
The U.S. spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country, yet care is still relatively inaccessible, unaffordable and inequitable for many people.

Healthcare leaders are increasingly leveraging remote patient management programs to improve access, affordability, and equity for patients. The evidence demonstrates these programs can achieve these goals while also improving clinical outcomes and lowering the cost of delivering care. Technology is obviously a critical enabler for this care model. But staffing, logistics, supply chain, patient selection, and other “non-tech” considerations remain a challenge and cannot necessarily be solved with wearables or artificial intelligence. This whitepaper outlines six strategies hospitals can take to overcome such obstacles and realize the value of a remote patient management program.

Whitepaper key takeaways:

  • Going beyond the tech to focus on the importance of in-home care coordination
  • Patient selection as an important part of scaling up care an RPM program
  • How to generate clinically actionable insights instead of data
  • Considering access and care equity as an objective

Source: AWS Marketplace
In many cases, addressing the most pressing, stubborn challenges in healthcare today has become synonymous with digital transformation. While technology is evolving quickly and holds promise for driving efficiency, better patient outcomes and smoother operations, leaders are confronting a host of implementation issues like budget constraints and too few staff — which can mitigate or halt transformation efforts altogether.

Becker's Healthcare and AWS Marketplace collaboratively surveyed 115 healthcare leaders on their organizations' journeys to better technology offerings and capabilities, as well as where key barriers and opportunities lie.

Download to learn:

  • The top three areas where leaders are hoping to make the biggest impact via digital innovation
  • Planned investments in enterprise applications over the next year and beyond — and what this trend indicates
  • Progress, challenges and outlook on artificial intelligence

Source: LeanTaaS
If health systems want to expand access to care, leaders must think outside the box amid ongoing economic and operational challenges.

In this vein, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and other technologies are showing promise. To successfully transform their organizations, however, healthcare leaders must also identify the right sources of data, get key stakeholders excited about the possibilities and identify projects that will deliver quick wins. This white paper explores how systems such as CommonSpirit Health and Intermountain Health are doing just that.

Key learnings:

  • How leading systems are reimagining hospital operations with AI
  • Three key elements for a successful capacity management improvement effort
  • The future of capacity management

Source: Nuance
The enduring workforce crisis has forced hospitals and health systems to embrace technologies that have significant potential to improve staff well-being, workflows, and care delivery. Healthcare organizations are challenging the status quo by employing innovative technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the clinician experience.

  In this eBook, leading experts share insights on tackling the challenges of clinician burnout and resource limitations through the implementation of technology, automation, and standardization. Learn how AI integration in workflows enhances decision-making, improves patient outcomes, and boosts employee satisfaction. Uncover the power of ambient intelligence in reducing administrative burdens for providers, as well as the potential of generative AI in streamlining documentation and enhancing patient engagement. Find out how to accelerate technology adoption and build a brighter future for healthcare.

Key Learning Points: 
  • Explore how technology, automation, and standardization can alleviate clinician burnout and resource constraints in healthcare organizations
  • Why patients are an "underutilized resource in healthcare" and how digital processes fit in here
  • Best practices for accelerating adoption of new technology, for organizations of any size
  • Discover the impact of ambient intelligence in reducing administrative burdens and how generative AI optimizes the clinician experience, transforming healthcare delivery

Source: Oracle Health  
Reducing health disparities is on most leaders' strategic agendas — but too often, competing day-to-day priorities and the complexity of this issue can leave organizations' progress stalled. To build momentum here, many are adopting creative, collaborative pathways. 

This white paper features insights from an exclusive discussion with hospital and health system leaders on their respective journeys to achieving health equity via community partnerships, data and technology.

Read more to learn:

  • Why organizations should strive to advance health equity and health justice
  • How an equity lens should be applied to the use of technology in healthcare delivery
  • The data and interventions some hospitals + health systems are using, such as local partnerships and patient advisory councils, to narrow health disparities

Source: Doximity
The crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged the U.S. healthcare ecosystem. But with it came the promise of remote care and the swift adoption of telemedicine.

Telemedicine allows patients to receive medical advice, diagnosis, disease management and treatment from the comfort of their homes. With 88 percent of surveyed physicians believing telemedicine increases patient access to healthcare, it is clear why it has been pushed to the forefront of care delivery.

This report examines the continued adoption of telemedicine, its applications across various specialties and healthcare services, and its effects on physician well-being, patient access and continuity of care.

  • Three of the many questions that will be answered in this report:
  • Which specialties are most likely to use telemedicine and why?
  • How often do physicians use telemedicine in their practices?
  • How has telemedicine affected patients' adherence to treatment plans?

Source: ClearDATA
Most providers believe their cloud infrastructure is secure, but research shows they are significantly unprepared and overconfident. Many still have a long way to go to effectively protect against increasing cyberthreats.

This white paper shares findings from a survey of over 200 IT, security and compliance leaders in the healthcare industry. 

Learning points:

  • Truths about healthcare providers' cloud cybersecurity hygiene and investments, revealing an industry that is significantly unprepared and overconfident
  • Top barriers to cloud adoption for healthcare providers who prioritize cybersecurity
  • Proactive steps taken by healthcare providers to increase cybersecurity budgets, protect patient outcomes and remain compliant with evolving regulations

Source: TigerConnect
Communication breakdowns are a leading contributor to sentinel events. And while efficient, HIPAA-compliant communication is a critical part of clinical workflows, many clinicians still rely on phone calls and email to coordinate patient care — and are unaware of the extent to which their current methods negatively affect efficiency and patient outcomes.

In this e-book, you'll learn key findings from the Becker's-TigerConnect 2023 medical and nursing leadership survey, which captured perspectives from more than 100 clinical leaders on the current state of clinical communications and how communication tools impact day-to-day clinical workflows.

You'll learn:

  • How traditional communication tools in the clinical workflow, like email and phone calls, are tolerated by nearly 40 percent of survey respondents — and why this is an issue
  • The unrealized need for processes that analyze efficiency of clinical workflows + the recommended measures for tracking improvements
  • What hospitals and health systems can do to streamline communications and improve patient outcomes

Source: Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic institutionalized collaborative technology in hospitals and health systems, as it quickly became a staple — out of necessity — for telehealth and clinical meetings. But other areas of healthcare, like biotech, drug and medical device companies, have realized equally compelling benefits of the same technology.

In this Zoom white paper, you'll learn how collaborative platforms are increasingly supporting clinical and business operations at life sciences organizations, including how one pharmaceutical company is seeing success in staff engagement and physician education.

Read more to discover how this technology:

Enables organizations to fast-track vaccine and drug development
Addresses some of the biggest challenges that life sciences organizations face, like connectivity, data sharing, clinical trials and staffing
Promotes innovation and go-to-market, and advances research

 

Source: RingCentral
In healthcare, collaborative communication is critical for success. Members of a care coordination team must work together closely to ensure positive patient outcomes while staying compliant with HIPAA regulations. Using noncompliant channels for communication between care teams can result in heavy fines and damage a provider's reputation.

However, HIPAA isn't static, and maintaining compliance requires staying up to date with changes in the law, which creates an additional burden for providers who should be focusing on patient care.

A secure cloud communications platform is key to fostering collaborative communication between providers without fear of violating HIPAA. Download the white paper to learn how to:

  • Connect care teams and patients on-site or via telehealth
  • Reduce costs through better collaboration with payers
  • Keep patient data secure and care team communication HIPAA-compliant

Source: Nuance
The era of AI is here, and the potential of this technology to address stubborn, industrywide issues is becoming increasingly clear. 

This white paper details a conversation with a group of healthcare leaders about their approach to AI, the benefits they're seeing in leveraging technology and what they think other leaders should consider before implementation.  

You'll read about:

  • Why investing in technology — despite budget challenges — is important
  • The AI frameworks and capabilities that are still missing across the industry
  • How some technologies are unburdening staff and enhancing patient care

Source: T-Mobile  
Telehealth and other technology integrations have proven to be more than a pandemic fad — they are here to stay. 

Healthcare organizations today are reimagining their digital strategy to better support the increased demand for telehealth, and ensure it is accessible to as many patients as possible. 

As healthcare technology continues to advance rapidly, it is crucial to stay up to date with the latest telehealth and technology integrations while still maintaining patient privacy and information security. 

Key learnings: 

 
  • Why future iterations of telehealth technologies must be simplified 
  • How an increased demand for telehealth caused organizations to reassess their digital strategies
  • The importance of a laser-sharp focus on data security and compliance 
  • Technologies that can propel the patient journey forward 

 

Source: Medecision
Social determinants of health account for most of the modifiable contributors to healthy outcomes. But hospitals, health systems and health plans haven't had the tools or technology to effectively close the loop on SDOH-related challenges — until now.

Technology advancements are enabling the healthcare industry to sooner identify and break SDOH-related barriers to care, quickly connect individuals to appropriate resources and optimize engagement to ensure individuals receive the support they need.

This report outlines the many benefits of implementing tech-enabled SDOH interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce hospitalizations, readmissions, emergency department use and costs.

Read more to learn how to: 

  • Proactively identify SDOH risk factors and connect individuals with appropriate resources sooner.
  • Get a more complete picture of an individual's health by leveraging integrated, tech-first tools.
  • Track referral status in real-time to close the loop on SDOH referrals and measure the impact of your efforts.

Source: Notable
In 2023, the vast majority of appointments are still booked by telephone. This isn’t what patients want. It’s also labor-intensive and incredibly inefficient.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. There’s now a proven playbook for moving beyond the call center to something far better for patients and providers.

This whitepaper:  

  • Examines findings from a nationwide survey of patient access leaders on scheduling 
  • Unpacks the differences between what providers provide and what patients want
  • Details how two health systems have increased appointments, slashed staff time spent on scheduling, and improved patient satisfaction through intelligent automation 

Source: West Monroe
Too often, new technologies are deployed too rapidly across clinical and administrative workflows. When this happens, the entire purpose of the technology's potential is defeated and employees are left more frustrated than they were in the first place. 

Most technologies in healthcare aim to make things easier for workers and patients, and lower costs. But it's up to organizations to take a thoughtful implementation approach in order to realize these benefits. 

Read takeaways from a workshop at the Becker's Hospital Review 13th Annual Meeting where two experts shared how organizations can approach tech investments in a manner that will actually alleviate pressures, not add to them. 

Learning points:  

  • Avoid haphazard tech implementation
  • Engage clinicians in the tech investment + implementation processes 
  • Define and tracking success metrics 

Source: Notable Health
With healthcare accounting for 30% of the world's data volume, unlocking its potential has been a long-standing goal for many health systems. With the evolution of technology, this is no longer a distant dream - it's a reality.

This whitepaper explores how leading health systems are leveraging intelligent automation, large language models (LLMs), and generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) technologies to finally realize the potential of patient data.

Discover how:

  • One health system reduced no-shows by 8%, leading to $2M in annual cost savings
  • Another health system deployed advanced technology to deliver a 50% decrease in eligibility and registration-related denials
  • Yet another health system drove $840K in annual cost savings from a 23% reduction in no-shows and cancellations

Source: Claroty
Internet-connected medical devices can be a boon for patients and healthcare organizations, improving the quality of care while reducing cost and complexity. But they're not designed with cybersecurity in mind, making them especially vulnerable to cyberattacks, which can put patient lives at risk. 

Securing the internet of medical things requires a new strategy and coordinated approach as more devices hit the market and health systems continue to consolidate. 

In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

  • What defines IoMT and how it is shaping the future of healthcare
  • What cybersecurity risks to expect from internet-connected devices
  • Why the IoMT requires a unique approach to security
  • The five steps you can take to implement an effective cybersecurity strategy for the IoMT

Source: EXL Service  

The proof is in the numbers. After implementing cognitive AI solutions and other digital tools to traditional healthcare operations, clinical and non-clinical practices saw a 35% to 40% improvement in health care digital workforce use. What's more, organizations saw 30% to 40% efficiency improvements and 25% cost reduction through handling peak call volumes without additional staffing.

These drastic improvements allow employees to work the way they prefer: In a sensitive, effective nature caring for patients. In this white paper, EXL thought leaders discuss how applying automated, digital solutions to streamline processes, simplify clinical workflows and eliminate manual administrative tasks, companies can improve patient and employee satisfaction at the same time.   More so, you’ll learn how adding digital:  
  • Engages the members most likely to benefit from specific programs.
  • Optimizes clinical resources’ scope of practice.
  • Improves member engagement and health outcomes.
  • Drives down health care costs across populations.

 

Source: Amwell
As adoption of value-based care snowballs, healthcare leaders are eager to invest in digital initiatives that close care gaps — but knowing when, where and how to apply these tools can be the difference between an intervention that drives patient engagement and better outcomes and a one that ignores social determinants of health, staff buy-in and human connection.

This white paper recaps an exclusive discussion between nine healthcare executives from systems like Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.), Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables, Fla.) and Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Va.), who shared their thoughts on the promise of digital and automated care tools for closing care gaps and how-to's for successfully implementing them.

Read more to learn:

  • How staff shortages are impacting care gaps
  • Patient-centric tools that promote preventive care and help manage chronic conditions
  • Common missteps in implementing digital interventions and how to avoid them

Source: Consensus
Unknown data silos can be detrimental to healthcare organizations.

All along the continuum of care, hidden data silos prevent health systems from achieving the goals of interoperability, namely, the ability to put the right information in the right hands at the right time for better care. Without a clear idea of where data silos exist, achieving true data integration is impossible.

The stakes are high: Lack of data interoperability results in inefficient, disconnected care and undermines value-based care and population health. 

Download this white paper to learn how to:

  • Overcome top data sharing and access challenges in health systems
  • Unlock trapped data in healthcare's 9 billion faxed documents sent each year
  • Implement three strategies to eliminate data silos in healthcare


Source: VMware
The benefits of cloud adoption aren't disputed, but many healthcare organizations are still determining which adoption strategies best address their technological, cultural and operational challenges.

During a recent peer-to-peer discussion hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, healthcare information and technology leaders shared their own experiences and common challenges they've faced in adopting cloud strategies. Download the white paper to see their insights on best practices, goals, criteria and metrics for integrating cloud technology.

Learn how to:

  • Make internal cultural shifts to overcome cloud adoption concerns
  • Guide your decisions about implementation and integration strategies
  • Understand the impact your cloud strategy has on care quality

Source: AWS
To reimagine care delivery and meet patients where they are, hospitals and health systems must embrace a strong culture of innovation. This means being customer-obsessed, enabling leaders to make fast, data-driven decisions, and learning to be agile in making those decisions.

During a session at Becker's 10th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, healthcare leaders from across the country discussed how their organizations are engaging in innovation and lessons they've learned. This report offers a summary of the discussion and features insights from:

Houston Methodist
UC San Diego (Calif.) Health
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Seattle) 

Source: Appian

Most healthcare organizations embrace the idea of using digital technologies to improve the quality of care, enable clinicians and increase efficiency.

However, organizations are often held back in their digital transformation efforts by legacy IT systems and disconnected point solutions.

There's a better way. Healthcare organizations are discovering the transformational benefits of a single application platform that provides a unified, connected view of their data, patients and clinicians.

Download this white paper to learn how innovative healthcare organizations are leveraging this single platform to:
  • Accelerate the speed to adapt to changing care requirements
  • Improve clinician and patient management
  • Dramatically heighten patient satisfaction
  • Achieve seamless governance, risk and compliance management

 

Source: VMware
To understand how healthcare organizations are using cloud technology to deliver smart, efficient, and cost-effective care, Becker’s Hospital Review and VMware brought together a panel of Health IT experts for an advisory call to discuss their experiences and share best
practices.

Download the white paper to learn key takeaways with valuable, first-hand insights on how to
incorporate cloud into healthcare operations in the most effective way.

Key Points:

  • Learn how to control security risks by limiting cloud provider and integrations
  • Create criteria to evaluate cloud hosting providers for your organization’s specific needs
  • Adopt a “why not cloud” approach to assessing cloud investments

Source: RingCentral
During the pandemic, the role of telehealth technology has expanded greatly. According to Becker’s, about 80% of Americans believe that the quality of telehealth could match that of in-person consultations – up from 43% pre-pandemic. Now, emergency medicine could be the next frontier for telehealth to improve timely access to treatment and provide vital follow-up care.

Explore further possible uses for telehealth such as:

  • Field emergency responses connecting unskilled responders to medical help
  • Providing support to smaller hospitals in underserved communities
  • “Tele-triage” to help relieve ER overcrowding and screen patients awaiting treatment

Source: OmniLife Health
Healthcare organizations are wrestling with the ability to deliver high-quality, complex care while dealing with rising labor costs, clinician burnout and staffing shortages.

The growing complexity of care increases the communication and documentation burden on staff. This is why clinical workflow automation is gaining momentum — and why its adoption is expected to double from 2022 to 2024.

In collaboration with Becker's Healthcare, OmniLife Health conducted its inaugural clinical workflow automation benchmark survey, which elicited responses from 99 C-suite, clinical, transplant leaders and other decision-makers about where their organizations stand on implementing this critical technology.

Key learnings:

  • How clinical workflow automation software can help improve efficiency and save staff time
  • How the software can improve revenue capture by providing documentation needed for reimbursement.
  • How healthcare organizations can use the software in a variety of clinical areas

Source: Vizient
Health system margins are shrinking and 50 percent are operating at a loss. To boost revenues and margins, organizations are expanding their ambulatory care footprint. In fact, many health systems are actively looking to develop a portfolio of ambulatory care channels.

While ambulatory care is an important strategic move to expand patient access, increase revenue and improve margins, there are critical challenges to navigate.

This eBook – based on an advisory call of health system leaders from across the country with significant ambulatory care expertise – covers keys to successful ambulatory care expansion, such as:

Why understanding the local market is critical
Prioritizing the patient experience when designing sites of care
Different management skills needed for ASCs vs. inpatient care
The need to focus on ambulatory reimbursement models

As the market rapidly shifts to more ambulatory care, it is essential to understand and act on the keys to ambulatory success.

Source: VirtuSense

In times of tight budgets and staffing challenges, technology such as artificial intelligence empower hospitals to run more sustainably.

AI patient monitoring helps hospitals minimize falls, cut costs and reduce the need for full time employees. Now it's time to bring digital nursing into the acute environment for truly flexible nursing teams.

Explore how AI and other digital care tools are making care more efficient in this white paper.

Key learnings:

  • How digital care tools can reduce average sitter hours
  • How AI patient monitoring can reduce patient falls
  • How digital care tools can decrease fall alert response time

Source: Salesforce
Technology can help reduce costs with automation and increased operational efficiency.

Get ready for next-level growth, productivity, and patient engagement with Health Cloud and Tableau CRM. The solution helped MIMIT get a holistic view of patient data with a single source of truth — and a 459% ROI in less than three months.

According to Nucleus Research, MIMIT Health:

Boosted productivity by 30%
Raised patient engagement
Reduced procedure scheduling from two weeks to two to five days
Cut inventory costs by 15%, or $150,000 a year

Source: Televox
Patient-facing teams are all too familiar with referrals ending in a futile game of phone tag. While seemingly innocuous, not closing the loop means fewer visits, frustrated staff and patients, compromised health outcomes and lost revenue. This has become the unfortunate norm as healthcare trends toward consolidation and health systems that have complex provider networks — which are most prone to referral gaps.

This white paper explores the steps health systems can take to upgrade manual patient engagement to digital processes for closing referral gaps.

Read more to learn about:

  • The inefficiencies in the referral management process + impact on patients and practitioners
  • Opportunities for automation in patient engagement for referrals, like SMS or phone-based notifications, and how health systems can get started implementing these
  • The success Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin realized in using its EHR-embedded patient engagement platform to create a closed-loop referral management workflow

Source: Waystar
Market shifts over the last two decades have resulted in a steep uptick in patient financial responsibility for care, with patient revenue now surpassing that of many healthcare organizations’ largest insurance payers. But patients face financial and economic challenges of their own, making it critical for organizations to be proactive about how to meet patients' needs and clearly communicate financial expectations.

This report outlines a clear strategy healthcare organizations can implement to improve patients' financial literacy and retain them amid an increasingly competitive marketplace.

You'll learn:

  • Ways to lead with open and honest communication to provide compassionate financial care
  • Strategies to create better connections with patients
  • How to improve patients' knowledge about payments

Source: IMO
Accessing clinical patient data can be like drinking from a fire hose. From diagnoses and labs to genomics and social determinants of health, the sheer volume of information can be overwhelming. Yet despite all this available data, painting an accurate picture of an individual’s health can be a significant challenge.

So why is it so difficult to create a patient's "digital twin?"

In this insight brief, we explore some of the common obstacles to gathering, integrating and leveraging clinical data, such as:

  • Siloed information within the EHR and between health IT systems
  • Varied data accessibility
  • Inadequate capture of detail or specificity
  • Inconsistent data structure; and
  • Variations in clinical terminology

Source: Teladoc Health
Telehealth adoption skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, propelled by the urgency of finding solutions to the restrictions imposed on in-person healthcare encounters. As hospitals and health systems scrambled to meet demand for care under those limitations, the benefits and value of telehealth were magnified. Now, as the healthcare industry emerges from the crisis, organizations are thinking about the future of telehealth — looking beyond its pandemic-fueled adoption and growth to more strategic considerations.

This e-book highlights findings from Becker's-Teladoc Health's 6th annual telehealth benchmark survey, which elicited responses from healthcare CEOs, CFOs, virtual care leaders, directors, CIOs and other decision-makers about their organizations' stance on virtual care and plans for it going forward.

Key learnings include:

  • What the survey findings reveal about the future of virtual care and health systems
  • Some of the barriers holding back telehealth expansion and the resources healthcare organizations need to surmount those barriers
  • How staffing models need to evolve to continue delivering the benefits of telehealth adoption amid persistent workforce shortages

Source: LeanTaaS
Matching supply and demand for expensive, constrained resources, such as operating rooms, inpatient beds and clinical staff is among healthcare's most difficult and important challenges. Many healthcare organizations have traditionally managed these issues by using informal knowledge or staff privileges to determine how OR blocks, patient beds and nurse schedules are allocated.

However, with advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and insights gleaned from other industries, hospitals and health systems are now better equipped than ever to more efficiently manage scarce resources.

This report outlines how health systems –including Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health — are using technology to tackle staffing shortages and optimize capacity and resources management, resulting in:

  • Increased access to care for patients
  • Higher revenues for provider organizations
  • Improved clinician satisfaction

Source: Tecsys
The Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) Sterile Processing team is leading an effort to optimize physician preference cards, in collaboration with the Supply Chain and Perioperative teams, resulting in a 90%+ preference card accuracy rate. To date, they have achieved $1.4 million in savings through on-hand inventory reduction alone, not including labor and productivity gains.

With the help of Tecsys’ Elite™ Healthcare POU technology, Sanford Health has automated and systemized data capture, closed the data loop on preference card picking cycles, eliminated redundant processes and driven down on-hand inventory value.

This success story documents their journey at each step of the way. 

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand how an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement can increase cost savings, drive operational efficiency and reduce waste.
  • Measure inventory performance with accurate analytics and analyze real-time data using the right technology.
  • Identify the financial impact of unused materials resulting from out-of-date surgeon preference cards.

Source: Nuance
When it comes to member experience, the pressure is on. Every health plan cares deeply about their members’ journey, but many lack the technology and still provide a fragmented, disjointed member experience. Health plans must reexamine how they engage with members to deliver seamless, personalized, retail-like experiences.

In this new white paper, discover how leading plans are leveraging data and artificial intelligence to turbocharge the member experience, transform member interactions and drive engagement across all channels.


Download to learn how health plans can:  
  • Use existing data and AI to turbocharge the contact center 

  • Create a holistic view of members to transform their experience 

  • Drive personalization with existing member data 

  • Overcome barriers to technology adoption and build greater trust with members

Source: AWS
Profound advancements in medical imaging are poised to dramatically shorten time to diagnosis and treatment. However, with more sophisticated imaging comes more data and the need for more computing power to support high-speed information sharing across the care continuum. Additionally, healthcare technology leaders will have to find new ways to achieve more dynamic cybersecurity amid rising rates of malware and ransomware attacks targeting healthcare organizations. 
 
Maintaining, growing and securing on-premises data storage presents major challenges for hospitals and health systems in such an environment. This white paper examines why cloud storage and computing will become essential supports for hospitals and health systems keen to make the most of medical imaging technology advancements.
 
In this eBook, you will learn:

 
  • How health systems are reaping the benefits of cloud technology for medical imaging
  • The four pillars for optimized medical imaging data use and storage

Source: Everbridge
Healthcare leaders feel better equipped to handle future crises.

That’s a key takeaway from Becker’s survey of 102 hospital and health system leaders. This survey revealed lessons from the pandemic about increased resilience for future health crises. Among the key lessons is an increased focus on technology to improve clinical efficiency and staff effectiveness.

Gain insights from this survey on how coping with the last crisis (COVID-19) can help organizations be better prepared for the next one. Learn how health systems leaders are addressing points of failure and building on successful technology-driven strategies from the pandemic.

Key takeaways include:

  • Why healthcare leaders feel better prepared for the next crisis
  • How technology can augment staffing – before and during a crisis
  • Why connecting point solutions to the IT infrastructure for specific use cases can have tremendous value
  • The importance of smart technology investments

Source: LeanTaaS
Maximizing capacity of finite resources, such as operating rooms, is one of the biggest business imperatives for health systems. Growing demand for healthcare is putting pressure on all resources, including staff, patient rooms, ORs and other infrastructure. Meanwhile, it's becoming more expensive to raise capital to build more capacity. The best solution is to use existing resources more efficiently.

Becker's Hospital Review recently spoke with five healthcare leaders about the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics to enhance capacity management. This report offers a summary of the discussion.

Download the report for insights from:

  • Brian Dawson, MSN, system vice president of perioperative services at CommonSpirit Health (Chicago)
  • Ira Martin, DNP, RN, former assistant chief nursing officer with HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.)
  • Patrick McGill, MD, executive vice president and chief transformation officer of Community Health Network (Indianapolis)
  • Cindy Russo, BSN, president of Trumbull Regional Medical Center (Warren, Ohio) and former COO of Steward Health Care's Ohio/Pennsylvania region
  • Lori Wightman, vice president of nursing/chief nursing officer of SCL Health (Broomfield, Colo.)

Source: Qualtrics
The pandemic amplified long-standing pain points of both patients and employees.
A lack of access, ease, empathy, and partnership have real impacts on individual and
organizational wellbeing. Addressing these issues will require healthcare leaders to
listen, understand, and act. In other words, to adopt a holistic approach to empathy.

The reasons to operationalize empathy at scale are compelling. Not only is it the moral
approach, it makes business sense. Organizations across industries have seen
improved financial performance, increased patient and employee satisfaction, higher net
promoter scores…etc.. With so much at stake, empathy in healthcare is imperative.

In this guide you’ll learn:

  • The cost of empathy deficiencies – and how to avoid them
  • Three ways to foster human-centred experiences throughout your organization
  • How to leverage real-time data, closed-loop processes, and AI to modernize your experience programs

Source: DXC
The amount of data in healthcare makes the creation of actionable business strategies challenging.

But leading organizations are using data to fundamentally reimagine their offerings and operating models. Data is driving better clinical care, better patient experiences and better performance.

A new ebook from Becker’s Hospital Review shares insights on the "data journeys" and lessons learned from three leading healthcare organizations: Kaiser Permanente, City of Hope and Quorum Health. Each organization has overcome barriers and is now deriving enormous value from data.

Download the ebook to learn:

• How COVID-19 uncovered data challenges and accelerated the need for data-driven decisions
• The change in mindset to treat data as a product
• New data architectures, standards, metrics and technologies
• How organizations envision using AI and natural language processing

The future of healthcare relies on data. Discover how three healthcare leaders are turning their data into business value.


Source: AvaSure
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health was spending more than $27 million a year on patient sitters before the pandemic hit. Several weeks into treating COVID-19 patients, Trinity's leaders knew they'd need to rapidly accelerate a three-year plan to implement virtual monitoring across its 89 hospitals.

In just nine months, the health system deployed a nationwide virtual care platform with zero latency, resulting in significant cost reductions and improved quality of care.

Download this whitepaper to see how the system:

  • Replaced costly 1:1 sitters with 1:12 virtual monitoring solutions
  • Saved $23 million in labor costs
  • Decreased patient fall rates systemwide

Source: AWS
The commonality of cyberattacks and both natural and human-made disasters means healthcare teams have had to take on a new role: disaster recovery experts.

As hospitals and health systems navigate these events, their primary goal of improving patients' health remains unchanged. Organizations must keep downtime to an absolute minimum and ensure continuity of care.

Becker's Healthcare recently spoke with Hector Rodriguez, executive security advisor, WWPS health and life sciences at AWS, about how enterprise resilience and immutable IT infrastructures can reduce risks for patients and organizations.

Download this brief report to learn:

 
  • How enterprise resilience protects patient safety and cuts costly organizational downtime
  • What enterprise resilience plans should cover & key considerations for where to focus initial efforts
  • The value of immutable IT infrastructures & how employee training fits into enterprise resilience

Source: DrFirst
Five CIOs met with DrFirst and CHIME CEO, Russ Branzell, to discuss the great resignation, staff burnout, and how clinician productivity and job satisfaction are contributing to the industry’s 6.4% and rising departure rate. 

See how these leaders are improving their teams' workloads and quality of life while making patient care more efficient.

Download the brief to see the strategies and tactics healthcare leaders are using to address:

  • Repetitive tasks within EHR workflows
  • Nursing shortage and the rising cost of contract staff

  • Recent resignation and retirement trends


Source: DrFirst
Recognized as a technology leader among Massachusetts healthcare organizations, South Shore Hospital in Weymouth recently prioritized efforts within its emergency department to reduce costly adverse drug events and readmissions with innovative technology and a three-step process.

This three-page case study explains how the hospital improved ED processes for patients and clinicians with a combination of new tools and strategy.

Download the report to learn about:

  • The hospital's three-step approach to managing high-risk patients
  • How to prevent medication errors and readmissions among ED patients
  • How to achieve greater staff satisfaction with technology


Source: Mastercard  
Stay one step ahead of fraud by leveraging AI and advanced technologies.


Health plans are overwhelmed by fraudulent activity. Unfortunately, the pandemic opened the door for even more cybercriminals to find new schemes to submit improper, fraudulent claims.

Given the sheer volume, it’s impossible to pursue every instance of fraud. Health plans have launched special investigation units, with high-dollar cases as their top priority. While many lower-value cases fall by the wayside, these cases can have a broad impact on patients, quality of care and financial results.

A new white paper from Becker’s Hospital Review looks at the fraud landscape, drawbacks of current approaches to fight fraud and the role of AI in preventing fraud. This white paper details:

  • The magnitude of fraud in healthcare
  • Drawbacks of the rules-based approach used by many organizations
  • Why leading healthcare organizations are turning to AI for data protection and fraud prevention
  • Specific solutions that can reduce fraud, waste and abuse

Fraud in healthcare is only getting worse. Learn how your organization can use AI to more effectively manage this costly problem.  

Source: InterSystems
For large health systems, software scalability is critical. As organizations grow, they need data to flow seamlessly across their health IT systems to achieve a unified care record and analytics that span the care continuum. However, many first-generation data sharing initiatives fail to address fundamental technical challenges, including access, scalability and performance.

Learn how top healthcare organizations met these challenges with a new healthcare integration engine and experienced:

  • 78 percent faster legacy interface conversion
  • Deployment of 2,000 interfaces in less than two years
  • Zero hours of unscheduled downtime
  • Millions of dollars in savings


Source: Zoom
Every day we hear about high and persistent levels of clinician burnout. But what are the facts? How high is burnout? What are the drivers? What can be done to address it?

Becker’s Hospital Review recently collaborated with Zoom to survey 255 healthcare workers. Respondents were asked about their current level of burnout (teaser: it remains exceedingly high) as well as their use of telehealth technology and applications of video communication technology other than telehealth.

Download this two-page survey summary to discover:

  • Current levels of burnout
  • Top factors driving burnout (many are controllable)
  • Use of and satisfaction with telehealth
  • Applications of video communication other than telehealth
  • Ways that communication technologies can improve employee satisfaction

This survey identifies actionable ways that video and other communications
technologies can help improve employee satisfaction, reduce burnout and boost productivity.

Source: Zavation
This white paper examines findings from both in-vitro and in-vivo studies on new porous PEEK technology.

Key findings examined in the white paper include:

  • New porous PEEK technology produced higher osseointegration capability when compared to solid PEEK, solid titanium and porous titanium in cell culture.
  • New technology possessed higher fusion and quality of fusion grades at 12- and 26-weeks post-op when compared to solid PEEK.
  • New technology Proved to obtain new bone formation throughout porous structure.

Source: ServiceNow
It might be cliché to say healthcare in the U.S. is having a transformative moment, but it's cliché for a reason — because it's true.

Healthcare delivery is experiencing a profound transformation. And as hospital and health system leaders work to balance in-person and remote care while navigating crisis-level staffing shortages and integrating new technology solutions, they must not overlook one facet of healthcare that has long been ripe for improvement — the patient experience.

These 10 articles comprise actionable insights for hospital and health system leaders committed to delivering a better patient experience.

Articles headlines include:

  • 5 leaders on their system’s most valuable patient experience strategy this year
  • NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: Patient experience is rebounding, but our work is not over
  • A powerful way to start a medical appointment? With non-medical questions

Source: Trapollo
The concept of connected healthcare is ambitious: bring together comprehensive data about patients, including clinical, environmental and administrative data. Then, use this data to provide clinicians with insights and a better line of sight for treating the whole person. At the same time, leverage this connected healthcare infrastructure to provide a better consumer experience.

Innovative new technology solutions are rapidly turning the vision for connected healthcare into reality.

A new white paper from Becker’s Hospital Review looks at the current state of connected healthcare and details:

  • The goals, promise and benefits of connected healthcare
  • Opportunities for connected ecosystems to improve patient and provider experiences
  • Barriers that must be addressed to achieve truly connected healthcare
  • Tips for communicating with and engaging patients in using connected digital tools Learn the benefits to your organization and patients from realizing the vision of connected healthcare and discover what it will take to get there.

Source: Amwell
Demand for behavioral healthcare has risen dramatically, but there are now more patients seeking these services than organizations have the bandwidth to provide. As staffing and resource shortages persist, organizations are increasingly implementing clinically proven, digitally delivered behavioral therapies that help deliver effective care at scale without the added operational strain.

Download this short report to see the clinical and patient experience improvements St. Luke's Health Network, MemorialCare Medical Group, OSF HealthCare and the University of Virginia Health System saw after adopting a digital behavioral health program.

Source: VirtuSense
Hospitals waste thousands of nursing hours a year using fall prevention tools that produce false alarms. These ineffective tools create unnecessary pressure on care teams and contribute to burnout.

New fall prevention technology powered artificial intelligence can help eliminate false alarms and gets nurses back to the bedside. The technology offloads additional tasks for nurses by reducing false alarms by 95 percent. It also provides effective patient safety and nursing support at a fraction of the cost of telesitters.

Key learnings:

How many nursing hours are wasted due to false alarms
How AI technology reduces tasks from nursing workloads, reducing burnout
How AI solutions deliver 1:1 patient fall monitoring

Source: Notable
Revenue cycle management (RCM) leaders face increasing demands to improve and accelerate patient financial clearance. While many organizations turn to automation to ease these burdens, automation historically has introduced more challenges than it has resolved. Providers fear the loss of control associated with outsourcing revenue cycle processes and building in-house automation is often costly.

By unifying disparate RCM workflows through intelligent automation, providers can process claims faster with improved accuracy and response time. They can also serve a higher volume of patients without hiring more staff to support them. 

Finally, intelligent automation can drive digital patient engagement, reduce workqueue volumes, and boost revenues.

In this whitepaper you will learn:

 
  • Tactics for driving digital patient engagement and boost self-pay collections via intelligent automation
  • How to solve revenue growth during an economic downturn by improving the digital front door
  • Frameworks for a data-driven improvement cycle that provides structure for revenue growth



Source: AMN Healthcare
Healthcare organizations are digging deeper to improve health equity and access to care in telehealth.

With 89 percent of U.S. adults owning a smartphone, telehealth services can help break down barriers as patients are able to get care from anywhere. Advancements in language services and other technologies allow telehealth services to become even more accessible.

Learn how improvements in virtual care and language services can make a difference in this whitepaper.

Key learnings:

 
  • How advances in language services and technology are improving access to care for limited English proficient, deaf or hard of hearing patients
  • Why ensuring health equity in telehealth programs is a necessary and vital element of a successful strategy
  • Strategies to define telehealth roles and secure talent with the right competencies to fill them

Source: Amwell
Even as the pandemic wanes, patient demand for behavioral health services continues to soar. Yet healthcare organizations struggle to attract and retain behavioral health providers.

To meet rising demand, health systems are rethinking the delivery of behavior care services. This means increasing use of virtual behavioral healthcare and other digital interventions.

Becker's Hospital Review recently convened a panel of behavioral health leaders from across the country to share best practices on the new normal for behavioral health and the role technology will play.

Organizations represented on the panel were:

 
  • Centra Health (Lynchburg, Va.)
  • Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles)
  • Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison, N.J.)
  • Penn State Health (Hershey, Pa.)
  • Prisma Health (Columbia, S.C.)
  • Steward Health Care (headquartered in Dallas)
  Download the report to learn:  
  • How the pandemic drove these health systems to innovate behavioral healthcare delivery
  • Why digital interventions may be the next wave of innovation
  • Best practices and case studies from behavioral health leaders from across the country

Source: CipherHealth
Across the industry, health systems make significant investments in EHR systems. These systems are the default technology used for patient communications — without it a hospital can't succeed. But many EHRs, like Epic, are limited in patient communications, making it difficult to successfully engage patients across the care journey.

But there are ways to mitigate these limits. With CipherHealth's unified platform, healthcare organizations can successfully engage patients throughout the care process to provide a reliable, digital and retail-like experience.

Download this whitepaper to learn how to:

  • Use integration to improve workflows and patient outcomes while consolidating technology solutions
  • How a patient engagement platform helps health systems maximize their EHR investment

Source: Biofourmis
Patients are people. And often, people are more comfortable and at ease in their own homes.

Increasing demand for care at home programs, at all levels of acuity, is one of the many reasons more health systems are deploying remote care programs.

Care-at-home programs support improved outcomes across staffing, readmissions and patient satisfaction. Download this whitepaper to learn how health systems are utilizing remote care to deliver better care:

  • New evidence demonstrating reduced cost of care and improved clinical outcomes
  • Considerations for programs that manage acute, post-discharge, and chronic care patients
  • Best practices to deliver remote care in the home

Source: Verizon
For healthcare organizations, enterprise intelligence means enabling virtual consultations, making better use of scarce expertise and improving patient outcomes. It means connecting on-site first responders to clinicians, enabling new care pathways that help them limit the damage and loss of function associated with conditions like strokes. It also means tapping the vast quantities of data that often go unused to enable better epidemiology and more personalized care.

Old ways of working simply aren’t up to the challenges of today. They are too expensive, too inflexible and too hard to scale. The network is key to changing how healthcare operates. It enables providers to leverage the latest technologies — including artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet of medical things — to generate unprecedented insight and make decision making smarter and faster.

In this whitepaper, we walk through the evolving challenges and opportunities for achieving enterprise intelligence across an increasingly decentralized care ecosystem.

What you’ll learn:

What barriers to innovation continue to challenge healthcare’s focus
How infrastructure transformation with network capabilities like private 5G, edge compute and network-as-a-Service will support the evolution of inpatient care
How rearchitecting connectivity, security and collaboration will build the innovation healthcare needs

Source: ServiceNow
Healthcare is at an inflection point. Health system leaders must look for new ways to deliver efficient and secure care and adapt to the changing world around them. However, change is complicated.

Today, true care transformation can't be achieved without effective digital health solutions. According to Gartner, the digital health platforms approach guides organizations down "a path to faster value realization when responding to strategic imperatives and external uncertainties." The right digital health platform partnership will help healthcare organizations differentiate themselves and advance care delivery.

Learn more about digital health platforms and access insights from Gartner's "Market Guide for Digital Health Platform for Healthcare Providers."

Source: Qualtrics
Today’s health system leaders need faster, more frequent insights to optimize the four core experiences of their organizations: patient, staff, brand and product.

Having real-time insights into every experience that matters allows healthcare organizations to understand the patient journey from end-to-end, connect feedback from multiple data channels, make data-driven business decisions that improve their bottom line and drive action at every level to deliver on patient and employee expectations.

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica is one of 11,000 healthcare organizations globally reaping the benefits of this strategy, known as experience management.

In this guide, readers will learn how to use experience management to:

  • Improve patient experience and drive brand loyalty
  • Increase revenue and profits while lowering costs
  • Lower employee attrition while boosting productivity

Source: NAPA
Value-based care delivery is dependent on perioperative value.

Approximately 45 to 60 percent of a hospital’s revenue and expenses are related to perioperative services, and bundled payment models demand standardization and reliability to be successful. Yet at many hospitals, high variability in outcomes and costs produces a misalignment of goals among physicians, staff and administrators.

Besides delayed cases, slow operating room throughput, dissatisfied surgeons and significant deviations between same procedures performed by different surgeons inhibit organizations from offering competitive pricing or assuming the financial risk of managing community health.

At Wilmington, N.C.-based New Hanover Regional Medical Center, North American Partners in Anesthesia's team led by Rob Shakar, MD, chief of anesthesia, worked collaboratively with clinical colleagues to improve standardization in the total joint program by piloting a perioperative surgical home program in orthopedics.

The program generated outstanding clinical and operational outcomes and saved the hospital $4.2 million in the first year, prompting the hospital to scale perioperative surgical home across 16 service lines that produced an annual return on investment of up to $12 million.

Download this case study to learn:

  • The benefits of monetizing the perioperative surgical home program
  • How perioperative surgical home program can increase operating room utilization, first case on-time starts and patient and surgeon satisfaction
  • How a perioperative surgical home program has decisive impacts on patients, surgeons, efficiency and profitability

Source: Carlsmed
Achieving spinal alignment involves a simple three-step process: scan-design-deliver, for any patient, one patient at a time.

A surgeon-authored report of patient-specific planning and placement of aprevo® interbody devices is available to spine surgeons, PAs, nurses and C-suite members.

Examples include single and multi-level fusions in patients diagnosed with stenosis, spondylolisthesis and adult deformity.

Planned versus achieved spinal alignment is shown for personalized surgical procedures utilizing aprevo® for:

  • Transforaminal approach with a long fusion for scoliosis
  • Anterior approach to address anterolisthesis with lateral listhesis
  • Lateral approach for disc degeneration and foraminal stenosis

Source: Oracle Cerner
Whether a patient is having a routine checkup or needs a surgical procedure, the ambulatory setting is now often where the care journey begins and ends. Accordingly, health systems nationwide are working to maximize efficiency in this care environment.

Becker's Hospital Review recently spoke with three experts on technology in the ambulatory setting about how their organizations leverage technology to create a better patient and provider experience. The organizations represented include Kansas City, Mo.-based University Health, University of Missouri (MU) Health Care in Columbia and Charleston Area Medical Center in South Charleston, W.Va.

Key learnings:

• Why outstanding ambulatory care requires consistency across technology systems
• How to balance clinician preference with technology standardization
• Why artificial intelligence and telehealth are poised to transform the EHR

Source: Bamboo Health
When Houston Methodist Coordinated Care (HMCC) — an Accountable Care Organization — joined Track 3 of the Medicare Shared Savings Program in January 2017, it had little insight into patients' post-acute care activity. The ACO relied on quarterly CMS data and phone calls to skilled nursing facilities to locate patients, which meant they typically didn't find out about patient events until 10 to 15 days later.

That shifted in July 2017 when they began using Bamboo Health’s Pings solution to help monitor patient events in real time, improve care coordination efforts and succeed under MSSP.

Download this short report to learn:

  • How HMCC reduced length of stay for its managed patients from 25 days to 21 days, resulting in $681,000 in savings
  • How HMCC was able to earn $1,258,180 in shared savings under MSSP in just one year
  • A real-world example on how Pings effectively coordinated care for a patient who fell while visiting a friend out of state

Source: Consensus 
Prior authorization has become one of the biggest obstacles in the healthcare industry. However, health information technology can help payers, providers and members overcome prior authorization issues.

In this whitepaper you'll learn how to make informed prior authorization decisions quickly, reduce time spent dealing with phone calls and faxes, lower your overall expenditures and improve your members' care outcomes.

Key Learnings:

  • Seven findings from American Medical Association studies where prior authorization caused time, money and health outcome detriments
  • Two trends contributing to prior authorizations challenges
  • Four faith-building statistics from an America's Health Insurance Plans study about the use of digital tools for prior authorization

Source: CareRev
Chronic workforce shortages continue to burden hospitals, outpatient clinics and other care settings. This leaves organizations scrambling to fill shifts, but a technology platform is mitigating this stressor for staffing leaders.

Download this one-page summary to learn why nursing leaders consistently turn to CareRev's technology to post shifts, manage float pools and maintain flexible staffing.

Key learning points:

  • An overview of what the CareRev app offers nursing leaders
  • How it enables nursing leaders to ensure flexible staffing and organizational resilience
  • Why healthcare professionals consistently book shifts through CareRev's technology solution

Source: Phreesia
The rise of consumerism has given patients more ownership of their care than ever before. And as consumer-facing technologies become commonplace, patients are increasingly shopping for healthcare experiences that align with their digital behaviors and preferences.

To attract and retain those patients, providers need to offer the modern, convenient features they’re accustomed to using elsewhere.

Phreesia recently surveyed more than 4,000 patients about their digital expectations for their care, including how they want to check in, manage appointments, make payments and engage with providers. We dive deep into the survey results and explore their implications for providers in our new white paper, How consumerism is reshaping the healthcare landscape—and how provider organizations should respond.

Read the white paper to learn:

  • How patients feel about using self-service technology to manage their healthcare experience
  • Digital strategies you can implement to increase access, activate patients and make payments easier
  • Ways to identify third-party vendors that keep patients’ sensitive health information secure
  • A 3-step checklist to successfully introduce new technologies to your patients

Source: SCP Health
In today’s volatile health care environment, forward-thinking, health systems are already using artificial intelligence (AI) to unlock tremendous value. Health care executives understand AI is here, but the true power of specific applications for these tools remains obscure.

Read this white paper by SCP Health Chief Operating Officer Rob Reilly, to learn proven strategies for integrating artificial intelligence for better care and cost, including:

  • Applying AI to health care operations
  • Identifying AI specific tools that are critical to success
  • Revealing a new hospital operations use case that employs AI

Source: Altera
Health IT solutions are too often designed without direct involvement from their primary users: physicians and nurses. Amid chronic workforce shortages and a burnout crisis, healthcare organizations can no longer risk imposing technology-enabled workflows on clinicians without thoughtful consideration of their input.

Download this two-page report to get a grasp of the why and how behind incorporating human-centered design into health tech solutions.

Key learning points:

  • The difference between user-centered design and human-centered design
  • Best practices for involving clinicians in the design process
  • The benefits human-centered design has for patients and providers

Source: Notable Health
As healthcare organizations face economic headwinds, depressed volumes, and formidable competition, they must invest in growth differently. To succeed in this evolving landscape, healthcare providers must attract the right patients, retain them over time, and do so cost-effectively.

While many leaders have turned to intelligent automation to expand staff capacity and reduce costs, it is increasingly becoming the basis of sustainable topline revenue growth. To drive growth, healthcare organizations need to go beyond acquiring referral channels to securing patient access across the patient journey via a variety of digital doors.

Using intelligent automation, healthcare organizations can deliver hassle-free primary and specialty care access points. They can also hardwire care progression by guiding patients to stay in-network along their care journeys.

In this whitepaper you will learn:

  • Why the pursuit of cost-effective growth cannot be solved by continually increasing staffing levels
  • How digitized intake can capture accurate patient information on the front-end to improve clinical outcomes and maximize revenue
  • Why patient self-scheduling accelerates patient acquisition and retention

Source: CipherHealth
Patients increasingly rely on their smartphones to interact with businesses and services in all phases of their lives. Using the right mobile patient engagement strategy can help address gaps in communication that lead to unengaged patients, missed appointments and lost revenue.

In this whitepaper, readers will:

  • Learn the definition and value of conversational engagement
  • Understand how healthcare providers can use conversational engagement to scale patient interactions
  • Integrate conversational engagement with existing digital experiences to build patient loyalty

Source: Press Ganey
Healthcare’s efforts toward digital transformation were kicked into high gear during the pandemic. Now more than ever, a clear-cut digital transformation strategy is imperative to meeting new consumer expectations for the patient experience.

Learn how to improve patient acquisition, retention, and loyalty. In this guide, we’ll walk you through:

  • The comprehensive strategies, technologies, and proven best practices to advance digital transformation
  • Where top organizations are investing today to build a solid foundation for PX's future

Source: Ergotron
The added stress and strain of working in healthcare amid a pandemic has sent nurses of all ages into early retirement or caused them to seek alternate career paths. To help address the current levels of burnout and attrition, experts are recommending a renewed focus on caregiver well-being.

This white paper outlines various ways hospitals and health systems can mitigate the harms of healthcare's workforce crisis by better supporting nurses. Learnings include.

How generate a renewed focus on caregiver well-being
How to improve both the physical and emotional working environment
How to create a culture of psychological support

Source: Amwell

The COVID-19 pandemic and patient preferences for a more convenient healthcare experience are fueling momentum for telehealth, and health systems are responding by expanding their telehealth capabilities.

Leaders from Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City and more recently participated in an advisory call hosted by Becker's Hospital Review to discuss the benefits of telehealth adoption and what healthcare organizations must do to ensure continued advances in the future. This report offers five takeaways from the discussion.

Key learnings:  
  • Why providers are embracing a digital-first mindset
  • How telehealth can help mitigate staff shortages and boost patient access
  • Telehealth's role in future care delivery models

Source: InVita
Hospital finance and supply chain leaders need a holistic perspective on operations — this can't be achieved without current and complete data. With real-time data and tools for improved data analysis, leaders can expose the hidden opportunities to reduce spend and avert risk.

The insights in this ebook can empower finance and supply chain managers to reduce spend and improve compliance every day.

Learnings include:

  • Why disparate systems for managing supplies will only ever provide some of the data needed for informed decision-making.
  • How visibility of the supply chain creates opportunities for reduced spend and better resource allocation.
  • Why empowering the right people with the right tools is critically important to being proactive and being able to capitalize on significant opportunities.

Source: NetApp
Up-to-date and sophisticated EHR systems are necessary to keep hospitals and health systems functioning properly. However, these systems can be burdensome investments for many health systems are struggling beneath crushing margin pressure. There is a solution — migrating EHRs to the cloud.

This migration can relieve the financial burden of EHR investment, while also making it simpler for providers to adapt to new challenges.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

How much faster upgrade cycles are completed with cloud-based EHR
How quicker response times are when using cloud-based EHR
How to cure EHR update hiccups

Source: Smartsheet
As disruption becomes the norm in healthcare, hospital and health system leaders must help their organizations adapt amid mounting cost, quality and resource pressures. Effectively managing change requires real-time visibility into the work being done, greater collaboration across teams and an understanding of how changes will affect both staff and patients.

How is change managed in your organization, and which processes could be more effective?

Download this checklist to discover ways to:

Improve visibility into projects, processes and resources
Better communicate change plans across teams
Gain buy-in from key stakeholders

Source: Qventus
Surgical revenue is more important than ever. However, manual processes and tools are holding healthcare organizations back from effectively using operating room resources, resulting in an incredible opportunity cost.

Fortunately, advances in artificial intelligence and automation can enable you to break out of the status quo and accelerate growth.

By using six strategies implemented at leading health systems across the country, you can harness these capabilities to improve operating room access, increase strategic case volumes and capture more market share.

In this whitepaper, learn how to:

  • Boost operating room and resource utilization
  • Automate manual work to reduce staff workload
  • Drive immediate bottom-line improvements
  • Optimize referrals and prevent leakage
  • Improve surgeon satisfaction

Source: Kontak.tio
Everyone has the right to feel safe and secure at work, but not everyone does — especially in healthcare. Healthcare workers account for 73 percent of all nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses due to violence.

Still, too many hospitals' safety efforts are hindered by outdated tech infrastructures that make implementing solutions far more costly than they have to be, resulting in budget considerations canceling safety concerns. It is unacceptable for the physical well-being of nurses and others to become unaffordable.

This guide includes:

The importance of staff safety solutions, featuring a case study from a healthcare facility
An overview of the immediate benefits of staff safety how
5 steps to improve staff safety in your hospital

Source: MDClone
Synthetic data mimics real patient data while protecting the privacy of patients. Because synthetic data is non-reversible without the concerns of re-identification, data can be leveraged to encourage innovation across healthcare teams. With larger datasets available instantly, insights to improved operational processes, care plans, and patient outcomes can accelerate innovation.

With synthetic data:

Conduct research 10x faster
Explore data independent of IRB process
Access broad datasets instantly and dynamically
Share research and insights worldwide

The eBook from MDClone will offer an in-depth guide to synthetic data for healthcare and how unlocking data access can drive innovation across the organization.

Source: LeanTaaS
The last two-plus years in healthcare have been rife with disruption. Every healthcare organization has had to navigate the effects of profound change. Recent financial trends have been particularly challenging. Fiscal pressure created by COVID-19 and compounded by critical staff shortages mean that health systems must do more with less.

Specifically, in the face of rising demand and limited resources, healthcare organizations must unlock capacity by improving their utilization of critical, scarce resources like operating rooms, infusion chairs and inpatient beds. The keys to unlocking this capacity include the use of data, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and artificial intelligence to generate hard ROI during these challenging times.

Source: RevSpring
The patient experience extends far beyond clinical interactions with a physician. It includes all interactions from scheduling appointments, receiving cost estimates and paying bills, and digital technologies present a great opportunity to improve and personalize these touchpoints.

Leaders from Ochsner Health, RWJBarnabas Health, Banner Health and more recently participated in an advisory call hosted by Becker's Hospital Review and RevSpring to discuss why digital must be a top priority in healthcare organizations' strategy to improve the patient experience.

Key learning points:

How providers are getting to know their patients' preferences
Ways to improve cost transparency
Enhancing self-service options for scheduling and payments

Source: DocuSign
In today’s global telehealth environment, using digitization to improve the patient experience is critical for organizational success. Healthcare organizations need to make it easy for patients to electronically sign intake and consent forms on their device when they are on the go, in a medical office or inpatient at a facility.

By implementing e-signature technology beyond the EHR, organizations can improve the patient intake and consent process saving patients and providers alike time and money–and reduce the burden upon staff.

This report highlights the challenges, opportunities and costs associated with improving the patient intake and consent process, including:
- 63% of providers say their consent process contains risks as a result of poor document storage and retrieval capabilities.
- 88% of healthcare respondents say e-signature is crucial for their organization — and that number is projected to climb to 93% within the next few years.

Source: Teladoc
The rise of virtual care has transformed how hospitals and health systems operate. Ninety-three percent of leading health systems plan on growing virtual care. New research suggests an opportunity for healthcare organizations to take this growth to the next level. Download this research report to learn health system leaders' innovative virtual care strategies and dig deeper into the four key findings:

  • Digital health strategy exists in name only – and that must change.
  • Health systems need to swap vendor contracts for true partnerships to succeed on consumerism.
  • To achieve virtual care integration, health systems must secure operational buy-in from the start.
  • Scale is a catch-22. Proceed with caution.

Source: Elsevier
Disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic touched all dimensions of oncology, from diagnostic screenings to treatment decisions to cancer programs to clinical trials. Now, healthcare organizations are making use of the lessons learned from the pandemic to shape the future of cancer care and how it is delivered.

Seven oncology leaders from across the U.S. recently participated in a roundtable sponsored by Elsevier and hosted by Becker's Hospital Review to discuss how COVID-19 reshaped the oncology field and how they are preparing for a pandemic-adjacent future. Download the two-page report to read the main insights from the discussion.

Key learning points:

The changes organizations are making to prioritize cancer care delivery
The unique role of health educators and support staff
What future oncology care models will incorporate
The outlook on the cost of oncology drugs

Source: T-Mobile
There is a technology revolution underway in healthcare. Remote monitoring devices, consumer wearables, and telehealth — technologies that have been adopted at an accelerated pace over the course of the pandemic — are just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface is an undercurrent of dynamic innovation.

Healthcare is on the verge of the interconnected, intelligent future patients and clinicians deserve. This report examines the emerging technologies transforming healthcare and outlines the infrastructure necessary to support the coming connectivity revolution.

Key learnings include:

• The future of remote patient monitoring and device interconnectivity
• Why AI + 5G will transform healthcare technology development
• How an in-house innovation lab is transforming home care

Source: Relatient
Despite long wait times for appointments, most health system executives are aware that provider capacity is often underutilized. Our experience suggests that as much as 10 to 30 percent of appointment slots go unfilled each day. Providing timely, consistent and convenient access to patients in outpatient care settings is an increasingly important differentiator for provider groups as they navigate the need to drive patient loyalty, competitive differentiation and operational efficiency at the same time.

In this whitepaper, we have identified seven best practices to optimize care access that support meaningful results without overly standardizing provider utilization.

Learning objectives:

Understand the most common patient access process obstacles and challenges
Learn how to measure each access point and determine how to increase profitability
Learn best practices to optimize patient access, scheduling and physician engagement


Source: Phreesia
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored an often-overlooked pre-pandemic challenge: the difficulties providers and organizations continue to face when interacting with patients who have limited English proficiency (LEP). Language barriers result in poor communication and experiences for patients and providers alike. In addition, patients with language barriers are more likely to require more healthcare services and to experience higher rates of adverse medical events.

However, there are simple steps healthcare organizations can take to make preferred-language communication easier for patients and providers. When organizations use patients’ language of preference, staff can be more efficient and feel more supported while patients receive more personalized care and have better experiences.

Read this white paper to learn:

The impact of communicating with patients in their preferred language
How preferred-language communication improves patients’ access to care
How technology breaks down language barriers to improve care and meet patients where they are

Source: LeanTaaS
Health system leaders face an operational paradox. Operating rooms, inpatient beds and infusion chairs appear to be available. Yet, the reality is often very different. These assets experience dramatic peaks and valleys in usage. As a result, patients receive appointments, but when they show up for care at peak times, they have to wait.

Other asset-intensive industries like airlines or package delivery services face similar challenges. However, through sophisticated modeling and simulations, organizations in these industries can predict and match supply to demand with considerable accuracy. Every day, millions of packages are delivered on time and scores of travelers safely reach their destinations. The healthcare sector needs the same types of capacity-optimization tools.

These were the overarching themes that emerged during a hospital operations summit as part of Becker's Hospital Review's 12th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Dozens of hospital executives participated in the summit. This white paper is based on their conversations and includes specific learnings from:

  • Rush University Medical Center in Chicago
  • UCHealth in Aurora, Colo.
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Source: Sophos
Sixty-six percent of healthcare organizations were hit by ransomware last year, and the complexity of such attacks is only growing. The cyber insurance market has hardened with the rise of ransomware, making it increasingly difficult to secure affordable coverage.

This report provides insight on how to stay ahead of attacks, how to get better at restoring data after an attack and tips to secure cyber insurance coverage.

Key learning points:

The wider organizational impact of a ransomware attack on healthcare
Different methods used to recover encrypted data
The amount of ransom paid by health care organizations
Changes healthcare organizations are making to better position themselves for cyber insurance coverage

Leadership, staff and skillset

Source: Zipnosis
The Asynchronous Telemedicine Guide is a comprehensive resource for everything healthcare professionals need to know about asynchronous telemedicine.

With 15 years of experience in asynchronous care behind us, we've found it to be the solution to the biggest challenges facing healthcare:

  • Staffing shortages
  • Provider burnout
  • Delayed and avoided care
  • Consumerism
  • Health equity
  • Expanding access

Health systems that are serious about solving these problems must venture outside traditional modes of care to prioritize patients and providers.

This guide also includes COVID-19: The Largest Case Study on Async.

Learning Objectives:

  • How asynchronous telemedicine improves patient experience and loyalty by offering convenience and reduced costs, resulting in newly acquired patients and downstream revenue
  • How asynchronous intelligent interviews improve clinical efficiency and directly solve for delayed and avoided care by increasing productivity by 56 percent
  • How asynchronous virtual care improves access and health equity for rural, disadvantaged and non-English-speaking populations

Source: League
Innovation leaders know the ideal future state: become a digital destination, drive engagement 365 days a year and connect online and offline experiences. But how can organizations achieve this vision quickly and efficiently?

To better understand how healthcare leaders are thinking about leveraging technology and CX platforms to solve their most critical challenges, Becker’s Hospital Review conducted roundtables and interviews with several healthcare leaders from both provider and payer organizations. Participants included the chief digital officer for Columbia, S.C.-based Prisma Health and Aetna's former chief innovation and digital officer. This report is based on those conversations.

Key learnings include:

4 digital experience trends identified across patients and members
An overview of the technology infrastructure necessary to support greater convenience in the patient experience
A 3-point assessment of a platform approach to healthcare consumer engagement

Source: VitelNet
Among the many maternal health challenges facing the U.S., some are high-risk pregnancies, barriers to proper care, gaps in the prenatal to postnatal care cycle, and glaring disparities in mortality and morbidity rates among key populations. Leading factors in maternal deaths are clinician, facility and systems factors, according to the CDC. Some of these factors include inadequate training, missed or delayed diagnosis of complications, poor communication and a lack of coordination between clinicians. These issues are further exacerbated by a continued shortage in resources and a siloed approach to maternity care that leaves patient populations increasingly vulnerable.

Recent advancements in technology and telehealth protocols have the potential to transform traditional maternity care. With proper integration, virtual care can start immediately addressing the leading factors in maternal deaths as identified by the CDC.

As we conducted research to bring together the ideas and concepts for this whitepaper, our team pulled information from recent healthcare news as well as interviewed a series of telehealth specialists, maternity care providers, and women who recently experienced high-risk pregnancies. As a telehealth solution provider, we are actively looking for ways to increase access to care, improve patient outcomes, manage healthcare costs and address gaps that have long created barriers in healthcare. Together we have created the potential for solutions that can almost immediately address the challenges facing present and future families in the U.S.

Augmenting Traditional Maternity Care with Virtual Care:

Close gaps in the care cycle from prenatal to postnatal and newborn care
Increase collaboration between healthcare providers to help identify and mitigate high-risk pregnancy conditions
Streamline provider collaboration while reducing cost of care for patients and providers


Source: Amwell

MU Health Care, an academic medical center in Columbia, Mo., recently completed an enterprisewide rollout of Amwell’s Converge platform to help achieve its vision of a centralized virtual care model. Through this rollout, the health system improved the patient, provider, and staff experience through features like build-in interpreter services, and the ability to launch a visit directly from the EHR.

In this case study, learn how MU Health Care:

Streamlined and centralized virtual care and deployed it across 35 primary and specialty care locations
Prioritized program features critical to patient, provider, and staff success
Simplified the patient experience by eliminating the need for app downloads and logins
Replicated in-person workflows using a virtual rooming workflow

Source: Cox Prosight
Healthcare has never been static. Transformation and disruption have always informed the business and clinical execution of care delivery. However, in what may be the waning days of a once-in-a-century public health crisis, most industry experts and lay observers would likely agree that healthcare transformation has reached an inflection point.

Real-time location services (RTLS) are an important component of smart hospitals. RTLS technology powered by internet-of-things connectivity can accurately determine the location of people and assets throughout a hospital facility. The benefits of this technology extend from the obvious to the inconspicuous. While asset tracking may be the most common use case, RTLS can also address environmental monitoring, staff safety, hand hygiene compliance and wayfinding challenges as well.

By providing hyper-accurate tracking and monitoring solutions, RTLS technology can help mitigate these challenges.

 

This report covers:

Integrating RTLS into existing systems
The cost of maintaining legacy RTLS systems
How RTLS can improve the patient experience
Choosing the right platform

Source: Olive

In the healthcare industry, the problem of employee burnout has been a major challenge for years. Addressing this challenge has only become more urgent amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The boom of systems and technology has helped the healthcare industry improve efficiency but also has been a major contributor to provider stress and exhaustion. Siloed information systems and limited connectivity mean clinicians have become human data routers, searching for
relevant information to conduct their work and manually moving information from one system to another.

Download this white paper to learn about initiatives at Olive, the automation company:

Olive is creating the Internet of Healthcare to connect disjointed systems, reduce administrative burden and unleash $1 trillion in healthcare costs.
Olive is providing health systems with state-of-the-art automation technology, growing its partner network to further connected solutions and investing in the enhancement of interoperability and intelligence.
The platform provides leaders at health systems and hospitals with critical tools and capabilities to realize their success, including automations, services, APIs, intelligence through an extensive graph database, semantic interoperability and many more.
The platform provides healthcare technology partners with tools to accelerate build times while reducing the cost of customer acquisition and increasing speed to market.

Source: Cardinal Acute
For years, the operational environment for healthcare supply chain leaders has been anything but easy. Prior to COVID-19, health systems chased every penny in their quest for greater efficiencies — and offshoring was the name of the game.
Then everything changed in 2020, and the supply chain was tested even further. Now, the healthcare sector is reexamining how to build greater flexibility into supply chains while preserving efficiency and adjusting to additional shocks to the system.

Recently, Becker’s Hospital Review gathered health system leaders for panel discussions on the current state of the healthcare supply chain as part of a Supply Chain Forum, which was sponsored by Cardinal Health. Learn how Unity Point Health, Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic turned to new technology and a solid new strategy to identify and solve supply chain issues. It all centers on reimagining the supply chain and optimizing competing priorities such as safety, quality, cost and access to products.

Source: T-Mobile 

Healthcare innovation is advancing by leaps and bounds, even as much of that innovation happens faster at the conceptual and technology levels than at the actual implementation level.

During a May advisory call hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by T-Mobile for Business, Baron Kuehlewind, healthcare industry solutions advisor at T-Mobile, and a group of strategy, operations and telehealth leaders discussed how new care delivery models, technology and connectivity are colliding to reimagine the continuum of health services.

Download this whitepaper to learn how:

1. Care delivery outside of the hospital is forging ahead under different modalities.
2. Legacy systems are a major roadblock to advancing integration of remote and in-person care.
3. Connectivity is essential to extending care and supporting staff, with a caveat.

Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper.

Source: BD

Reducing length of stay and moving patients to alternative care settings such as ambulatory care clinics and home-based care is a top priority for many health systems. As care shifts to these settings, medication safety and robust inventory management are critical considerations, especially considering that drug shortages aren't expected to go away anytime soon.

During a May 2 panel at Becker's Virtual Annual Meeting, pharmacy leaders from Avera Health, UC San Diego Health and the University of Rochester Medical Center discussed key challenges surrounding medication inventory management and how they're working to address them. This whitepaper offers a summary of the discussion.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

Tools and techniques to improve inventory visibility and reporting
How inventory analytics can support organizational growth



Source: KitCheck
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the healthcare industry in many ways, from an increased adoption of technology to a switch in new vendors for services. But how has the pharmacy kit and tray management space been affected?

Becker's Hospital Review conducted an online survey among practitioners to learn more about the current state of kit and tray management.

Here are five key takeaways:

1. Kit Check is overwhelmingly seen as the industry-leading vendor for kit and tray management.
2. Respondents see multiple opportunities for technologies to improve medication management.
3. A minority of health systems represented in the survey are currently using kit and tray management vendors.
4. The primary reasons that a hospital system would consider a new vendor are system standardization and problems with a current vendor.
5. When researching new vendors, traditional methods remain most important.

Source: Waystar
The challenges facing today’s healthcare finance leaders are to improve financial performance and operational efficiency amid rising labor costs and shrinking margins. It sounds straightforward but these leaders and their teams must find new ways to do more with less.

Technology solutions powered by artificial intelligence can help close the gap between what’s expected and what’s achievable.

But a recent industry survey found that a disconnect between the perceived value of digital revenue cycle management tools powered by AI and robotic process automation (RPA) is a barrier when adopting such emerging tech.

Still, about half of leading health systems report they plan to invest in such revenue cycle management tools within the next three years to improve financial performance.

The survey findings were recently released by Waystar and The Health Management Academy, which works with leading health systems and industry partners to identify barriers and opportunities in the sector, representing 150 of the largest health systems in the industry.

Here's what we know: Hospitals that use the technology, value it.

Currently, 6% to 28% of those surveyed report using AI and RPA for front-end, mid-cycle and back-end rev cycle management. Of these, 82% said they adopted the tools to improve financial performance.

Overall, health systems currently using AI and RPA report higher satisfaction with revenue cycle management processes than those that are not using or only considering the rollout of such tools.

This E-book comprises seven reports on the adoption and benefits of AI and RPA that are instrumental to any healthcare team.

Here's what you'll learn:

The No. 1 obstacle to hospital innovation
12 signs it's time to switch clearinghouses
Doing more with less in your revenue cycle
How to increase revenue with coverage detection

Source: West Monroe
Today's healthcare is a world of blended experiences. Leading health systems recognize delivering a positive patient experience requires a delicate balance between the digital and physical realms.

During a roundtable session sponsored by West Monroe at Becker’s Hospital Review’s 12th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Hugh Ma, partner at West Monroe, facilitated a discussion among healthcare executives about how digital health's advancement depends on organizations’ abilities to reinvent their operating models. This report is based on their conversation.

Source: Securelink
Healthcare's largest attack vector is unsecured remote access. It is now the top-targeted industry and unsecured remote access is quickly becoming the main attack vector. This has led healthcare organizations and associated businesses to believe they are more vulnerable than other industries. In the Ultimate Guide to Third-Party Remote Access: Healthcare, gain insight about risks associated with third-party remote access and learn to provide access without compromise.


Learning Points:

  • Learn about unique third-party remote access risks to the healthcare industry - Better understand industry compliance
  • Protect access credentials and permissions
  • Evaluate compliance using our HIPAA and HITECH checklist

Source: Salesforce
For Novartis, Salesforce had everything it sought in a tech partner to step up patient engagement, at scale and fast. That includes a modern architecture that fits with existing systems; minimal coding, and 88% configurability.

IDC Research reveals the rollout of Health Cloud in Latin America and Canada saw:

3x faster setup for new care plan templates
10% gain in territorial reach
20% drop in enrollment time
Several new loyalty programs, up from just one

Source: NTT DATA
The hospital at home care model is poised to break out into the mainstream. From its cost-effectiveness to its ability to improve outcomes and satisfaction for both patients and clinicians, the hospital at home model is the perfect solution for rising hospital costs.

However, a wide range of technical, operational and regulatory challenges make it difficult for many healthcare organizations to properly implement home-care models. In this whitepaper by NTT DATA, you will learn:

Why hospital at home is a fast-rising model for value-based healthcare
The benefits and obstacles of a hospital at home system
The best way to implement a hospital at home solution within your organization


Source: LexisNexis
The move toward digitization in healthcare has led to the proliferation of health data. Although organizations now have access to better data on their patients, it is imperative they keep the data within patient records complete, accurate, and up to date to protect their patients while also ensuring that their records are properly linked.

Accurate data matching has been a long-time problem in the healthcare industry. The promotion of interoperability exacerbates that problem by creating duplicate and mismatched records if organizations do not have the ability to see through sparse data.

This report is based on an executive roundtable from Executives for Health Innovation (EHI) and the healthcare business of LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, where experts discussed and shared insights on how their organizations plan on complying with evolving interoperability regulations, while addressing the impacts that it will have on their ability to balance customer experience and data security.

Source: Notable Health
In the era of consumerism and workforce crises, health system growth is dependent on earning patient loyalty and increasing staff engagement. These strategic priorities can mean the difference between organizations that continue serving their communities for decades to come and those that are forced to consolidate or close. Self-scheduling is not just a nice to have – it is a need to have.

Patient self-scheduling can be a strategic lever for organizations to move from patient leakage to keepage at any point in the patient journey. However, the ROI for previous scheduling investments has been constrained by a myopic focus on the experience of one stakeholder group – be it patients, providers, or staff – and the exclusion of others.

It’s time for leaders to take a closer look at why their status quo scheduling processes have fallen short of expectations – and how they can unlock growth goals with self-scheduling.

Readers will learn:

How to empower providers to open their schedules with confidence, free staff from the administrative burden of managing scheduling requests, and proactively nudge patients to schedule recommended care
How to accurately assess the real benefits and potential pitfalls of self-scheduling solutions
Why a leading health system replaced their patient portal with self-scheduling, garnering a 96% patient satisfaction rating

Source: Healthcare IT Leaders
 With Epic Systems at the center of your patient care strategy, you want to hire the best to build and operate your software. But where do you find them, what should you pay them and how can you retain them?

This whitepaper offers tips from leading Epic organizations such as NYC Health + Hospitals and Optum to help you:
Build an Epic hiring plan
Benchmark Epic salaries
Recruit tough-to-fill Epic roles
Navigate remote work challenges


Source: IBM
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare some of healthcare's most entrenched limitations, including a reliance on in-person visits, staffing shortages and a tendency to exclude IT from conversations about the organization's overall goals.

During Becker’s Hospital Review’s 12th Annual Meeting, in a session sponsored by IBM Watson Health, three company leaders — Steve Vance, provider senior business development executive, Danielle Sebastian, implementation manager, and Anna Moore, product manager — led a roundtable discussion about the impact of those limitations on the parties involved and steps organizations can take to course-correct. This whitepaper reviews the 4 key takeaways from that discussion.

Source: DocuSign
In today’s competitive recruiting market, healthcare organizations and staffing companies need to hire and onboard the best professionals while being nimble and efficient. Investing in digital healthcare tools will save you time and cut costs while delighting your candidates and improving your security and compliance.

Get this report and discover the top five use cases for digital healthcare staffing.

Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
Offer letters
Credentialing
Contracts
Onboarding

Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper.

 

Source: Olympus CELERIS
The site of care for many ear, nose and throat procedures is shifting from the hospital to outpatient settings. While physicians see advantages to moving procedures out of the hospital environment, they are also grappling with the rising costs of practicing otolaryngology and performing procedures in an office setting.

As this shift occurs, many physicians are seeking new innovations to reduce costs, perform at a higher level and offer care to larger numbers of patients.

This whitepaper features insights from three leading otolaryngologists about the challenges
facing their practices and how they're adopting a new, single-use approach to microdebridement to create a positive clinician and patient experience.

Key takeaways:

  • Challenges and opportunities of shifting ENT procedures to the office
  • How single-use microdebriders can expand the scope of ENT care delivered in-office and reduce cost of care

Source: Amwell
The U.S. is in the middle of widespread mental health crisis and there isn't enough help to go around. Nearly 40 percent of the country's population lives in a mental health professional shortage area. It's time for healthcare leaders to think differently about how these patients receive care.

Combining in-person, virtual and automated care to not only strengthen the patient experience but deliver better care with improved outcomes. Take a walk through a patient journey and see how care modalities are combined to create a seamless user experience within acute and outpatient settings, all the way to automated and virtual care in the home.

In this infographic you will walk through one patient’s behavioral health journey as they:

• Receive acute psychiatry care in the emergency department and in-patient unit
• Are entered into a virtual outpatient program
• Enter maintenance mode, including therapy at home, coaching, and self-directed care
• Trigger an escalation from automated to virtual care

Source: Salesforce
Healthcare organizations often struggle with data integration. It can be difficult to harmonize different sources and categories of data, adhere to rigid compliance requirements related to patient privacy, and manage the sheer volume and velocity of data growth.

However, data integration is more important than ever in healthcare, especially for marketers, who are looking to move away from relying on second- and third-party aggregated data to select target audiences. In the age of personalized, organic customer experiences, healthcare marketers are aiming to make their outreach strategies more individualized.

During a Becker’s webinar held in January and sponsored by Salesforce, data integration experts discussed the importance of having a HIPAA/GDPR-compliant customer data platform for driving more personalized engagement.

Download the whitepaper to learn how customer data platforms ​​help meet evolving marketing and user engagement needs by:

  • Delivering on expectations for personalization
  • Ensuring privacy
  • Providing trusted, compliant communication

Source: Hyland
The average healthcare organization stores 21 petabytes of data: roughly the equivalent of 20 million stuffed, four-drawer file cabinets. Yet, few hospitals and health systems can access and use the information when and where they need it.

As this already massive volume of data is expected to more than double in the next three years, many wonder how they will keep up.

Download this ebook, authored by IDC, for a powerful, visual look at trends, surveyed data, predictions and benefits.

Here's what you'll get:

  • The hottest topics among healthcare providers today
  • The benefits of connected content— and how to build your business case
  • The 9 key next steps to get you there

Source: ServiceNow
The mission of today's healthcare leaders is clear — support overburdened clinicians, improve the patient experience amid rising consumerism, and reduce costs while advancing clinical excellence. Digital tools can help, but there are open questions about how to best prioritize and leverage these solutions.

These 10 articles examine current challenges and opportunities in the healthcare experience. Collectively, they amount to actionable guidance for digital health investment. Articles include:

  • The top-rated hospitals for patient experience, state-by-state
  • Game-changing EHR improvements at Intermountain, UCLA, and 6 other systems
  • How one hospital CIO managed to grow his ranks during the pandemic

Source: Apixio
Prior authorization is a complex process by which payers determine the clinical appropriateness of procedures, prescriptions, and referrals. However, the current process is a significant drain on an already strained U.S. healthcare system costing between $23 and $31 billion a year. This is a big problem to tackle as it involves providers, payers, and patients.

Specifically, health plans are currently spending valuable time and resources manually reviewing authorizations, which is a time-consuming process that can delay treatments — or worse, be an obstacle to care. Not only this, but with manual reviews estimated costs between $20 to $50 per prior authorization clinical review.

This white paper outlines how payers can automate the prior authorization process to lower administrative burden and operational costs while enabling the delivery of faster, more efficient care.

Source: DIRECTV
Healthcare providers are using technology to help their patients make informed decisions, engage more effectively with caregivers, and reduce the incidence of readmission.

In this E-Book, you’ll learn five key trends affecting how providers give care and gain an understanding of how technology is turning passive purchasers into active healthcare consumers.

This E-Book explores the benefits of:

  • Online support communities
  • Self-monitoring apps and devices
  • Performance scorecards
  • Interactive online health education

Source: BioFourmis
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the growth of and proved the value of hospital at home programs. As of March 2022, 92 systems comprising 203 hospitals were approved to participate in CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home Program. And it’s projected many more healthcare systems will follow as they look to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care.

The number of companies providing remote care software and services continues to grow, leaving hospitals with a myriad of options to consider as they navigate delivering acute care in the home. An AI-powered, FDA-cleared analytics engine capable of predicting clinical exacerbation is one platform component that many providers see as critical to effective remote patient management.

This insightful report outlines key success factors in developing a hospital at home program as well as how artificial intelligence and machine learning is accelerating the expansion of these programs.

Key learning points:

  • An overview of CMS requirements for its Acute Hospital Care at Home Program
  • How an end-to-end AI platform supports earlier interventions, thereby improving outcomes and lowering costs
  • Steps and considerations to adopt and scale an acute care at home solution

Source: Iris Telehealth
In a future where virtual care options are expected and not just “nice to have,” it’s time to make sure you’ve incorporated a formal, sustainable telepsychiatry program into your organization.

We put together this whitepaper to guide you through that process. It addresses:

  • Why you should consider telepsychiatry
  • Considerations for your needs assessment
  • The questions you should ask telepsychiatry vendors
  • How you can streamline program implementation

Whether you’re revamping your existing program or building one from the ground up, these insights can help you successfully go through this process and alleviate pressure on your EDs.

Source: Amwell
As we emerge from the pandemic, healthcare providers are reassessing their telehealth needs, with a focus on technology consolidation, enterprise solutions and a streamlined experience for patients and clinicians. That means starting with the EHR.

In this whitepaper, two health systems share how they leveraged Cerner and Amwell's strategic collaboration to bring telehealth and the EHR together. At Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, Ohio, embedding telehealth in the EHR helped the health system develop a virtual rooming process that strives to replicate the in-person care experience for its providers. University of Tennessee Medical Center recognized that an app-based program required separate patient logins. To circumvent this issue, in collaboration with Cerner and Amwell, UTMC implemented the embedded solution to streamline the patient experience — part of which included invites coming from text or email without additional app downloads or logins.

Read the whitepaper to learn:

  • How health systems are integrating telehealth into the EHR to streamline patient and provider experiences
  • How two health systems successfully brought telehealth and the EHR together
  • How telehealth should set its sights on integration across the care continuum

Source: NextGen
Orthopedic practices require robust interoperability workflows to support care, as interoperability services make it easier for orthopedic providers to receive referrals, retrieve updated medical records and exchange consultation notes with primary care providers. 

There are some unique interoperability considerations for orthopedic practices, so practices must take care to ensure they are choosing the right solutions. Download this article to learn the four interoperability keys for orthopedics.

In this article you'll learn why orthopedic interoperability workflows must consider:

  • Referrals and transitions of care
  • Imaging integrations
  • Unique device identifiers
  • Plug and play integrations

Source: CareSignal
Population health executives face two headwinds when trying to improve outcomes and lower costs: staffing challenges and ever-larger populations that require care management under value-based care models. Leaders at health systems and physician groups must extend proactive care to rising-risk populations to bend the cost curve, but need the proper tools to do so.

Discover how Midwest Health System transformed their care management strategy with Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring, centralized 24/7 care management teams, and streamlined workflows to reach more patients, faster, and with less resources. Over 35,000 patients participated and claims analyses showed a total medical cost reduction of over $30 million.

Read this case study to learn how to:

  • Overcome common cost, logistics, and enrollment challenges when scaling RPM to tens of thousands of patients by going Deviceless
  • Build an automated post-discharge workflow enabling outreach and enrollment to every patient, regardless of risk status, within 3 hours of discharge, with no lift from the care team
  • Help population health care managers manage 10x the national average patient caseload by transforming care management from a manual outbound call model to an automated inbound

Source: Savista
An EHR is one of the biggest investments a provider will make, costing millions, or even billions, of dollars. As organizations continue to seek rising efficiencies and decreasing cost, the need for a single technology becomes even more critical.

When bolting on additional technologies, it becomes nearly impossible to serve as a single point of data-based truth to the organization. With a properly implemented EHR, hospitals will see clearly defined performance and insights that facilitate better, faster decisions in the organization, compared to the lengthy process of compilation, validation and data debate.

Complete the form to get the whitepaper to learn how to:

  • Build long-term strategic partnerships that enhance the success of the EHR implementation.
  • Understand how to improve clinical outcomes, optimize operations, and enhance user and patient satisfaction through the EHR.
  • Discover best practices that result in timely billing, fewer denials, enhanced patient accessibility and overall improved customer satisfaction.

Source: Change Healthcare
In enterprise imaging, the cloud can enable an integrated, agile and secure approach to infrastructure — one that alleviates maintenance and update challenges, enables faster access to archives and empowers data and workflow innovations that drive better care.

But there’s a big difference between “cloud-based” and “cloud-native” platforms. For most healthcare organizations, a cloud-native solution provides superior benefits over tactics such as managed services or lift-and-shift to the cloud.

Download this visual white paper authored by Frost & Sullivan to discover cloud migration strategy success factors and learn:

  • Short- and long-term benefits that cloud-native can deliver that other cloud-based technologies cannot
  • Critical success factors for evaluating potential partners
  • Security and efficient data migration considerations
  • Business case considerations and ROI expectations

Source: TeamDynamix

Every competitive organization is on a mission to eliminate grunt work for their people. Onboarding, offboarding, name updates, user management and more: Most healthcare IT service desks spin their wheels when dealing with these procedural, repetitive tasks. Fortunately, it doesn’t need to stay this way.

A recent market study from InformationWeek and TeamDynamix took a pulse on the challenges and priorities IT professionals face right now, finding:
 
Only 8% of organizations operate with a level of maturity where their IT service management technology is fully optimized
The heavy reliance on IT to administer IT service management systems tops all challenges
A lack of automation was the second most challenge burdening teams, which was named by 41% of organizations
36% of organizations said one of their biggest challenges was in integration and workflow management.

Download this market study to read the full market report, benchmark against your peers, and to gain insight into how you can eliminate grunt work and reduce resource drain.

Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper.

Source: InVita
Did you know that hospitals and suppliers lose up to $5 billion annually on implantable devices due to waste and ineffective supply chain processes? Why? Largely because supply chain managers and other stakeholders haven’t had the ability to see the big picture—wide data and implant lifecycle analytics.

Until now, disparate, and disconnected data created operational blind spots making cost control and efficiency unattainable.

If you want to reduce waste and recover resources, gaining 360-degree visibility is a good place to start. Software can help:

  • Identify the cost implications behind hidden data.
  • Aggregate data from across the implant lifecycle, including explants, recalls and warranty claims processing.
  • Automate processes and present key data in a meaningful way that help hospitals and health systems cut the substantial cost.
  • Make visible the information for enterprise-level strategies that lead to impressive bottom-line results.

Source: Premier
Innovation is becoming increasingly essential in healthcare operations, life sciences research and patient care. This change is leading institutions to take a new approach to healthcare that optimizes data, technology and analytics to transform the current system. PINC AITM is helping drive this transformation.

PINC AITM intelligence engine is a technology and services platform that leverages artificial intelligence, natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to produce evidence-based insights at the point of care. Premier's value-based care focuses on improving healthcare quality through technology tools, while PINC AITM's margin-improvement solutions find and eliminate unnecessary spending, waste and inefficiencies.

With PINC AITM, organizations face a more stable future through the optimization of data, technology, services and scale. Premier understands healthcare and has the tools, data and innovation to power the significant changes health systems need. PINC AITM solutions enable multiple technologies to work together to optimize performance and accelerate healthcare innovation.

Uncover new value with PINC AITM. Download our e-book now.

Source: Doximity
The rise in the adoption of telehealth reflects numerous health, demographic, economic and societal factors affecting physicians and consumers alike. Hospitals and health systems throughout the U.S. are facing staffing shortages while demand for better access to healthcare increases, especially in rural communities.

With the uptick in the number of patients (55 percent in 2021, compared to 40 percent in 2020) reporting that telemedicine provides the same or better quality compared to in-person doctor visits, it’s clear that telemedicine, with its convenience and favorable cost/reimbursement, continues to deliver a much-needed solution to a host of healthcare challenges.

Download the full report and learn more about:

  • The 79 percent of patients who prefer to receive a notification when their provider is ready to see them, rather than wait in a virtual waiting room.
  • Mobile devices and why they are still the telehealth platform most preferred by patients.
  • Telemedicine platforms that optimize for audio-only patient access allow for more equitable provision of virtual care services.

Source: UiPath
Healthcare automation is progressing like never before—in terms of the technology itself and the ways it’s delivering new growth and profit.

UiPath gathered insights from analysts, partners, customers and its own marketing, sales, product, partnership and customer success teams to determine 10 key automation trends. These trends present a picture of the years to come, the many possibilities automation presents and what hospitals need to take to take advantage.

Download this whitepaper to learn how:

  • Task-based workflows are emerging as alternatives to business-application-based workflows
  • Semantic automation revolutionizes robotic process automation
  • CIOs are raising automation to the enterprise level

Source: Infermedica
With the pandemic blocking access to traditional healthcare, the world turned to digital tools. A survey of 2,000 patients who used digital health services revealed that symptom checkers and triage tools can solve numerous problems healthcare has struggled with for decades.

Download the whitepaper to learn more about these insights and the benefits of symptom checkers and triage tools for patients, providers and healthcare organizations.

The analyzed data and expert comments were compiled by Infermedica.

Whitepaper takeaways:

  • How to navigate patients to the right point of care using symptom checkers and triage tools
  • How patient data generated from symptom checkers can support medical consultations
  • Strategies to connect symptom checker users to provider booking systems

Source: Omnigo
Healthcare professionals face a higher incidence of workplace violence than any other workers in the U.S. To comply with regulatory requirements, healthcare facilities are required to effectively report, collect, monitor and analyze workplace safety and security data — and put that data to work with proactive prevention programs that improve safety and security.

This whitepaper will explain how the right safety and security management software can help healthcare organizations meet compliance standards and create a safer workplace.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • Best practices for establishing and demonstrating your environment of care
  • How complete, organized and easy-to-analyze data can help solve compliance challenges, track trends and create a safer environment
  • Compliance-supporting features to look for in security management software

Source: b.well
The pandemic has forced hospitals and health systems to rapidly integrate new technologies and engage with patients outside the four walls of the hospital. The pace of this technology adoption has highlighted the potential for a massive paradigm shift in care delivery and undermined misconceptions about the power of technology to expand care, improve workflows and meet patients where they are. The bottom line: Healthcare’s digital transformation has finally arrived, but it is far from over.

To discuss these trends, Becker’s Hospital Review and b.well® Connected Health — a healthcare technology company committed to transforming care — assembled a handful of hospital and health system executives for an advisory call. The conversation took place at the end of 2021 and also included participation from b.well® Connected Health’s founder and CEO Kristen Valdes. The following content is based on this conversation.

Article Highlights: 
  • EHR and digital front door solutions are not a digital transformation strategy
  • Cultivate a culture of urgency; New competitors are more consumer-savvy
  • Digital transformation defined; It’s about winning and retaining more patients for your system

Source: Safe & Reliable Healthcare and Vizient
Embedding the principles of high reliability can help address the complex problems healthcare organizations face, such as the current burnout crisis. When we increase consistency, mindfulness and resilience, patients get better care, and providers find greater joy in their work. This version of the Framework for High Reliability Healthcare represents the next step in guiding organizations on their high reliability journeys, giving teams the skills, behaviors, and activities to bring high reliability to life.

Learning points:

  • Understand the critical role culture and leadership play in establishing and sustaining a high reliability environment
  • Learn why it’s essential to integrate clinical, operational, and cultural data to get to the root of systemic problems that could cause harm
  • Discover why embracing continuous learning helps teams identify, implement, and sustain improvements that produce meaningful results
  • Appreciate the importance of a defined and evidence-based operating model for deploying and sustaining a high reliability strategy.
  • See how to foster individual and organizational mindfulness to identify risks early, reduce the chances for error, build community, and improve performance

Source: LeanTaaS
Over the last 18 months, the healthcare industry has faced a tidal wave of challenges: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, adjusting to subsequent widespread staffing shortages, navigating exacerbated financial pressures and treating patients with accrued morbidity due to deferred care.

In December 2021, a diverse group of healthcare leaders from across the country met virtually at the Transform: Hospital Operations Virtual Summit to discuss how they are weathering the current storm by using technology to enhance capacity, streamline operations and provide outstanding care to patients.

This whitepaper offers key insights and best practices for these transformation efforts from leaders at Novant Health, Yale New Haven Health and Banner | Aetna. Learnings include:

  • How streamlining operations can support better care and expand health equity
  • How better data can build organizational resilience
  • Why true transformation requires a technology-first approach

Source: Notable Health
In late 2021, Notable convened a virtual roundtable of healthcare executives committed to advancing industry transformation through intelligent automation. This discussion was focused on the call center — more specifically, and perhaps controversially — what it would look like to eliminate the need for it.

This report outlines five key actions healthcare leaders must take to end the call center in its current form.

Download the report to learn:

  • The market forces that will continue to push healthcare towards touchless, self-service processes
  • How automation and digitization can address the most common roadblocks to seeking care, from registration to scheduling
  • Why intelligent automation must eliminate backend work in addition to optimizing frontend experiences

Source: Kontakt.io

The size and complexity of healthcare facilities often make it easy to lose organizational control over workflows, but location data can solve that for any facility.

Real Time Location Services and the Internet of Things (IoT) are powerful technologies enabling healthcare organizations to achieve new levels of operational efficiency while also improving the patient experience and clinical outcomes.

Key learning points:

  • How hospitals are benefiting from location data and IoT-enabled solutions
  • Determining which technologies your organization should prioritize
  • Real-world success stories of how U.S. healthcare systems are deploying these technologies

Source: ECRI
ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2022 Executive Brief is a must-read for everyone involved in healthcare. This report identifies critical healthcare technology issues that warrant urgent attention and offers practical recommendations for reducing risks.

This year's executive brief address high-priority problems in healthcare technology, including cybersecurity, supply chain disruption, medical device safety hazards and telehealth. The brief also discusses building stronger, more resilient processes by leveraging innovations and lessons learned during COVID-19.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • How persistent technology issues, including cybersecurity, can put patients at risk
  • How critical issues with medical devices can lead to medication errors and increase patient risk
  • How supply chain issues, artificial intelligence, personal protective equipment and telehealth may affect patients and staff
  • Steps to take to manage these risks and encourage safe healthcare technology use throughout your organization

Source: AvaSure
Estimates predict the U.S. will see a shortfall of more than half a million nurses by 2030, leaving serious implications for care quality and availability.

The pandemic sped up the timeline.

Now, the most proactive healthcare organizations are exploring initiatives to mitigate the effects of a growing labor shortage. Learn how central video monitoring enabled "virtual nurses" to support bedside nurses and uphold high standards of patient care amid a COVID-19 surge across Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System.

Key learning points:

  • The basic components of virtual care, including the easy-to-use technology involved to interact with patients and bedside staff
  • The policies and workflows that best support virtual nursing staff and make for easy implementation
  • How virtual nurses can use specialized care resources to alleviate existing staff

Source: Augmedix
Providers across the country in facilities large and small are struggling with staffing shortages. Stress from understaffing, long hours, and increasing administrative burdens have all played a part in staff burnout, turnover, and shortages-even before the pandemic. Physicians spend between a third to a half of the patient's visit looking at the computer screen instead of the patient. When physicians aren't actively engaged with the patient, they can miss critical details that could impact outcomes and the patient experience.

Many physicians have begun using virtual medical documentation specialists (MDS) in both hospitals and health systems as well as group practices. More than a scribe, an MDS is a tech-enabled assistant to the physician or nurse, leveraging automation technologies to capture real-time patient-provider conversations and convert them into precise medical documentation with appropriate context. Imagine how happy physicians could be if the documentation burden reduce time in the EHR and help manage:

  • Care Gaps and HCC reminders
  • Order tests, medications and labs
  • Work down backlogs of charting

Source: PowerObjects
At the onset of COVID-19, healthcare providers in the United States embarked on a most unusual journey. Hospitals were suddenly overwhelmed, while surgery centers and clinics offering preventive medicine went underutilized for weeks and months. What's followed is a dramatic, industrywide transformation powered by technology.

The emergence (and resurgence) of technology solutions — such as EHRs, telehealth and digital front doors to — helped deliver necessary support to an industry in crisis.

These 10 must-read Becker's articles offer a look into this unprecedented transformation. Readings include:

  • Yale New Haven Health saved 470 hours of nurses' time in 1 year with EHR tool
  • NewYork-Presbyterian CXO's: 7 principles to maintain relationships with patients in a world of transactions
  • 10 hospital innovation execs on how their role has evolved during the pandemic

Source: Securelink
For healthcare organizations, patient data is the most critical and highly valued asset — which makes it a prime target for hackers and bad actors. To make matters more complicated, a hacker’s preferred method of attack is also what healthcare facilities heavily rely on for daily operations: third parties.

Now is a pivotal moment for improving critical access management, which is a vital step in
monitoring and securing third-party access. In this white paper, you’ll not only learn why the risk posed by third parties is particularly high, but also how to protect your organization’s data.

Download this white paper to learn:

  • The current state of third-party security among healthcare organizations
  • The unique challenges around access rights that the healthcare sector faces
  • How critical access management can mitigate the risk of third-party threat

Source: eVideon

At the center of every hectic hospital emergency department are patients and their families, simply wanting to know what's going on. While caregivers do their best to provide new information as rapidly as possible, this can be a challenge.

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is working to improve communication and patient experience in the ED via the use of digital patient whiteboards. In a recent study conducted by the hospital, 96 percent of participants preferred a room with a digital whiteboard, saying that it improved communication throughout their stay and left them feeling more knowledgeable about what to do post-discharge.

Download this whitepaper to learn how the Brigham team used digital whiteboards in the ED to:

  • Display personalized, real-time education and information to patients and loved ones throughout their stay
  • Integrate with the EMR to automate clinical workflow and remove administrative tasks for clinicians
  • Customize in-room communication to increase portal enrollment, streamline scheduling, and improve care coordination

Source: Arthur J Gallagher

In recent years, multiple incidents at healthcare organizations have shown that ransomware attacks can bring down systems, interfere with patient care, damage reputation and interrupt the revenue earning capability of an organization.

Forward-thinking leaders understand that taking cyber risk into account when making investments and setting strategies is the most successful path to using data and technology in their healthcare business.

Cyber Risk is Everywhere, Make Sure it’s Part of Your Healthcare Business Strategy provides valuable context and detailed insights to help your organization:

  • Assess specific cyber threats to the healthcare industry
  • Understand the underwriting landscape for different cyber risk
  • Make cyber risk a key consideration in your business planning and strategy

Source: SAI360
In healthcare, compliance is as critical to business success as it is to risk management. Quantifying the role compliance plays in business strategy can help address one of the greatest challenges that healthcare compliance officers face: flat or shrinking budgets in the face of ever-increasing expectations.

Stagnant compliance budgets aren’t just a barrier to effective regulatory management, they can also pose regulatory risks. To ensure programs receive full leadership support and adequate resources, healthcare organizations must understand the value of their compliance programs in terms of return on investment.

Read this whitepaper to learn:

  • Essential ROI-driving factors for a comprehensive compliance program
  • How to better position your program to receive adequate support and resources
  • The key roles that configurability and analytics play

Source: PerfectServe

Enterprise-wide provider scheduling can help optimize your workforce, improve healthcare operations, drive efficiency and ROI, and increase provider satisfaction. Understand essential use cases for enterprise resource scheduling software and learn the key questions you should ask when considering technology vendors.

Topics covered include:

  • The value of an enterprise-wide scheduling solution
  • Three questions to ask when auditing your scheduling workflows
  • Key considerations when evaluating technology vendors

Source: Futura Healthcare
Goliaths are abundant in healthcare IT and size is often the source of their greatest strength. However, it may also be their greatest weakness.

A growing number of hospitals are evaluating the advantages of IT outsourcing as they look to ease financial pressures and free up internal resources while maintaining quality patient care.

This white paper highlights the benefits of an IT partner that offers speed, agility and flexibility, much like David exhibited when battling Goliath.

In this white paper you’ll learn:

  • The benefits of outsourcing your healthcare technology to a trusted partner.
  • 5 Insights for Choosing a healthcare IT partner in 2022
  • Behaviors that trustworthy partners exhibit.

Source: Optum
One thing remains clear after four years of Optum’s annual survey on artificial intelligence in healthcare: the state of healthcare-focused AI remains strong.

Gain access to all the insights in the 2021 special report, and see why an overwhelming 98 percent of healthcare leaders say their organization either has or is planning to implement an AI strategy.

Get experts’ perspectives on how AI can deliver practical benefits, including:

  • Achieving health equity goals
  • Automating workflows
  • Gaining tangible cost savings

Source: Cerner
Digital medical records are now essential to care delivery and executing healthcare operations. While the EHR has become indispensable, in many cases, it does not offer clinicians true usability due to confusing workflows and a lack of interoperability across technology systems and data repositories.

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater interoperability in healthcare. The nation’s pandemic response required health systems, labs, public health entities and payers to share information rapidly. These efforts were effective to a degree, but in many swaths of the country, the public health information technology infrastructure fell short.

Source: BSI Group
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of the healthcare industry's heavy reliance on digital health. Amid the rapid adoption of telehealth and a broad shift to remote work for many employees, healthcare organizations around the world have experienced the havoc a cyberattack can cause and the subsequent impact on wider society.

While the societal and organizational risks are high, some of the mitigation techniques can be reassuringly simple. This paper provides a wealth of advice and support to help organizations adapt to these threats and improve their cybersecurity posture and resilience.

Source: TransUnion
Artificial intelligence presents healthcare organizations a significant opportunity to automate parts of the revenue cycle, benefiting both health systems and patients. The question is: How do you integrate AI in a way that ensures clinical and operational success?

During a virtual roundtable at Becker's Sixth Annual Health IT + RCM conference, three revenue cycle experts attempted to answer that question. Download this 5-point report to get a breakdown of their insights.

Learnings include:

  • How to scale up automation initiatives
  • How to drive greater efficiency through technology
  • How to translate AI investments into real value

Source: Notable Health
Payers have required healthcare providers to obtain prior authorizations for some time. But the volume and complexity of this practice has reached an inflection point within the last five years. Patients, providers, and revenue cycle staff recognize that the status quo is unsustainable.

This whitepaper describes how typical approaches to prior authorization fall short and why intelligent automation enables revenue cycle leaders to address this challenge at scale.

Download the whitepaper to learn:

  • The five most common pitfalls to avoid in prior authorization automation
  • What questions to ask of potential automation partners
  • How revenue cycle staff can more successfully obtain prior authorizations the first time and prevent costly back-and-forth

Source: Coverys
As medicine and technology continue to evolve, taking a step back to consider key areas of potential exposure is essential to mitigate risk. The latest Coverys Red Signal Report: Spotlight on Telehealth provides insight into the use of telehealth and telemedicine, tips to help healthcare providers develop and implement successful telemedicine programs, and risk recommendations to help you improve patient safety and reduce malpractice exposure.

Source: Philips
Healthcare is entering a new era of opportunity in connected care. Health systems that realize the full benefits of interoperability and cybersecurity are better positioned to take their connected care strategy to the next level, but challenges remain in terms of moving data securely across multiple platforms, systems and vendors.

Download this whitepaper to learn why interoperability and cybersecurity are critical health system investments. You’ll learn:

  • How health systems can leverage interoperability and cybersecurity to help increase clinical confidence, optimize clinical and operational workflows, and extend care delivery
  • Where cybersecurity risks lie
  • How health systems are using interoperability to drive better patient care

Source: Bright.md
In this guide, we review the origins of asynchronous telehealth, common misconceptions and key learnings from implementing asynchronous technology.

Download this guide now for:

  • Reasons why leading health systems implemented asynchronous telehealth as a key tool for improving care delivery
  • Learnings from the origins of asynchronous telehealth
  • Common misconceptions of asynchronous technology, debunked
  • Ways to measure the value of implementing an asynchronous solution

Source: TRIMEDX
Hospital operating margins are under strain. A shortage of qualified technicians presents challenges. Medical devices increasingly are being connected to the internet while healthcare cybersecurity breaches are rising. Overlooked among these pressures and others is the scope of what a technology-enabled clinical asset management solution provides, new research suggests. By combining a robust understanding of device inventory with comprehensive clinical engineering and powerful analytics, healthcare systems can curb operating expenses and avoid unnecessary capital expenditures while ensuring medical device availability and supporting overall patient safety.

Through this white paper, we examine the Fidelum Partners research that explores the awareness, perceived value, and use of medical device management services by healthcare executives.

Source: Consensus
When healthcare achieves true interoperability, patient care will be more personalized and value driven. However, the industry is still reliant on antiquated modes of information sharing like paper fax.

In a 2021 Healthcare Industry Trends Survey of more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, 61 percent of respondents said they still use paper fax to transmit patient data. More surprising is that 56 percent of them believe fax will remain a valuable, or even dominant communication method over the next 5 years.

While paper fax won't disappear overnight, once converted into digital documents, technologies can be applied to provide meaningful, analytics-ready data, which can then be submitted into an EHR and consumed within an efficient workflow, supporting true interoperability.

Read the paper to learn how to:

  • Improve healthcare data exchange
  • Streamline providers' workflows
  • Meet regulatory pressures

Source: ServiceNow
Much like the practice of medicine, technology is constantly evolving. In healthcare, the health IT landscape is being reimagined to better meet the needs of providers and the expectations of patients amid the pandemic and the rise of virtual care.

These 10 must-read articles examine healthcare in the digital era and include CIO predictions about the future of health IT in the next five years, digital health investment red flags, and a look at the use of technology at leading organizations like Cleveland Clinical and Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

Healthcare's digital era has arrived. Here's what you need to know.

Source: Hospital IQ
Perioperative leaders share one primary goal: to utilize operating rooms to the fullest potential. They can’t do this while relying on manual resources to collect, integrate and analyze data that drives OR utilization improvement.

In this whitepaper, you’ll learn how artificial intelligence-enabled predictive analytics and workflows can make your organization more strategic and proactive. By delivering up-to-date information and actionable recommendations, these technologies can improve OR block utilization while reducing staff overtime and costs.

Download this whitepaper to learn how predictive analytics can:

  • Improve surgeon access to OR time
  • Align OR staff to surgical demand
  • Grow surgical volume 

Source: Hyland
The potentially disastrous consequences of losing access to critical data and systems is clear, especially for healthcare organizations. In recognizing the need to future-proof operations to be flexible, agile to change and provide for disaster recovery, healthcare providers are increasingly seeing the value in shifting to cloud-based content services.

Download this free ebook to discover:

  • Why healthcare organizations are choosing to move their content services to the cloud
  • How to prioritize your cloud projects effectively
  • Quantifiable and additional benefits of cloud deployment
  • ROI assessment results for three healthcare organizations 

Source: Olive
As the need to streamline workflows, reduce staff administrative burden and expand access to care grows in healthcare, the workforce needs support — and many are looking to emerging technologies for the answer. At the center of this is cybernetics.

Cybernetics forms a communication loop between humans and technology to elevate the work of healthcare professionals. Executives from systems around the country told Olive and Becker's Healthcare that tapping these technologies unlocks a path to a human-centric approach that uses cybernetics to enhance jobs, not eliminate them.

Learning points:

  • Learn about the foundations of cybernetics and how it uses technology to form efficient workflows.
  • Analyze avenues for technological investment and new means to enhance the ROI of human productivity.
  • Hear firsthand accounts of how health systems are using cybernetics to improve efficiency, improve efficiency, provide real time intelligence to the workforce and reduce errors.
  • Learn how this new technology can reduce the overall burden and burnout of workers without workflow disruption, freeing up their capacity to focus on more important things such as patient care.

Source: AKASA
Artificial intelligence and machine learning bring the next level of resilient automation to healthcare revenue cycle operations. And for good reason: they have the potential to ease the increasing strains placed on the revenue cycle by The Great Resignation and the chaos created by the pandemic.

By downloading this ebook, you’ll learn how automation can improve the healthcare revenue cycle. The ebook contains six must-reads that explain how automation can cut waste and which AI-driven tools are best for your organization.

In this ebook, you’ll learn:

  • How automation can save your organization time and resources spent on repetitive tasks
  • How connecting quality, finance and analytics can improve outcomes across your organization
  • Which AI tools best improve the revenue cycle

Source: Allscripts
Health systems are undergoing unprecedented change due to the pandemic, telehealth boom and rise of remote work. They’re also grappling with rising consumerism, price transparency and evolving reimbursement policies and regulatory requirements.

Although healthcare has traditionally been slow to evolve, the past 18 months have shown that rapid change is possible. As health systems prepare for the future, many are evaluating new EHR systems.

To better understand the past, present and future of EHRs, Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with leaders from Mercy Iowa City and Allscripts.

In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:

  • Which EHR goals to have
  • How to negotiate a successful EHR contract
  • How to choose an EHR that can accommodate new technologies and care delivery models

Source: Zipnosis
The Digital Front Door® solution is the answer to a more convenient, accessible, consumer-grade care experience in healthcare. It’s a health system’s digital entry point to help connect providers and patients across any service line or use case.

It’s time to open the door for care built for consumers.

Learning Points

  • Increase patient acquisition and reduce patient leakage
  • Using patient reacquisition to address delayed and avoided care
  • Accelerate top-line revenue generation
  • Route and triage patients efficiently

Source: Bright.md
The use of telehealth skyrocketed during COVID-19 and the trend is here to stay. In fact, 83 percent of patients say they are likely to continue using telemedicine post-pandemic, while 75 percent said they expect virtual care offerings to be a standard part of their care moving forward.

What does this mean for the future of care? Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • How COVID-19 has shifted consumer expectations around access to care
  • What key trends should be considered when assessing virtual tools for your organization
  • What’s needed to develop a truly sustainable approach to hybrid care in 2021

Source: Rectangle Health
As practices watched their patient volume rapidly decrease and physical therapy appointment cancellations soar, administrators, physicians, and staff had difficult decisions to make about how they would proceed with providing care. In this paper, you’ll learn how leaders in the orthopedic space helped their organizations come to realize the value of technology and how they will continue to embrace it.

Source: Nuance
The shift from volume- to value-based care has been underway for years. To achieve this transformation, CMS and commercial payers have developed means to quantify and incentivize quality outcomes through clinical documentation.

The clerical burden associated with clinical documentation often falls too heavily on individual physicians tasked with accurately documenting conditions at the point of care. This documentation occurs in the EHR, requires time and attention, and can undermine the human element of care delivery as clinicians’ focus is pulled away from the patient in front them toward a digital screen.

This white paper exams the current medical coding landscape and offers insights into how technology can simplify coding complexity.

Source: Salesforce
This white paper will help you select and scale a business model for your patient services program and enable your organization to deliver effective support that patients now expect.

Download this white paper to learn how your life science organization can:

  • Evaluate different patient services programs
  • Understand how to get started in-house
  • Scale your program with your business

Source: Leantaas
The art of managing schedules while maximizing capacity in operating rooms, inpatient units and infusion centers has been a key focus for healthcare executives over the past year.

Artificial intelligence can be a solution to healthcare's capacity conundrum, as it allows leaders to efficiently manage critical resources while using predictive and prescriptive analytics to forecast what's to come.

A recent virtual summit hosted by Becker's Hospital Review and LeanTaaS addressed how technology and perioperative "systemness" can improve hospital operations, now and in the future. Perspectives from leaders at some of the nation's leading health systems, including Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and New York City-based Mount Sinai, were shared during the summit.

Access the top takeaways to know in this whitepaper. 

Source: FormStack
No-code tools are on the brink of changing the way providers and back office staff work—from automating repetitive, time-consuming patient data entry to empowering staff to build entirely new processes in minutes. Adding no-code tools to your tech stack can enable workers of all technical levels to achieve great results with less time, money, resources, and infrastructure.

Ready to learn how no-code tools can help your hospital or medical practice work smarter? In this guide, you will learn:

  • How no-code workflows can transform your healthcare organization
  • How to add the power of no-code to your health tech stack

Source: Caregility
Today's healthcare and long-term care facilities must balance the tasks of providing high-quality care, maintaining labor costs and lowering liability risks. The COVID-19 pandemic added to those demands with rapidly changing regulations and a renewed focus on customer sentiment.

Consequently, care facilities are now prioritizing tech-based solutions.

In particular, artificial intelligence can be applied to the video recordings taken in most hospital patient rooms to better categorize alarms related to movement in those rooms. AI-assisted Augmented Video Analysis (AVA) systems can provide additional information and data to hospital decision-makers, resulting in more accurate warnings and alerts, among other benefits.

In this white paper, you’ll learn how:

  • AI and machine learning work hand-in-hand with video systems
  • Advanced Video Analytics systems function in a hospital room
  • Patient privacy can be protected using AVA systems
  • Using AVA systems can benefit patient care and your bottom line

Source: VitelNet
After monumental adoption of telehealth in 2020, health systems will need to continue focusing on their ability to actively and accurately evaluate and improve provider and patient experiences, operational efficiency and clinical outcomes. Their ability to do so effectively will determine the level of success an organization achieves at seamlessly and effectively integrating telehealth into its overall clinical delivery strategy and workflows.

Our analysis examines the challenges and available solutions in leveraging data analytics and business intelligence for three main organizational domains: Clinical, Operational/IT, and Administrative/Executive.

  • Meeting current and future expectations for care delivery in virtual environments
  • Defining success for operational, administrative, and clinical domains
  • Leveraging telehealth business intelligence to optimize efficiency and improve the patient experience

Source: Amwell
While Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, one of the largest providers in the West, is already known for the scope of its telehealth services, it's not stopping there. Intermountain continues to strive for innovation, with a clear vision for its virtual care offerings.

This case study covers how the health system:

  • Embedded telehealth throughout the enterprise to cover the full spectrum of care across home and hospital settings
  • Seamlessly integrated telehealth within its operations and care delivery
  • Partnered with Amwell on a series of key integrations involving the patient portal, the EHR, and hospital room TVs

Source: Optum
New and existing players are breaking boundaries in healthcare with digitally enabled capabilities that deliver unique value propositions. Healthcare leaders preparing for life in the post-pandemic world are searching for ways to succeed with digital.

We researched these emerging digital disruptors and analyzed them for the breadth of their offerings and presence in the consumer and/or business marketplace.

As leaders, you want to make the right decisions to secure your place in the competitive landscape regionally and globally. Achieving that level of digital dexterity provides an opportunity to delight customers and achieve provider objectives. In so doing, you’ll achieve your organization’s goals for market leadership, differentiation, clinical revenue and margin.

Download our white paper today to understand where you and your competition fall in the following categories:

  • Niche disruptors
  • Digital enablers
  • Game changers
  • Transformation accelerators

Source: Solutionreach
Healthcare organizations have experienced lost revenue of up to 50 percent over the last year. The time to recoup revenue is now, but poor patient communication and a broken appointment workflow can lead to late cancellations, no-shows and other revenue disruptions.

The appointment workflow of old can't support the needs of today's patients and health systems. Download this guide to learn how to optimize patient appointments.

Source: Hyland 
COVID-19 has radically changed diagnostic imaging services for healthcare providers. This whitepaper shares how enterprise imaging can drive improved agility and performance for imaging services and set the strategic direction for healthcare providers to adapt and thrive in a post-pandemic market.

Key learnings:

  • How the pandemic exposed frailties in legacy systems
  • The consequential health IT changes required to address these challenges
  • How enterprise imaging can drive improved agility and performance for imaging services

Source: RealTime Medical Systems
A significant amount of post-acute costs for accountable care organizations and CMS's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative come from skilled nursing facilities. Reducing a patient's length of stay across the entire care continuum can significantly lower the overall cost of care, as can eliminating a hospital readmission.

This white paper outlines the opportunity for acute and post-acute care providers to leverage interventional analytics to risk-stratify patients, standardize care and embed best practices across the
network.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • How live data improves network performance
  • How interventional analytics can prevent readmissions and improve length of stay
  • The importance of risk stratification and standardization throughout the care continuum
  • The qualities of a successful partnership between acute and post-acute players

Source: League
The healthcare landscape changes by the day, leaving many providers scrambling to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and competing with tech giants like Amazon and Google. Competing in the digital space. Competing in the mobile space. And ultimately competing for attention and engagement.

This landscape leaves plenty of questions to be answered: How should healthcare organizations approach digital transformation? What should they consider when designing a next-generation consumer experience? How will they drive engagement? And how can they do it quickly?

Source: IMO
Whether you refer to it as data normalization, data standardization or data harmonization, there’s no denying its importance when it comes to patient information.

Download this whitepaper for a closer look at why data normalization is needed, the downstream impact of data loss in healthcare, and how adding a robust terminology layer to the process can help solve data quality problems before they even arise.

In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:

  • The critical link between data quality and data standardization
  • Why standardizing clinical data can be such a challenge
  • The foundational role of terminology in healthcare data

Source: Coverys
As medicine and technology continue to evolve, taking a step back to consider key areas of potential exposure is essential to mitigate risk. The latest Coverys Red Signal Report: Spotlight on Telehealth provides insight into the use of telehealth and telemedicine, tips to help healthcare providers develop and implement successful telemedicine programs, and risk recommendations to help you improve patient safety and reduce malpractice exposure.

Source: Olive
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the healthcare industry, and its impact spans across functional areas. From enhancing clinical treatments to automating critical business processes, AI is advancing medicine by improving outcomes and patient satisfaction.

It's also elevating the efficiency and effectiveness of the workforce.
No, AI is not replacing humans. But it is easing administrative burdens and allowing staff to tackle higher-value work and collaborate with teams and patients.

Source: Allscripts
As the pandemic took hold across the globe, it became clear to healthcare organizations and their patients that “care delivery as usual” had to change, even as progress is made in managing and treating COVID-19.

What once was an option for convenience soon became a necessity, and the entire spectrum of healthcare has been affected. From adopting the technology platforms to strengthen virtual care best practices, to embracing clinicians’ “webside” manner, telehealth is calling for a new path forward and it is going to be increasingly important for all members of the healthcare industry to remain open and innovative in the face of these new challenges.

In this whitepaper, industry experts illuminate key components of adopting and deploying a telehealth strategy in the face of COVID-19, a strategy that will also reach patients where they are and deliver the care they expect as consumers. Regardless of how we combat the pandemic, telehealth has already proven to be a vital piece of many organizations’ care delivery models, and this whitepaper lays out how to develop the best strategy for achieving success in this new world of healthcare.

Source: Ergotron
Healthcare organizations have intensified their focus on combating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

To support infection prevention efforts, the industry is now beginning to leverage tech to reduce the room for error. How? By adding in automated pathogen reduction technology as a supplement to existing cleaning protocols.

Source: Keysight Technologies
Intense cyberattacks continue to plague healthcare providers, with threats including phishing, data breaches and ransomware.

HIPAA was enacted to create national standards to protect sensitive patient health information, and many hospitals face fines for noncompliance. In this webinar, you’ll learn how a leading healthcare provider upgraded its security response and preparedness to comply with HIPAA and protect valuable patient data.

You’ll also learn:

  • Why ransomware, phishing and data breaches are key attack vectors in healthcare
  • Why compliance with HIPAA is federally mandated to protect patient records
  • How Keysight provides solutions to comply with HIPAA and technologies to respond to cybersecurity threats

Source: Notable Health
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, most health systems expect a permanent increase in telehealth visit volumes compared to pre-COVID lows. The widespread implementation of telehealth has introduced a number of new operational challenges, from providing technical support to patients, to collecting co-pays and balances from patients who don’t enter the office, to streamlining provider workflows to seamlessly integrate in-person and virtual visits.

This whitepaper shares best practices for using automation and AI to increase telehealth self-pay collections and reimbursements and streamline manual virtual visit workflows, all while providing a delightful experience for patients.

Download the guide to learn:

  • A proven 3-step strategic framework for using automation to improve virtual visit efficiency
  • 6 workflows across the patient journey that can be automated to increase telehealth program efficiency and revenue capture
  • Best practices for avoiding increased staff busywork and reduced provider efficiency from telehealth visits

Source: Notable Health
According to Gartner, over half of healthcare providers will invest in automation over the next three years. By automating manual workflows, health systems can improve staff efficiency, decrease provider burnout, and modernize the patient experience - all while increasing revenue capture and reducing cost-to-collect.

This whitepaper shares strategies and best practices from automation technology adopters like Intermountain Healthcare on maximizing ROI across patient, clinical, and RCM workflow automation.

Download the guide to learn:

  • An overview of robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in healthcare, and how they can be used to power workflow automation
  • How to prioritize which workflows to automate and how to measure the ROI on automation
  • How to assess different automation partners and platforms based on your organization’s technical maturity and area of focus for automation
  • How to build and scale an agile approach to launching and iterating on automated workflows
  • Examples of how leading health systems have automated patient access, population health, and revenue cycle management workflows with Notable

Source: CyberMaxx
Threat detection and response is top of mind for healthcare organizations facing increasingly aggressive ransomware attacks. So, what is MDR (managed detection and response) and how does proper integration improve its efficacy?

This quick-read report lays it out. It covers:

  • The evolution of threat detection and response
  • How to separate fact from fictitious vendor assertions in such a crowded market
  • The next generation of MDR with a three-pronged approach to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber-attacks

Source: Interlace Health
The partnership between King’s Daughters Medical Center, Meditech and Interlace Health began over 20 years ago.

Over that time, they learned that integration between Interlace Health and Meditech is crucial to KDMC as the health system strives to eliminate human error, standardize processes, and accelerate consent completion.
While paper consents get lost or must be carried around in a paper chart until they are scanned into the EHR, Interlace Health’s eConsent forms are instantly archived into Meditech.

With Interlace Health, KDMC has decreased forms by 60 percent and now has more meaningful interactions with patients.

Source: Masimo
The pandemic gave healthcare technology leaders the greenlight to swiftly roll out virtual care solutions, driving the widespread adoption and expansion of telehealth platforms.

Emerging remote monitoring solutions are taking patient engagement to the next level while increasing provider access to essential clinical information.

These 9 must-reads examine the regulatory environment, emerging monitoring solutions and what hospital innovation chiefs want from health IT.

Source: Consensus Signal
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Winchester Hospital IPA share best practices they deployed in their real-time electronic ADT notifications implementations – improving communication with their care partners and closing care gaps with their patients.

Read this paper to learn how you too can use ADT notifications to:

  • Enhance digital interoperability to improve care coordination, and health outcomes
  • Streamline staff workflows and solve other transitions of care challenges
  • Roll out ADT notifications without over burdening your in-house IT resources

Source: Hyland
The COVID-19 pandemic has widened the cracks in IT infrastructure and hampered healthcare organizations' abilities to serve the needs of remote workers, patients and members. This issue grows more complex when you consider that 75 percent of patient data needed for operations sits outside of core systems and this data is growing by more than 50 percent each year. How can you provide for enterprise agility to deal with future pandemics and meet your clinical, financial and operational goals?

Source: Change Healthcare
By 2023, APIs will transform healthcare as providers and payers harness the technology to share and activate patient and financial data, according to new research commissioned by Change Healthcare. While 9 in 1 executives say APIs are quite important or mission-critical, less than a quarter are currently using APIs at scale. Download this research report to better understand the usage, barriers, and benefits associated with APIs for different healthcare entities, and why embracing the technology today is essential.

Source: Hyland
Although the delivery and accessibility of remote healthcare services remains a priority for providers and patients, many hospitals still struggle with interoperability – a key element in connected healthcare. A recent HIMSS Market Intelligence research report revealed that hurdles, such as unstructured content, still blocked healthcare from achieving its health information technology (HIT) interoperability goals.

Read this whitepaper to learn about the challenges uncovered in the recent HIMSS survey and how to address them including:

• What stands in the way of HIT interoperability success
• How to bridge interoperability gaps surfaced by the pandemic
• Solutions for healthcare content and images that improve interoperability

Source: Smith+Nephew
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries — or HAPIs — may be the nation’s most persistent hospital-acquired condition, increasing even as most other injuries have declined – sometimes dramatically.

This whitepaper summarizes key findings from several of those studies, such as:

  • Institutions using the LEAF System reported reductions of sacrococcygeal HAPIs by up to 85%
  • Adherence with institutional turn protocols – critical to prevent HAPIs – rose by up to 95% at institutions using the LEAF System.
  • Hospitals using the LEAF System avoided up to $1.4 million in HAPI costs and reported HAPI treatment ROI of up to $3.4 million.

Source: Jvion
Aligning the right resources to effectively address social determinants of health remains a challenge for healthcare organizations. This guide will share how payers and providers can leverage prescriptive clinical artificial intelligence to tackle social determinants at both the individual and community level and reduce barriers to care.

Download the whitepaper to learn:

  • The limitations of data and risk scores for actioning SDOH.
  • How AI can save millions by helping target beneficial investments for socially vulnerable communities.
  • How AI inferences and recommendations can lead to more productive conversations with patients about potential barriers to health.

Source: MobileSmith Health
Hospitals have been slammed by the double-whammy of higher costs for treating COVID-19 patients and the loss of revenue from delayed in-hospital tests and procedures. But as COVID-19 vaccine availability widens, some healthcare organizations are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Those that are forward-thinking have begun closely examining post-pandemic operations, looking at mobile apps as an avenue to capture greater revenue and boost patient satisfaction.

This whitepaper will explore:

  • How mobile apps can improve patient care and provider revenue
  • Cost pressures facing providers currently and post-COVID-19
  • How patient non-compliance harms revenue
  • The prevalence of smartphones and use of technology during the pandemic

Source: Ergotron
Virtual visits grew exponentially because of the pandemic, and the widespread adoption of telehealth will have lasting effects on the healthcare ecosystem. Because of that, healthcare leadership teams are rethinking the physical environment to best serve patients, families caregivers and staff.

In this white paper, you’ll learn how to integrate technology and equipment with the physical environment by:

  • Determining the specific needs of your facility and team to gain buy-in
  • Reconfiguring your existing space to make technology use easy, safe and efficient
  • Implementing ergonomic solutions into the care environment with ongoing evaluation

Source: ServiceNow
The latest data from the Change Healthcare 2020 Revenue Cycle Denials Index shows denial rates are climbing, up 23% over Change Healthcare’s 2016 Denial Index. The report analyzed over 102 million hospital transactions across more than 1,500 U.S. hospitals from July 2019 - June 2020 and found that while denials continue to climb, the majority are avoidable and revenue loss that is occurring is preventable.

Source: Allscripts
Healthcare organizations must be nimble and ready to adapt as they navigate a new world of healthcare delivery, an ever-evolving regulatory landscape and a new breadth of health IT strategies.

Key points include:

  • How IT is evolving and why organizations need to adapt to a new world of healthcare delivery
  • The top five drivers of change in healthcare
  • The keys to success for changing times in healthcare

Source: Amwell
In 2019, Augusta (Ga.) University Health, an academic medical center, rolled out a grant-funded program to provide telemedicine emergency services at six rural hospitals in Georgia with two major goals in mind: to improve care in rural communities and keep their hospitals financially viable. By the summer of 2020, COVID-19 caused AU Health to shift this tele-ER program to provide critical care consults to patients with the virus or other chronic conditions who could not be transferred to higher levels of care.

Source: Vituity
ED telehealth programs have gained significant traction in the last 12 months and are being leveraged at health systems nationwide to augment traditional care delivery models. While not all the innovations developed during COVID-19 will remain relevant, virtual emergency care models that enhance a patient-centric experience and improve accessibility will endure.

In this whitepaper, we explore:

  • Reducing wait times with virtual providers in triage.
  • Ensuring continuity of care with virtual follow-up for discharged patients.
  • Improving clinician satisfaction and reducing hospital admissions with virtual patient navigation.

Source: InVita Healthcare Technologies
Tissue and medical device implants offer significant benefits to patients, as well as the hospitals and surgical centers that implant them. However, the potentially life-saving benefits of implants come at a hefty price.

Fortunately, there is an innovative platform that integrates the complete implant lifecycle and provides enterprise analytics. The platform’s increased supply chain visibility can help hospitals and health systems enhance patient safety, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency while improving the economics of healthcare.

Source: Notable Health
Evolving patient expectations have forced health systems to rethink how they digitally engage patients. In 2021, touchless digital registration and intake has emerged as a mission critical priority for providers.

Download this whitepaper to learn:

  • 6 essential strategies for designing and implementing a digital front door that patients love
  • Common pitfalls that delay development and reduce adoption of patient engagement solutions
  • How Notable uses robotic process automation and AI to power digital intake experiences with over 80% pre-visit completion and 97% patient satisfaction
  • How to reduce call volume by automating pre-visit patient registration
  • How modernizing patient intake can help optimize revenue cycle management

Source: NeuroFlow
Health systems have wrestled with thin margins for decades. Now, in the wake of COVID-19, it has become even more difficult to hold the line on costs while also shoring up revenue.

The good news is that organizations that champion behavioral health integration — or BHI — can accomplish both goals.

In this new report from NeuroFlow, you’ll learn how tech-enabled BHI — or tBHI — can help your organization:

  • Achieve cost savings and increase revenue
  • Reduce patient leakage and strengthen patient engagement
  • Vaccine appointment reminder check-list

Source: PatientPing
The deadline for hospitals to comply with the May 1, 2021 e-notifications CoP included in CMS’s Interoperability & Patient Access Rule is quickly approaching.

Download Part 1 of the Route to Compliance eBook Series for:

  • An overview of the CMS E-notifications CoP and all requirements included
  • Survey results revealing hospital CIO familiarity with the CMS rule
  • An assessment framework for hospitals and CIOs to find compliance solutions
  • E-notification solutions available to guarantee full CoP compliance for hospitals 

Hospital Finance
Source: R1 RCM
In today's financial landscape, optimizing the revenue cycle has become an imperative rather than an option. Achieving higher reimbursements and streamlining operations requires educating and aligning all stakeholders involved in the patient care continuum, including both financial and clinical teams. Additionally, the utilization of advanced data and analytics capabilities plays a pivotal role. 

In this expert guide, leaders in clinical documentation integrity, operations and coding share best practices and actionable tips for maximizing revenue in these trying times. Download to learn more about:  

  • The impact of a unified revenue cycle on enhancing patient experiences and improving outcomes
  • Roles of personnel, data, and technology in the revenue optimization process
  • Innovative applications of data and analytics for revenue growth strategies

Source: ClearBalance
Healthcare billing has long been a pain point for providers and patients. Labor shortages, burnout and financial strain over the past few years have elevated the importance of simplifying the billing experience to get patients engaged — and keep them engaged — in the process.

Providers have a unique opportunity to enhance financial performance through billing efficiency — but only if they're willing to take action. Download this white paper to learn about a versatile digital billing platform that eliminates administrative burdens and simplifies the payment process for patients, leading to consistent revenue and a better overall care experience.

Key learnings include:

  • Why a patient-centric mobile billing platform is central to making improvements in financial outcomes
  • Key features that empower patients and improve engagement
  • Opportunities to showcase provider's unique brand identity

Source: R1 RCM
Revenue cycle teams are frustrated. Amid inflation and other industry headwinds, reimbursements have become an even bigger point of contention for payers and providers.

In fact, one vice president of revenue cycle operations from a large academic health system recently told Becker's, "Payer behavior is the biggest threat we have to our industry."

This whitepaper outlines an exclusive discussion with health system revenue cycle leaders, who shared how they’re navigating these challenges. They offered strategies for revenue cycle improvements, including automation technology, and their ideas for bettering payer-provider relations, including:

  • Exploring service-level agreements and outside industry support
  • Building stronger relationships with managed care teams
  • Technology and capacity upgrades in RCM

Source: Consensus
While healthcare communication standards and protocols for sharing clinical documentation between organizations have evolved significantly, faxing remains the universal communication tool — even though it's a time-consuming, manual process.

However, a milestone has been reached in modern computing that can finally eliminate this workflow bottleneck: the coupling of existing optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities with modern artificial intelligence technologies such as machine learning and natural language processing. This whitepaper outlines how these technologies, working together, allow an organization to automate its fax triage process, cutting costs and improving efficiency.

You'll learn:

  • Three reasons fax remains dominant in healthcare
  • How AI can process faxes faster, more accurately and at a significantly lower cost
  • Before/after results of installing AI-based fax processing

Source: Optum  
Revenue cycle management plays a critical role in the financial success of hospitals and ambulatory care centers. But challenges such as manual processes, staff shortages, reimbursement models and coding errors can leave revenue uncollected and lead to negative margins.

A strategic partner with end-to-end, automated RCM solutions can help. These solutions can improve operational efficiency, patient experience and financial outcomes with features such as patient engagement tools, financial clearance tools, clean claim submissions and accurate coding.

This whitepaper explores how to select the right RCM partner to better address your revenue cycle pain points and increase your bottom line. 

You'll learn how to:

 
  • Improve patient experiences through scheduling and payment options
  • Optimize claims processing, reduce denials and increase patient collections
  • Integrate clinical workflows to drive appropriate care and streamline outpatient charging

 

Source: AccuReg
Enacting a preemptive revenue cycle management strategy powered by intelligent automation is the most effective way to avoid revenue loss while increasing staff efficiency and productivity.
Download this e-book to learn the five-step strategy for optimizing front-end accuracy to prevent denials, reduce administrative costs and increase yield.

You'll get solutions and strategies to:

  • Incorporate intelligent automation to improve data accuracy and optimize staff resources
  • Automate and streamline prior authorization processes to reduce administrative burden and care delays
  • Improve the patient financial experience by generating accurate cost estimates and convenient payments

Source: Finvi
Hospitals and health systems face challenges that can seem overwhelming — from the rise in denials to declining patient volumes, as well as the continuing workforce shortages and spiraling labor costs.

In this white paper, we'll explore today's RCM workforce landscape and explain how, through the combined use of AI and robotic process automation technology, RCM organizations can not only overcome the current workforce shortages, but also improve the overall productivity and efficiency of their organization.

The combination of these technologies might still be in its early stages, but the potential benefits of the AI/RPA union for RCM organizations are nearly unlimited.

You'll learn:

  • How AI and RPA can work together to automate both complex and mundane tasks
  • Common problems in RCM and how AI/RPA can help solve them
  • Specific tasks and applications for AI/RPA technology

Source: Optum
Approximately half of U.S. hospitals finished 2022 with negative margins, marking it the worst financial year for hospitals since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While margins have stabilized somewhat in 2023, hospital finances remain precarious and extremely challenging.

To better understand how hospital and health system leaders are navigating razor-thin margins, Becker's Hospital Review conducted an advisory call with CEOs, CFOs and vice presidents of finance and operations from health systems across the country. 
The advisory call participants shared their perspectives on factors contributing to margin pressures, what actions hospitals and health systems are taking to address these challenges and an outlook for the future.

Key learning points:  

  • Why margins are under such tremendous pressure
  • How organizations are responding right now
  • Why partnerships should be a key strategic consideration

Source: Omega Healthcare
As health systems and providers face financial pressures, staff shortages and regulatory changes, it is becoming even harder to keep up with clinical and administrative workloads. As a result, more organizations are investing in advanced technology as a strategy to drive efficiency, reduce costs and overcome these ongoing challenges.

Within the revenue cycle, clinical and administrative workflows like registration, scheduling, coding and billing traditionally require manual, labor-intensive tasks. But automation presents a valuable opportunity to help reduce workloads and administrative burdens with a digital workforce, allowing providers and staff to focus on improving the overall patient experience. 

This whitepaper dives into the benefits of robotic process automation — in which "bots" that mimic human behavior complete repetitive tasks — and outlines how organizations can identify the best places to implement the technology. 

You'll learn: 

  • How automation technology can help address provider organizations' key challenges
  • Where automation can be applied specifically throughout the revenue cycle
  • The differences between RPA and artificial intelligence

Source: R1 RCM
CMS recently issued the Final Rule on Medicare payment policies and rates for 2024 under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System, with changes effective Oct. 1. Now, hospital and health system leaders are working to understand how the changes will affect finances and operations at their organizations.

Stay informed with this highlights brief, put together by government reimbursement experts. It summarizes 11 key changes leaders need to know about the new regulations, including:

  • A look at the annual increase and market basket percentage
  • Updates on new and expired MS-DRGs
  • A review of the dramatic reduction in uncompensated care payments

Source: Optum
Traditional revenue cycle management processes are no longer serving hospitals and health systems amid complex payer rules, tighter margins and rising patient financial responsibility. Organizations that do not evolve risk facing the consequences of lower profits, increased labor and administrative expenses, and a decline in patient satisfaction.

In this white paper, you'll learn how front-end enhancements within your RCM to include pre-care tasks can keep your organization proactive and profitable, while creating a positive patient experience.

Read more to learn about: 

  • Automating front-end RCM functions to increase efficiency and accuracy
  • Delivering accurate patient estimates to support regulatory requirements and improve the patient experience
  • Strategies for consolidating disparate, siloed systems to improve consistency across the patient journey
  • Three simple steps to start making RCM change happen

Source: Carrot
Americans' desire for more comprehensive birthing and postpartum care has led to an enduring role in the realm of labor support: the doula.

Doulas are nonclinical professionals who can provide emotional, physical and informational support during pregnancy, delivery and after childbirth. Research shows working with a doula can reduce cesarean section rates, decrease complications and increase satisfaction with birth experiences. But because doula support is rarely covered by insurance, accessing care can be challenging.

This white paper outlines opportunities for health plans to expand access to doula care and improve outcomes, especially for at-risk populations.

Key learnings:

  • How prenatal and birth doula care can improve birth outcomes
  • The role postpartum doulas can play in improving postpartum mental health
  • Strategies for seamlessly integrating doula support with health plan coverage

Source: Dexur 
CMS released its latest quality Star Ratings in July, and Dexur had a 98 percent accuracy rate when predicting where hospitals would fall. This whitepaper provides hospital-specific guidance, which are not final predictions but provide valuable strengths, opportunities & weaknesses for 2024 and beyond. 

You'll learn:  

  • What your hospital's 2024 CMS Star Rating range is likely to be
  • Challenges hospitals face in managing CMS Star Rating and other programs 
  • How Dexur helps hospitals achieve quality excellence 

Source: R1 RCM 
Finance leaders are standing at a crossroads and must answer the following question: How do you build a strong revenue cycle in the face of fiscal headwinds and a shifting regulatory environment?

In the 2023 Revenue IntelligenceTM Data and Insights report, experts from R1 and Cloudmed examine the converging trends reshaping today's healthcare revenue cycle. The report is based on public and private data on hospital RCM performance and patient experience trends.

In this report, you'll learn:
  • Expert tips and actionable insights across 13 steps of the revenue cycle
  • How to manage complex claims, challenging payer behavior trends and adjudication lags
  • The role digital tools and patient experience can have on your bottom line 

Source: Waystar  
Denials are a consistent healthcare industry challenge, and they are often outside of a health organization’s control (think new payer rules or patients switching medical plans).

What’s the best way to stay ahead of denials in healthcare? With the proper insights and action, health organizations can prevent more upfront denials, empower staff with the right tools, and reduce revenue leakage.

In this report, we’ll dive into: 

  • Research on the current state of denials
  • Steps to prevent, prioritize, and outsmart denials
  • Real world examples on how healthcare organizations benefit from purpose-built automation 
  • Strategies to examine where denials most frequently originate and how to stay ahead of them

Source: Conifer  
The Medicaid redetermination process has begun. HHS estimates more than 8 million beneficiaries will be affected by the phase-out and will need to transition to other forms of coverage, making it even more difficult for hospitals and systems to predict and protect revenue. 

This brief whitepaper delves into effective strategies for healthcare organizations to overcome the challenges posed by Medicaid enrollments.

Healthcare leaders will learn: 

  • How to overcome barriers with state agencies
  • The importance of Medicaid recipient re-enrollment and retention of coverage 
  • Opportunities for automation within the revenue cycle process and how to implement it for eligibility and benefits verification
  • How patient-centric strategies alleviate payment-related stress and enhance a system’s payment collection success

 

Source: Finvi  
As revenue cycle management leaders continue to adapt to shifting workforce dynamics, many are struggling to effectively manage their remote employees. With the staffing shortage top of mind for these leaders, offering remote or flexible work has become crucial to recruiting and retaining top talent.

The question becomes: When teams aren't onsite, how do leaders keep tabs on staff members' day-to-day activities and ensure they're working efficiently and producing results that drive revenue recovery?

In this Finvi white paper, you'll learn about technologies — including voice and data monitoring, dashboards, performance alerts and rankings — that support real-time visibility into your account reps' daily activities and improve overall productivity.

 

Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper. 

 

Source: CorroHealth
All-too-familiar headwinds in healthcare — staff shortages, reimbursement challenges, rising expenses — aren't just costing hospitals and health systems money; they're causing communities to lose trust in their providers, too. Unpredictable billing and a perceived lack of quality and access lead to fewer patients seeking care, giving preventable health issues time to worsen and spiking healthcare costs down the line.

In a Becker's advisory call, healthcare leaders from top systems across the country shared their latest strategies and where they're finding success in solving today's most pressing problems. This e-book summarizes their insights on revenue challenges, staffing woes, payer relationships and more.

You'll learn: 

  • How leaders are mitigating staffing shortages
  • Ways to boost financial performance through tech, length-of-stay reductions and less reliance on travel nurses
  • One system's unique approach to denials management

Source: Intuitive
Return on investment has always been a focus for hospital and health system leaders, but it's taken on an even greater level of importance as organizations navigate historic financial headwinds. At the same time, investments in surgical robots remain a key way to stay competitive.

So how can organizations do a better job at validating ROI and assessing demand? Becker's Hospital Review hosted a virtual advisory call with healthcare finance leaders to discuss just that.

Download a summary of the session to learn:

  • The main challenges systems face when evaluating ROI expectations
  • Best practices and frameworks to predict costs and volume growth
  • What health systems need to generate buy-in

Source: Multiview Financial
As is often the case in healthcare, the finance team at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics (Red Oak, Iowa) formerly relied on disparate sources to assess the health and longevity of their organization. Time-consuming processes for running reports and multiple login applications meant a lot of wasted time for their financial analysts and larger team. 

In this case study, you’ll learn that the technology Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics uses streamlined accounting and financial processes and led to a 50 percent reduction in month-end close time.

You'll also see: 

  • Key features of the hospital's enhanced system that are driving efficiency and time gains
  • How they gained internal buy-in and saw enthusiastic adoption by team members
  • Support that led to successful implementation during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

Source: ProviderTrust
The vendor onboarding process at Meharry Medical College was too manual, and keeping pace was challenging. Ensuring vendor partners meet federal and state compliance requirements is integral to risk management operations

After implementing ProviderTrust’s vendor monitoring solution, Meharry was able to onboard, manage, and monitor its entire vendor network with confidence and ease in one central location.

Download this white paper to learn how: 

  • Partnering with ProviderTrust allowed Meharry to achieve automated compliance monitoring for its vendors
  • 90% of Meharry’s vendors are now verified as compliant before an invoice is paid
  • Hours of tedious and manual work were eliminated with  ProviderTrust’s solution

Source: Global Prairie
It's no secret that the RCM landscape is more challenging than ever. Staffing issues, increasing claim denials, payer pressures — the list goes on. Hospitals need an edge — something to help rescue millions in revenue.
 
If this resonates for your organization, use this guide to find out if it's time to finally invest in the efficacy and efficiency that comes from end-to-end RCM. 

You'll learn: 

  • How end-to-end solves five common, complex RCM challenges
  • What to look for in a true end-to-end partnership
  • How to raise yield by 2 to 5 percent 

Source: Finvi
With healthy revenue cycles and operating margins either scarce or nonexistent in 2023, healthcare leaders are relying more than ever on innovative tactics to promote efficiency, cost savings and staff sanity.

This e-book features a collection of Becker's top articles and insights on revenue cycle management this year — a comprehensive guide to equip you and your team with the latest, common challenges among healthcare finance executives; best practices from leading hospitals and health systems; and how organizations are adopting technology like automation for improved operations and revenue.

Download the e-book for more on:

  • RCM leaders' take on artificial intelligence
  • Spending trends for revenue cycle optimization
  • How 42 health systems are boosting their revenues

Source: Ingenious Med
Healthcare providers have long struggled to get paid for the services they render. New research shows that healthcare financial leaders continue to suffer not only from staffing shortages and bad habits left over from the pandemic but also from mounting obstacles in collecting revenue.

This white paper summarizes 95 survey responses and six interviews with healthcare financial leaders regarding their top revenue cycle challenges and the steps they are taking to address them.

Read this paper to learn:

  • What tops the list of RCM headaches
  • Where today's RCM solutions fall short
  • Why physician productivity remains challenging to measure
  • Where AI usage in RCM stands today and expectations for its use tomorrow

Source: Ingenious Med
Healthcare providers have long struggled to get paid for the services they render. New research shows that healthcare financial leaders continue to suffer not only from staffing shortages and bad habits left over from the pandemic but also from mounting obstacles in collecting revenue.

This white paper summarizes 95 survey responses and six interviews with healthcare financial leaders regarding their top revenue cycle challenges and the steps they are taking to address them.

Read this paper to learn:

  • What tops the list of RCM headaches
  • Where today's RCM solutions fall short
  • Why physician productivity remains challenging to measure
  • Where AI usage in RCM stands today and expectations for its use tomorrow

Source: One Eagle Advisory
Healthcare organizations can't afford to leave any form of financial relief on the table in today's economic landscape. This white paper summarizes how organizations can make the most of the Employee Retention Credit — a tax credit passed by the CARES Act in 2020 that can be worth up to $26,000 per employee. 

Read this brief guide to unlock the full potential of ERC and its benefits. 

Key takeaways: 

  • Overview of the ERC, eligibility and compliance requirements 
  • Real-client outcomes on total credits earned
  • Best practices for safe filing and compliance

Source: Dexur
Hospitals are often surprised by the outcomes of CMS programs and struggle to improve CMS Star Ratings. With dozens of measures and frequently changing algorithms, the Star Ratings, Hospital Readmissions Reduction and Value-Based Purchasing programs follow a complex logic that can make it hard for hospitals to find a path to improvement.

This white paper outlines concrete strategies for hospitals to excel at quality and safety and avoid surprises when it comes to the results of these CMS programs.

You'll learn:

4 reasons hospitals struggle with quality excellence
7 ways hospitals can avoid surprises and improve on CMS Star Ratings, HRRP penalties and VBP payouts
How to access predictions on CMS Star Ratings and readmissions and mortality

 

Source: Cedar
For years, Novant Health had worked to modernize their revenue cycle organization. They had leaned on mail, email, and MyChart to reach patients, and while these initiatives drove incremental improvements, they needed to take a bolder step to simplify patient billing and truly move the needle on reducing bad debt.

To address these challenges, Novant Health launched a new patient engagement and payment platform that integrates into Epic across hospital and physician billing.

Download the case study to learn:

  • The impact of launching a new platform at a health system that already made significant investments in MyChart
  • Key opportunities to enable a consumer-centric experience for patients
  • How they created a low-friction, easy-to-navigate bill payment experience for both patients and team members

Source: AKASA
With recent advances in artificial intelligence and technology, automation now has the potential to completely transform the healthcare revenue cycle. Today, automation can help simplify several laborious processes including prior authorization, denial management and insurance follow-up.

To discuss current challenges and advances in the revenue cycle, Becker's Hospital Review and healthcare technology company AKASA hosted revenue cycle and technology experts at the RCM Innovation Summit held in conjunction with Becker's 13th Annual Meeting. Organizations represented at the summit included:

  • Vermont Medical Center (Burlington)
  • Mass General Brigham (Boston)
  • Waikiki Health Center (Honolulu)
  Get key takeaways from the summit in this e-book.

Key learnings:  
  • Where to start and how to strategically expand automation
  • How to Elevate Your Revenue Cycle Staff
  • How to get the most out of your automation investment

Source: Waystar  
As healthcare organizations juggle competing priorities, the patient financial experience doesn't always make the list. According to new research, it should.

A patient's first and last interactions are often financial. And market research shows that their satisfaction and your financial sustainability are impacted by these interactions. This whitepaper outlines the latest market research and insights from 35 leading health systems on the current state of the patient financial experience.

What's in the report?

  • Research on how automation is connected to financial sustainability and patient loyalty
  • Perspectives from 35 leading health systems on what's working (and what's not)
  • Strategies to remedy gaps in patient satisfaction

Source: League
Health plans are under tremendous pressure. Macroeconomic conditions, member turnover, new competitive threats, and failing point solutions are compounded by rising administrative and IT costs and workforce shortages. 

To combat these challenges, member experience transformation has increasingly become a competitive opportunity to drive greater engagement, boost member satisfaction, and meet business and financial objectives.
 
In this report from Becker's Healthcare, executives from Highmark Health, Cambia, McKinsey and more share insights on how leaders can effectively showcase the value of their CX transformation initiatives and proven strategies to enhance the member experience to deliver on key business objectives. 

Key takeaways: 

  • A best-in-class member experience is now the strategic advantage 
  • The 4 key value drivers of CX transformation and strategies to execute them
  • Proven strategies for measuring the value of CX 

Source: Multiview Financial
After a two-year search, Robinson, Ill.-based Crawford Memorial Hospital found the enterprise resource planning software of its dreams. 

In the past, Crawford Memorial's month-end close process took two full weeks. The new ERP cut that time in half.

Multiple departments and about 60 employees at the hospital utilize the ERP for tasks including user setup, workflow facilitation and payroll interface. The financial team, along with other departments, now have easier access to valuable reporting throughout the month, which has streamlined processes and allowed for better tracking and analysis of key metrics.

Download this whitepaper to learn more about Crawford Memorial Hospital's ERP journey.

Key learnings: 

  • How Crawford Memorial Hospital cut its month-end close process by 50 percent
  • How the ERP simplified the hospital's process of tracking key metrics
  • How Crawford Memorial Hospital plans to use the ERP to accomplish future goals

Source: Flywire  
Revenue cycle departments are facing a barrage of challenges from all sides — a lack of price transparency frustrating patients, the constant threat of data breaches, and staff shortages and burnout exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, to name a few. 

It's too much for one department to handle on its own. To tackle these disparate issues, some top hospitals and systems have turned to collaboration between revenue cycle, IT and other departments with great success. 

In this white paper, leaders from Houston Methodist, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and more share how their departments banded together to improve the patient financial experience, maximize resources amid staffing shortages, and tighten cybersecurity.

You'll learn:

 
  • Strategies to drive patient-centric collaboration across your organization
  • How to meet patient expectations while keeping data safe in the digital age
  • Specific types of automation that can alleviate staffing shortages and burnout

Source: Expion Health
True to its name, the No Surprises Act is a consumer protection law designed to relieve the burden of unexpected billing. While the spirit of the law is clear, the path to compliance has been less certain for payers.

CMS audits are revealing incorrect qualified payment amount calculations, providers are continuing to send balance bills to patients, and the independent dispute resolution process is struggling to keep up with the caseload.

This whitepaper helps payers develop a better NSA compliance strategy by outlining: 

  • Three key strategies for payers to address NSA compliance challenges
  • A self-assessment to understand the strength of your NSA strategy

Source: Conifer  
In today's economy, every dollar counts — especially for health systems. 

Dartmouth Health, a nonprofit academic health system in Lebanon, N.H., aimed to improve cash collections, patient satisfaction and funding for uninsured patients. Through an eight-year partnership, it achieved 101.6 percent of its cash collection goal and a 97 percent patient satisfaction rate.

This case study showcases how the health system was able to turn its goals into a reality.

Key learnings:

 
  • How a one call customer service model resolved patient billing issues
  • How Dartmouth Health saved $15 million in cost-to-collect
  • How the health system improved single business office performance 

 

Source: Oracle Health
The modern-day revenue cycle journey is rife with pitfalls, from missed payments to changing industry regulations to roadblocks that frustrate patients and employees. To avoid leaving money on the table and getting dragged down by behind-the-scenes challenges, health systems need solutions that promote efficiency and can adapt with the times as consolidation and innovation show no signs of slowing down.

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System is staying ahead of these changes by choosing to innovate, acting as a beta customer for RevElate, a new solution from Oracle Health that advances capabilities of its existing EHR and patient accounting platforms.

In this white paper, learn more about how BayCare's RevElate pilot and find out how your health system can: 

  • Simplify and streamline the revenue cycle with a single master file
  • Preserve the integrity and efficiency of the revenue cycle
  • Cut down on errors that require time-consuming manual fixes
  • Ensure a smooth transition between revenue cycle platforms

Source: Finvi
Navigating workforce shortages is one thing, but addressing this challenge on top of the massive shift to remote work is a whole new territory for revenue cycle management leaders, who still are expected to maintain their organizations' standards for productivity and financial well-being. Doing so alone can be daunting.
 
In this Finvi-sponsored white paper, you'll read perspectives and successes realized from Dallas-based Methodist Health System and Parallon of HCA Healthcare in using tech-enabled workflows to address RCM staff shortages, improve inventory management and enhance payer engagement.
 
Read more to learn: 

  • Primary challenges that healthcare collections teams are facing today, such as increased call hold times and growing adoption of high-deductible health plans
  • The importance of measuring team progress + performance to see improvement
  • How automation drives quality, compliance and productivity for RCM teams

Source: Waystar
Wasted resources are the culprit of major hits to healthcare organization's revenue cycle, leading to low staff satisfaction and a poor patient financial experience.

Overcome the pressure of shrinking margins by increasing workforce efficiency with lessons in this e-book from Proliance Surgeons and Prosthetic & Orthotics Group.

In this e-book, you'll learn:

  • Tips to improve workforce efficiency in healthcare
  • How one specialty provider slashed staff time spent per denial by up to 30 days
  • Strategies that helped an ASC double their processed payments and foster financial growth

Source: Synthellis
Over the past decade, changes in the healthcare landscape have squeezed margins and fundamentally changed how providers get paid. Recent financial figures paint a discouraging picture for healthcare organizations — 2022 margins were down 4.6 percentage points from 2021, and total expenses rose 17.5 percent the same year.

Optimizing revenue opportunities and maximizing reimbursements are imperative for financial stability, and contract performance is critical to those efforts. This e-book details concrete steps hospitals and health systems can take to maximize revenue through better insurance contract management, and how having the right data can help them get there.

You'll gain key insights including:

  • Three ways to leverage data to maximize revenue
  • A step-by-step guide to negotiating profitable contracts
  • The types of data you need to make negotiations more productive
  • How to evaluate and improve claims compliance
  • Tips for managing denials and prior authorizations

Source: AKASA
Implementing RCM automation can improve workflows and save staff valuable time, but the wrong kind of automation can do more harm than good. 

Learn best practices from healthcare RCM leaders on how to successfully improve workflows, organizational efficiency, patient experience and more using automation.

In this advisory call, you'll learn: 

  • How to choose the right kind of automation for your organizational goals
  • How to pick the right workflow for automation
  • How to expand your perspective of ROI for automation

Source: Waystar
Healthcare organizations that offer the best financial experience are doing more than just providing modern tools. While tools like self-service payment options are important, these offerings aren't the only elements of an exceptional financial experience. 

Craft a plan to exceed patients' financial expectations with this four-step guide. 

Learnings include:  

  • Three of the top financial challenges patients and providers face
  • A full exploration of the patient financial care maturity model
  • Checklists, metrics, and next steps for each of the four-step process

Source: Experian
Patients and providers' are losing hope in patient access. With 47 percent of providers and 21 percent of patients feeling that access is currently worse than it was two years ago, it's clear that lots of work needs to be done.

Gain insights on the state of patient access and learn what you can do to improve it.

Three things you'll learn in this report:

  • Access pain points for patients and providers
  • Why providers have a more negative view of patient access than patients
  • Why providers are optimistic that patient access is about to get better

Source: Merative
The healthcare industry is facing unique economic headwinds caused by high inflation, unrelenting workforce shortages and provider consolidation.

So how are leading health plans responding to these headwinds? That is exactly what Becker’s asked senior leaders from top health plans in a recent Advisory Call.

This Advisory Call recap summarizes specific actions leading health plans are taking, which include:

  • Adapting their strategy and operations
  • Revisiting pricing strategies and ways to share cost increases
  • Leveraging value-based reimbursement
  • Tackling administrative inefficiencies and reducing waste
  • Identifying technology solutions to automate mundane tasks
  • Steering care to lower cost settings
  • And much, much more

Today’s economic headwinds aren’t going away anytime soon. Get ideas for your plan by hearing what top health plans said in this Advisory Call.

Source: Quest  
With 80 percent of health outcomes driven by nonclinical factors, it's increasingly necessary for health plans to look at member health through a more holistic lens.

These four use cases demonstrate how health plans can positively influence the full picture of member health, leading to better outcomes. 

Learn about health plans' role in:

 
  • Post-discharge coaching
  • Behavioral health coaching
  • Oncology coaching and the future of cancer
  • Cardiometabolic coaching with food delivery services

 

Source: NetApp
Healthcare payers are dealing with higher costs ­– and nowhere more so than in IT. Fortunately, cloud tools can help payers like you free themselves from expensive on-premises footprints and deliver higher levels of performance.  

  • Learn how you can massively cut your data footprint and compute costs. 
  • See where you can save time and benefit from AI and automation tools. 
  • Understand the ways cloud can help you stay on top of regulations.

Source: ServiceNow
Healthcare leaders face major financial and operational challenges every day. Amid historic headwinds, hospital and health system leaders must find ways to protect their organization’s bottom line while identifying and pursing growth opportunities.  

This new ebook features short, must-read articles on 10 key topics facing C-suite leaders today, with ideas on how to thrive amid today’s challenges.  Learn about:

 
  • How one CEO keeps staff turnover under 1 percent 
  • Growth opportunities despite recessionary trends
  • Succeeding despite the lack of access to capital
  • Overcoming net operating losses
  • How partnerships help health systems thrive
  Get crisp summations of today’s most pressing challenges with practical, real-world solutions you can apply to your organization right now. 

Source: Multiview Finance
As hospitals and health systems grapple with unrelenting staff shortages and retention issues, financial leaders must strategize how they can ease the burden on their teams — while also boosting productivity and freeing up analysts' time for more pressing projects. It's a tall order, but some organizations are seeing success with the right partnership.

In this white paper, you'll learn how Red Oak, Iowa-based Montgomery County Memorial Hospital leveraged technology to streamline its financial processes, enhance productivity and reduce month-end time to close by 50 percent.

You'll also get more details on how the hospital: 

  • Streamlined accounting functions within one login application
  • Employed its EMR to help with analysis and reporting
  • Navigated implementation challenges (during the onset of COVID-19, no less)
  • Increased staff satisfaction and buy-in


Source: NTT Data
The pandemic has shined a spotlight on revenue cycle management, forcing organizations to rethink their RCM strategy.

That’s because RCM today is fraught with challenges. It is labor intensive, exists in silos, burdens employees, lacks data and results in revenue leakage.

A new whitepaper lays out a recipe for better RCM. Key elements of better RCM include making it holistic and more automated, using prescriptive analytics and payer performance management. Results include better communication, improved employee satisfaction, decreased revenue leakage and more data to use when engaging in negotiations with payers.

In this whitepaper, you will learn:

  • Why a holistic RCM approach is far better than silos.
  • How RCM automation improves efficiency and employee satisfaction.
  • How process improvements can maximize revenue and improve team performance.
  • The importance of predictive analytics and payer performance management.

Source: Optum
Healthcare payment systems are changing rapidly — and they need to. Errors, sluggish load times and complexity are common issues with payment systems. Until now. 

Optum commissioned a survey of senior health plan executives on payment processing trends as well as opportunities and barriers to improve payments. 

This report lays out the most pressing issues affecting payment processing and details top priorities for streamlining claims payment, including shifting to a paperless system and adopting automation. 

Get this report to learn: 

  • Current state of health plans’ payment strategies
  • Top pain points and most important priorities
  • Key opportunities to streamline payments and barriers to making it happen
  • What to look for when considering a payment solution
  Claims payment is changing fast. Don't be left behind. Learn how modern payment systems can boost health plans’ revenue and improve the customer experience. 

Source: Notable
Today, four major, interconnected challenges continue to confront revenue cycle leaders as they work to ensure their organizations’ financial stability and future. The challenges, which include negative operating margins, staffing shortages, growing front-end denials, and higher patient expectations for their financial experience, have combined to create the perfect storm. 

Rather than fall further behind, revenue cycle leaders are rethinking workflows and reimagining how work gets done alongside the latest advancements in technology. There are entire organizations that are writing a new playbook, establishing new paradigms for truly doing more with less, and defining a completely new way to tackle these long-standing revenue cycle challenges.

In this whitepaper, you will learn:

  • Why now is the time for revenue cycle leaders to move beyond digitizing specific workflows and instead shift their efforts to intelligent automation
  • New approaches to evolving patient access, with a focus on eliminating denials
  • Best practices and KPIs for analyzing your denial management efforts
  • How health systems are deploying advanced technologies to drive end-to-end connectivity throughout the entire revenue cycle and reducing the overall cost to collect

Source: Vida
Health plans know that high-risk patients with chronic diseases use more care and account for more costs.

How can health plans simultaneously improve clinical outcomes, boost member satisfaction and lower costs?

The answer: by optimizing interventions for patients with chronic diseases that lead members to the right care at the right time. Effective chronic care interventions improve outcomes, close gaps in care and achieve meaningful cost savings and ROI. In fact, there are interventions with guaranteed year-one cost savings.   

Learn about these interventions in the new whitepaper – The ROI of Virtual Health: How Better Outcomes Drive Cost Savings for Health Plans.

This whitepaper explores: 

  • What drives ROI for health plans
  • How to achieve guaranteed costs savings and ROI from interventions in year 1
  • How optimized interventions improve outcomes and member retention
  • How to provide flexible options for your population and specific cohorts

Source: PwC
Becker's Hospital Review and PwC recently surveyed 120 revenue cycle leaders, C-suite leaders, VPs and directors.

Among the survey's key insights:

Labor shortages are decimating revenue cycle teams
84 percent of organizations are behind on cash collections
Denials are up, in some case 20 percent higher than previously

But there are solutions to accelerate the revenue cycle and improve cash collections. See the survey results and insights from PwC revenue cycle experts that highlight the importance of:

  • Leveraging data to decrease denials
  • Using automation and technology to improve efficiency
  • Upskilling revenue cycle teams and forming strategic partnership

Source: Waystar
This year, the healthcare industry will continue to face increasing pressures and unprecedented challenges.

Trends in healthcare payments will shift as the industry weathers financial instability, scarce resources, and staff burnout.

But even amid changing competitive and regulatory landscapes, many healthcare providers are thriving. They’re finding ways to do more with less, improve patient outcomes, and drive innovation.

Download this report to unlock current trends in healthcare payments for 2023, as well as proven strategies to help revenue cycle teams succeed.

What's Inside:

  • Dive deep into top trends in healthcare payments for 2023
  • Find new opportunities to foster financial growth
  • Discover revenue cycle strategies to achieve your mission

Source: EnableComp
The Department of Veteran Affairs has made significant changes to improve how it partners with hospitals in supporting Veteran care, but hospitals are still struggling with old processes that drain resources and impact timely and sufficient reimbursements. This whitepaper explains the intricacies and challenging processes of the VA so providers can successfully capture revenue for these complex claims.

You'll learn:  

  • How changes in the VA influence Veteran benefits today
  • Pitfalls that make it challenging to work with the VA 
  • Effective ways to capture reimbursement for services rendered to Veterans

Source: Quest  
Chronic kidney disease places an enormous burden on the healthcare system. Roughly 37 million Americans have CKD, though 9 in 10 adults with this condition don’t know they have it.

To date, kidney care has focused on diagnosis and treatment. But 1 in 4 patients "crash" into dialysis, where dialysis must be initiated urgently with no opportunity for patients and providers to discuss treatment alternatives or make optimal decisions.

What’s needed is "crash prevention" by using predictive intelligence to identify patients likely to need future dialysis, leading to earlier intervention.

Download this white paper on The Kidney Care Paradigm Shift. It focuses on:

 
  • Predicting & preventing advanced CKD
  • Identifying at-risk patients earlier through predictive intelligence
  • Benefits of avoiding emergent dialysis

Treating CKD is costly and inefficient, but doesn’t have to be. Discover a new paradigm that leverages predictive intelligence for earlier intervention.

Source: Notable
In today’s economic environment, health systems can’t afford the increased denials and prolonged accounts receivable days caused by inaccurate front-end data. As staff shortages persist and labor costs increase, manual workflows to review and correct patient data on the back end are not sustainable.

To succeed, revenue cycle leaders need to transform the first interaction many patients have in their care experience into a competitive differentiator, manage ever-changing payer rules, and navigate an exacerbated workforce shortage. Leading health systems are automating front-end processes to eliminate back-end administrative burden – removing patient and staff hassles that compromise quality, impact reliability, and escalate cost.

In this whitepaper, you will learn:

  • Why common approaches to revenue cycle improvement fall short
  • The role of intelligent automation in strengthening the front end of revenue cycles with higher accuracy and faster payment, without additional headcount
  • How a leading health system decreased authorization-related write-offs by 55% and saved nearly 3,000 staff hours

Source: Multiview
Healthcare finance departments need an effective way of procuring reliable data to empower the decisions they make every day. 

Enterprise resource planning software can increase efficiency by providing quick access to a wide range of information, which can also allow the organization to reduce its operational costs. 

Explore how enterprise resource planning software can help decrease the need for manual tasks and save on overhead costs while still delivering quality care.  

Key takeaways:

 
  • Defining healthcare finance KPIs
  • The importance of tracking healthcare finance KPIs
  • The challenges of legacy software in healthcare



Source: Keybank
The perfect storm of COVID-19, staffing shortages and a switch to value-based payment models are leaving healthcare organizations struggling to keep up with a constantly shifting industry.

KeyBank and Cain Brothers are helping healthcare organizations remain flexible and agile. Hear from three industry leaders to learn how your organization can be prepared for upcoming challenges.

  • Agapito “Aga” Morgan, commercial healthcare leader, Key Corporate and Commercial Bank
  • Dave Morlock, managing director, head of health systems practice, Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets
  • Kellen Williams, senior manager of business development, Laurel Road, a brand of KeyBank

In this whitepaper you will learn how:

  • The healthcare landscape is expected to shift in the coming years
  • Value-based care will reshape the industry
  • Organizations can be forward-thinking in multiple dimensions

Source: R1 RCM

Patient financial obligation reached $491 billion in 2021, and the self-pay portion for patients with insurance now accounts for nearly 60 percent of bad debt. The standard model for patient payments is no longer sufficient.

In this ebook you'll learn:

  • How health systems can achieve substantial returns with an integrated technology and services approach
  • The components of a bold new patient payment model
  • How to create a seamless patient experience that drives higher revenue performance

Source: Waystar  
In the wake of COVID-19, an estimated 48 million people in the U.S. lost their jobs. This spike in unemployment caused many people to lose employer-provided health insurance. Loss of coverage at this scale has a major effect on healthcare providers’ bottom lines.

What can providers do?

Take proactive steps to find hidden insurance coverage among patients who present as self-pay. Results include increased collections from patients and payers, decreased bad debt and improved financials.

A new white paper contains insights on maximizing self-pay revenue through better coverage detection.

Key learnings in the whitepaper focus on:

  • Why you’re missing billable insurance coverage
  • The impact of missing or hidden coverage – which includes writing off bad debt
  • 4 ways to find insurance for self-pay patients
  • Selecting the right coverage detection technology to meet your organization’s needs
  • How coverage detection works


Source: Waystar
Revenue cycle leaders know the staffing crisis in healthcare is not limited to clinical functions; there’s also a revenue cycle staffing crisis.

Based on increasing revenue cycle work and a shortage of skilled workers, it is impossible to hire enough people or ask current employees to work harder.

It’s time to work smarter, not harder. What does working smarter in the revenue cycle mean? It means finding innovative ways to do more with less.

Download for best practices on:

 
  • Developing a smarter revenue cycle and administrative strategy
  • Cutting down on outdated manual processes
  • Streamlining existing processes with intelligent automation
  Learn more about what intelligent automation is, how it works, which revenue cycle tasks are best automated and what the benefits are

Source: Ingenious
As the fallout from the pandemic lingers, healthcare organizations are seeing expenses rise faster than patient volumes or revenues. Negative margins will continue through 2022 for many, and with little likelihood of relief from payer rates, it’s harder than ever for CFOs to sleep well at night.

This whitepaper covers how to best support CFOs today, and how organizations can implement these five steps to improve financial health:

  • Improve patient data and charge capture
  • Improve coding efficiency
  • Help the team avoid burnout
  • Monitor physician and organization performance
  • Minimize risk and optimize value-based care
  • Source: Multiview Financial
    Finance teams want access to real-time information to make informed, data-driven decisions. But this information is often lacking.

    90 percent of respondents to a recent Becker’s/Multiview survey said data analysis is important to achieving their organization’s financial goals, yet only 25 percent have access to robust real-time information to drive better financial performance.

    As a result, finance teams are often caught up doing time-consuming “Excel gymnastics.” Many finance teams are more focused on preparing financial statements or getting through audits than making data-driven decisions.

    Gain insights from this recent survey among financial leaders which include:

    • Why “liquid” data and real-time data are so important
    • The unique challenges faced by finance teams at small hospitals
    • Effective solutions that enable finance teams to make real-time, data-driven decisions
    • Why vendor partnerships are key to data-driven decisions and increased operational efficiencies

    Learn what it takes to go from manual, Excel-based processes to real-time, data-driven decisions.

    Source: Vida
    Limited grocery options, minimal access to healthcare in rural areas and lack of public transportation are all examples of social determinants of health that your members can and do face. Couple these factors with the rising rate of cardiometabolic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity, and you're looking at the perfect storm for your members.

    Based on these challenges, a virtual care solution that only caters to the tech-savvy hoping to shed a few pounds isn't going to cut it. This report shares how a SDOH-attuned, virtual solution can offer your members access to:

    • Personalized eating plans that fall within their budget and food accessibility
    • Accessible, human-led care — even with limited access to technology
    • Cognitive behavioral therapy-based coaching to address underlying causes
    • Health literacy skills to sustain future success

    Source: Waystar
    Recent projections suggest hospital margins will be down 37 percent in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels. A host of challenges have left half of U.S. hospitals operating in the red. In this environment, identifying opportunities for cost savings is more than important — it's mission critical.

    This e-book comprises three case studies featuring large health systems — Cincinnati-based Mercy Health, Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare and Aurora, Colorado-based UCHealth. These organizations reduced costs and increased collections by delivering better patient financial care. Read this eBook to learn how your organization can:

    • Increase agency collections by 10 to 15 percent
    • Decrease denials related to authorizations by 46 percent
    • Boost point-of-service payments by 30 percent

    Source: Experian

    Get a pulse on the current claims environment based on an all-new survey tied to responses from those who are responsible for reimbursements.

    Sample findings:
    • Denials are increasing. 30 percent of respondents say denials are increasing between 10 percent to 15 percent.
      • LEARN: Discover the top 3 reasons this is happening.

    • Automation is considered critical. 52 percent of respondents upgraded or replaced previous claims process technology in the last 12 months.
      • LEARN: Where are organizations turning for automation technology?

    • Everyone is looking for improved performance. 78 percent of respondents say their organizations are at least somewhat likely to replace their existing claims management solution if convinced something else can deliver better ROI.
      • LEARN: How do providers define ROI in the claims process?


    These themes are further broken down based on survey answers to aide revenue cycle leaders with near- and long-term strategy and planning.

    Source: Waystar
    The market shifts over the last two decades have resulted in a steep uptick in patient financial responsibility for care, with patient revenue now surpassing that of many healthcare organizations’ largest insurance payers. But patients face financial and economic challenges of their own, making it critical for organizations to be proactive about how to meet patients' needs and clearly communicate financial expectations.

    Read this report to learn how to retain patients in a competitive marketplace and keep your organization running smoothly.

    You'll learn:

    • Ways to lead with open + honest communication to provide compassionate financial care
    • Strategies to create better connections with your patients
    • How to improve patients’ knowledge about payments

    Source: Multiview
    The healthcare finance teams of the future will no longer have a narrow focus on balance sheets, income statements and cashflow projections. These teams will become stewards of their organization's data, working to drive better financial performance through better strategic decision-making.

    This e-book examines the future of healthcare finance and is informed by the real-world experience of hospital leaders and financial experts.

    Key learnings include:

    The tenets of agile financial planning
    The keys to great financial partnerships
    How a lean five-member finance team at a nonprofit provider transformed fiscal operations

    Source: Flywire
    Healthcare in the U.S. is notoriously expensive, including for many people covered by insurance — a reality underscored by the role medical debt plays in more than 60 percent of bankruptcies. However, as innovation continues to rapidly improve various elements of healthcare delivery, the patient financial experience for most remains inconvenient and burdensome.

    How to deliver patients a more transparent, convenient financial experience was the focus of a leadership summit as part of Becker's Hospital Review 12th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Summit participants included technology leaders and top executives from hospitals and health systems around the nation.

    Key learnings include:

    • How to digitize and personal the patient experience
    • How solutions powered by artificial intelligence can enhance front-end patient engagement
    • How to build lasting relationships with patients

    Source: RevSpring
    Healthcare CFOs rank “consumer trust as the top driver of strategic change” and an overwhelming majority (83%) say “consumer engagement is an increased organizational priority.” Why are trust and engagement so high on the priority list for healthcare leaders?

    Building and sustaining trust yields myriad benefits for providers and patients:
    Increasing patient retention
    Improving appointment adherence
    Generating positive referrals
    Strengthening healthcare outcomes
    Yielding positive patient survey results

    Our guide describes how providers can achieve these considerable benefits. Connected communication built on insight—and seamlessly linked throughout the entire patient experience—drives impact. Technology is key, but so is understanding each patient. Equally important: harnessing proven strategies for using digital communication in ways that resonate with individual consumers.

    Take a moment to download and read our guide on getting patient communication right. It clearly details the relationship between communication and trust, and how providers can use modern tools and strategies to achieve positive, consistent and connected engagement that builds patient trust and loyalty.

    Source: Optum
    The health care system continues to rapidly transform. COVID-19 spurred billions of investment dollars in research, vaccine distribution, digital infrastructure and virtual care. Consumer expectations are also shifting.

    Leaders are now exploring the need for scalable, innovative alternatives to succeed. But they also must contain costs. With data from more than 150 health plan, provider, employer, life science and government leaders, plus insights from industry experts, this research report checks in on:

    • Health care's greatest challenges
    • Priorities for a sustainable health care system
    • What progress has been achieved
    • Near-term investment priorities

    Source: Waystar
    Each year, approximately 45 percent of Americans plan to change their coverage level, which has a cascading effect on their benefits, in- and out-of-network options and transparency into their patient financial responsibility.

    All of these changes expose healthcare providers to potential front-end errors that can ultimately result in higher denial risk or non-payment from patients. Furthermore, as employees change jobs at a record pace and float in and out of exchanges, it's easy to see why accurate eligibility verification remains elusive for many providers.

    In addition to patients changing plans, payers are continually updating member rosters and benefit databases. Payers have shifted much of the member experience and relevant benefit information to online payer portals, which leaves providers to rely on disjointed sources of information and outdated EDI solutions. What’s more, each payer approaches this differently despite established standards-based bodies like CAQH.

    Today, it’s not just about whether a patient has coverage. Eligibility is based on specific benefit levels (i.e., copays, coinsurance), in- and out-of-network determination, authorization and deductible/out of pocket information for a specific care episode. It’s not surprising that front-end staff sometimes get it wrong.

    What's inside:
    Why eligibility is no longer a commodity and what providers must have to ensure eligibility is accurate
    A real example of payer analysis
    How providers are using purpose-built automation to do less manual work and still get more (and better) benefit rules coverage, and therefore estimation accuracy
    Examples of provider use-cases with results

    Source: Mastercard
    Healthcare fraud schemes can do major harm to hospitals, patients and payers. Healthcare fraud schemes are becoming increasingly complex, and many cannot be detected by current payment integrity solutions or manual investigation. Industry experts understand that healthcare fraud schemes will continue to become more sophisticated.

    Healthcare technology leaders must take action to modernize fraud protection. If they don't, the industry will continue to fall prey to many more of these schemes.

    This two-part guide offers insights into emerging best practices in fraud protection. Key learnings include:

    • An overview of the healthcare fraud landscape
    • A snapshot of a real-world fraud case
    • An examination of the role technology plays in both fraud protection and fraud susceptibility

    Source: Multiview Financial
    As James River Home Healthcare service offerings evolved from their early beginnings, reporting on different business functions became a challenge. The CFO was inundated with exporting, revising and re-importing spreadsheets, just to get a baseline of how the organization was performing financially. Like most growing health organizations, James River Home Healthcare had built strong financial processes for a small organization. Procedures needed to evolve. Read about how James River Home Healthcare created consistency and speed in reporting and access to data by implementing a new ERP.

    Source: CommerceHealthcare
    Technology is transforming the business and delivery of healthcare. This transformation has the potential to make the lives of clinicians, finance teams, administrators and patients easier.

    This report is based on emerging data and examines the state of innovation in healthcare. The report also identifies specific innovation enablers and details the three pillars necessary for crafting a successful digital transformation strategy.

    Additional learnings include:

    • Five technologies driving innovation in healthcare finance
    • Four benefits of system integration

    Source: R1 RCM
    Hospitals and health systems are operating in a new healthcare environment where market pressures and changing federal policy is leaving little room for errors. A standardized and integrated RCM strategy can drive a health system's financial performance and minimize administrative burdens.

    This white paper from R1 RCM will offer best practices to help health systems jump-start their financial recovery efforts. You will learn how implementing standardized processes, automation-driven technology and transparency allows hospitals to thrive financially.

    Source: RevSpring
    With inflation rising and stretched paychecks, healthcare organizations must be thoughtful about how they reach and communicate with patients regarding medical bills.

    To drive better payment results , healthcare organizations must shift to thinking of patients as travelers. Instead of viewing a fully paid balance as the fastest way to a destination, data analytics enable organizations to identify patients that may need to take a slower route, or payment plans, to pay their bills. Effective use of analytics can also pinpoint patients who would benefit most from financial assistance.

    Download this short guide to learn more about the benefits actionable intelligence provides. Key learning points:

    • How tailoring billing statements can lead to receiving payments an average of 15 days sooner
    • How linking analytics with appropriate OmniChannel strategies for each patient increases self-service payments by an average of 6.5 percent
    • How the precise use of dynamic patient portals can generate $250,000 to $2.33 million more in additional revenue

    Source: Optum
    There's never been a more urgent need to build a stable and sustainable health system. As healthcare leaders look forward, they see many familiar challenges, including margin pressures, consumerism and growth. But they also see some new ones, including an even tighter labor
    market and greater demand for enhanced technology-enabled experiences.

    This e-book will help get you started prioritizing the path toward a sounder financial footing. Seize the opportunity to truly meet the needs of everyone in your community by mastering the five fundamentals for financial performance in a new era of health care.

    In this e-book, you'll learn how successful healthcare organizations handle their:

    • Cost management
    • Revenue integrity
    • Workforce optimization
    • Digital infrastructure
    • Growth strategy

    Source: PrimaHealth Credit
    The cost of dental care can be prohibitive for many patients. Instead of coming in for regular care, many decide to delay treatment until their dental care needs become urgent. At the same time, dental practices must juggle relationships with multiple finance companies to help patients pay for the care they need. All of this results in uncomfortable patient conversations and added administrative burden for staff.

    During a February advisory call hosted by Becker's Dental + DSO Review, a group of DSO leaders — including several CEOs — discussed current pain points related to patient financing and potential solutions. This article contains five key takeaways from the conversation.

    Learnings include:

    • Why patient financing presents a challenge for most DSOs
    • Why juggling multiple agreements with finance companies creates administrative burden for staff.
    • Why staff training is essential to supporting a better patient financial experience.

    Source: InstaMed
    The Trends in Healthcare Payments Annual Report is distributed every year to start a conversation and be a catalyst for change. This year, the report shows that the impacts of the pandemic are still felt in every corner of healthcare — only digital growth seemed impervious to the constant changes of the pandemic.

    The year's report explains how the turmoil of the pandemic is continuing to affect trends in healthcare payments, as well as displaying data that paints a clear picture of what healthcare needs to move forward.

    Download the report to learn more about:

    • How efforts to improve price transparency fall short
    • The role that social determinants of health play in the payment experience
    • The changes needed to advance digital channels in healthcare

    Source: AMN Healthcare
    Many trauma centers fail to capture a significant percentage of trauma activation charges, which leads to lost revenue.

    Proper reimbursement depends on appropriate documentation and reporting.

    AMN Healthcare Revenue Cycle Solutions delivers significant benefits. When AMN Healthcare partners with trauma centers, it leverages optimal reimbursement necessary for financial stability. A positive financial impact from a successful billing program can transform a trauma service from a cost center into a revenue generator.

    Source: Allscripts
    From leveraging artificial intelligence and other logic solutions to practicing revenue cycle management optimization advice, this white paper features the voices and perspectives of designers and managers who work across disciplines to ensure organizations can regain a solid financial footing. These experts deliver a comprehensive look into the many factors organizations should consider as they begin rebuilding and looking toward the future.

    This Allscripts whitepaper explores topics including:

    • How logic-based solutions drive better operational outcomes
    • Accelerating revenue cycle optimization
    • Perioperative supply conservation post COVID-19
    • Artificial intelligence and bot technology in revenue cycle processes

    Source: Cloudmed
    It's no secret that hospitals and health systems are under tremendous pressure. Labor shortages, supply chain issues, regulatory changes, and margin erosion, among various other challenges, make this an extremely difficult environment for health system finance and revenue cycle leaders.

    Frequently mentioned is the idea that technology can help health systems operate more effectively and efficiently in this climate. One technology receiving a great deal of attention is robotic process automation (RPA).

    To learn more about the adoption and use of RPA in the revenue cycle, Becker's Healthcare conducted a survey in November and December 2021 among U.S. health system leaders. This survey looked at adoption of RPA in the revenue cycle, how RPA is being used, expected benefits, expected ROI and considerations when selecting vendors and software solutions.

    With about half of survey respondents having adopted RPA within their revenue cycle, RPA has progressed beyond the early adopters to the mainstream.

    While finding the organizational resources and bandwidth to implement RPA will be challenging, the benefits and ROI likely provide a compelling business case.

    Source: VisitPay
    Although more patients than ever are paying their healthcare bills online, many are still frustrated by surprise expenses, insufficient access to insurance and explanations of benefits, and a lack of customer support.

    During a Becker’s Hospital Review advisory call in December, VisitPay, an R1 company, hosted a session to explore the changing patient financial engagement landscape and what consumers perceive as a successful billing experience. This ebook details six key takeaways from that call.

    Read the ebook to learn:

    • Key ways the patient financial engagement landscape is changing
    • How to better address patients’ billing needs and preferences
    • Why personalized billing helps health systems achieve better outcomes

    Source: CommerceHealthcare
    Healthcare Finance Trends for 2022 details 11 trends that carry significant implications for the economic and operational well-being of health systems, hospitals and physician practices.

    From this report, you will gain insight into the following key trends (and more):

    • The latest financial data reveals the ongoing challenges. What you can expect with a long-tailed recovery.
    • How providers and patients are responding to mounting financial pressures.
    • Global supply chain breakdowns are impeding recovery for hospitals and health systems. What this means for your organization and what’s next.

    Access our study to learn more about what financial executives, like yourself, are challenged with and how they are responding.

    Source: Phreesia
    Today, patients’ out-of-pocket responsibility is determining a larger percentage of provider revenue than ever before. And with reimbursement challenges growing, healthcare organizations are facing new realities about how to maximize profitability in a changing landscape.

    The takeaway? There has never been a more important time to modernize your patient payments workflows.

    This whitepaper outlines the best practices and strategies to improve payment processes, increase front-end collections and give patients the modern, convenient financial experience they want.

    Read this whitepaper to learn:

    • Easy-to-implement tips to streamline payment processes and increase efficiency
    • How technology can help you automate and standardize time-of-service collections
    • Why offering flexible, consumer-friendly payment options helps improve patients’ healthcare experience

    Source: Waystar
    The rise of consumerism in healthcare adds yet another dimension to an already challenged revenue cycle. With ever-changing rules regarding patient benefits and payor reimbursement, providers need to find a way to successfully work around the uncertainty.

    Download this whitepaper to learn:

    • How to turn the challenges of consumerism into opportunities.
    • How to create a flexible, personalized payment experience.
    • How to engage patients across multiple channels.

    Source: Waystar

    14 must-read articles on emerging challenges and opportunities

    The last two years have challenged hospitals and health systems in unprecedented ways. Revenue cycle leaders have overseen shifts to a remote workforce, navigated staffing shortages, managed billing and collections in the face of mounting financial pressures, and adapted to changing patient expectations and rising consumerism. Leaders have achieved varying degrees of success amid this vast disruption and uncertainty. Now, they must look to the future and prepare for what's next.

    This collection of articles explores the most consequential revenue cycle trends, challenges, and opportunities for the new year. Topics include process optimization through automation, what finance leaders need to know about recent CMS actions, financial benchmarks necessary to sharpen RCM, and more.

    Your journey to revenue cycle success in 2022 starts here.

    Source: Multiview Financial
    Multiview Financial believes healthcare finance teams will move beyond providing balance sheets, income statements and cash flow projections. Finance teams will become the stewards of data across an organization. As healthcare continues to adapt to technological, environmental, social and governance shifts across the globe, facilities will need to understand how this impacts their day-today and how to measure it.

    This measurement will come in the form of having real-time and immediate financial data. And this will create an evolution that will help healthcare finance teams get out of the back seat and steer the strategic direction of a healthcare organization.

    Download this eBook to learn a myriad of insights, including:

    • The Future of a Data-Driven Healthcare Finance Team
    • Healthcare Accounting: Using Agility to Fight the Status Quo
    • What is a Healthcare ERP?

    **https://go.beckershospitalreview.com/the-future-of-healthcare-finance-0

    Source: CareCredit
    In healthcare and beyond, consumers have growing expectations for how companies deliver on financial transparency. Providers consistently face customer confusion with costs, lacking financial integration and a reliance on outdated practices as they look to shore up their revenue cycles.

    But growing transparency is a multi-channel journey that is fundamental to patient loyalty and overall satisfaction.

    In this whitepaper, learn:
    • How patient understanding of billing and costs are crucial to their overall experience.
    • What holds most healthcare providers from moving toward a transparent revenue model.
    • Steps providers can take to deliver on transparency without compromising their current practices.

    Source: Savista
    Regulation F is a major change in bad debt collections that requires significant immediate modifications to avoid regulatory exposure, branding problems, and an avalanche of lawsuits from consumer’s attorneys. These new mandates require health care providers make process and documentation decisions and provide the necessary information to their collection agencies before November 30, 2021. Failure to do so results in compliance risks, legal exposure, or the cessation of debt collection.

    Download our Market Update to get the latest information on Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F) final rules.

    Objectives:

    • Learn what it is, why it is important and the implications of failure to comply
    • Review the approved communications with debtors that further defines harassment, abuse, and unfair practices (Rule one)
    • Understand the requirements for and timing of disclosures of bad debt collection (Rule two)

    Source: Cerner
    An efficient, high-functioning revenue cycle is key to any healthcare organization’s operational success. Often times, health systems and hospitals have people, processes and technology on hand to reduce the cost to collect, streamline their workflows and deliver a better experience for patients — they’re just not being used to their fullest potential.

    Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with four revenue cycle experts from about the value of evaluating and optimizing. They described what optimization is, how it works and the benefits to both EHR users and patients.

    Source: Sound Physicians
    CMS announced their intention to transition the current Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program from voluntary to mandatory, which implies substantial reimbursement risk for hospitals.

    In this whitepaper, experts from Sound Physicians, who has experience managing over 400,000 episodes and $10 billion in at-risk spending, share what this transition means for hospitals, including:

    • Annual financial implications relative to hospital size
    • Importance of hospital-physician alignment under mandatory bundles
    • Three potential models CMS could select 

     

    Source: Accureg
    While price transparency mandates have been in effect since Jan. 1, initial audits reveal widespread noncompliance among hospitals. A new proposed ruling would significantly increase annual monetary penalties up to $2 million for a 550-bed hospital beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Price transparency is here to stay, and hospitals that continue to play this high stakes game will pay greatly. Get your copy of the eBook to learn how to avoid millions in financial penalties, improve patient satisfaction and increase revenue using integrated patient access and engagement.

      Download this eBook to learn: 
    • How to meet price transparency compliance and what stiffer financial penalties are at stake in 2022 under the newly proposed rule
    • How automating critical functions in patient access helps maintain the data integrity necessary to generate accurate price quotes, increasing your ability to collect payment prior to service
    • Why a consistent patient financial experience is critical to increasing patient satisfaction and trust, and why aligning price estimates and quotes requires one platform
    • How combining a machine-readable file, patient-facing estimation tools and payments exceeds compliance measures, enables consumerism and maximizes revenue

    Source: Savista
    The massive loss of insurance coverage due to coronavirus-related unemployment created a growing population of uninsured and underinsured patients. This influx of eligible Medicaid and community benefit participants, fueled by states’ adoption of Medicaid expansion, poses an opportunity and challenge for healthcare providers. The shortage of trained staff and the changing healthcare landscape provides an opportunity for providers to look “outside the box” to maximize Medicaid enrollment, maintain eligibility, reduce costs and increase revenue. Discover how to guide patients through the complexities of government and community assistance.

    Source: Payzen
    To combat rising out-of-pocket costs, hospitals are turning to fintech to improve cash-flow and provide a better patient experience

    Hospitals are all too familiar with the patient affordability crisis. Patient responsibility has more than doubled in the past 20 years and is expected to double again within the next ten.

    Still, too many hospitals rely on in-house teams and traditional patient financing solutions that simply don't work. Not only do these programs strain internal resources, but they produce a poor patient experience while bringing in only 15 to 35 cents on the dollar on average for patient responsibility after insurance. With the right solutions and financing options, hospitals can increase collections while at the same time taking debt off their books without recourse.

    This whitepaper contains:

    • An overview of the patient affordability crisis by the numbers
    • Five ways to transform patient affordability
    • How Geisinger used fintech to boost collections by 80 percent

    Source: RSource
    Yale New Haven Health decided to partner with RSource, a company that provides patient-centric, customizable receivables management solutions that maximize and accelerate cash collections for healthcare organizations. The goal? For RSource to serve as a relationship-building extension of the team so the health system could resolve these denials in the most patient-friendly manner possible. It wanted a vendor partner that would truly put patients first and cater to their needs and preferences.

    Learn more about the partnership here.

    Source: CommerceHealthcare
    This ebook shines a light on payments, one of the most prevalent components of the patient journey. We often think of patient payments as the process' final interaction, but it's important to recognize patient payments are a crucial element in pre-service, point of care and post-service.

    In this ebook, you'll learn:

    • The current payments context driving urgency for change
    • The leading pain points along the patient financial journey
    • A three-step playbook for implementing a versatile payment strategy that enhances the patient experience

    Source: Notable Health
    With mounting margin pressure, unsustainable headcount growth, and more work than any team can reasonably absorb, health systems must modernize their revenue cycles. Because of this, it’s no surprise that more revenue cycle leaders are being approached by their executive teams with the question, “what are you automating in the revenue cycle?”

    Download the guide to learn:

    • The basics of intelligent automation, including artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA), and the role they play in a touchless revenue cycle
    • How to prioritize use cases for intelligent automation based on business, human, and automation impact
    • How to define the ROI for intelligent automation in the revenue cycle
    • Why a test and learn approach is necessary to scale quickly and drive impact

    Source: Argos Health
    With the implementation of the MISSION Act in June 2019, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs created a program to provide easier access to non-VA facilities for veterans.

    Since the launch of the Community Care Network, providers have found themselves dealing with the VA more and more. Just as this new program was getting off the ground, however, COVID-19 led to hospital staffing shortages, the retirement of experienced employees and reduced productivity due to remote work arrangements.

    VA claims can be a significant source of hospital revenue, but they require specialized knowledge to bill and collect.

    Hospital CFOs and revenue cycle leaders can benefit from this white paper to learn:

    • How the various VA community care programs operate
    • Why working with the VA is not the same as working with a typical insurer
    • How the VA denial and appeal process differs from that of other payers
    • Why outsourcing may be the best way to ensure every possible dollar is collected on these claims

    Source: Mastercard
    The healthcare industry loses hundreds of billions of dollars each year to fraud, waste and abuse alone. Healthcare insurers detect only a small fraction of suspicious claims, resulting in rising healthcare costs and higher premiums for patients. The industry faces increasingly more complex schemes such as provider fraud (e.g. phantom billing, upcoding, excessive billing), member fraud (e.g. borrowed or stolen ID) and pharmacy fraud (e.g. non-existent patients, “doctor shoppers”).

    However, there is a solution: Proven AI technology increases accuracy in healthcare fraud detection while minimizing false positives.

    Read this whitepaper to learn how:

    • Proven AI fraud prevention technology is being applied to healthcare fraud, waste and abuse
    • Advanced AI detects and prevents fraud before the claim is paid
    • Higher detection rates and fewer false positives allow you to focus on more complex FWA schemes

    Source: Ludi
    The U.S. hospital industry, mobilized with unprecedented speed in the battle against COVID-19, is quickly implementing new programs, technology and protocols to treat and protect patients. However, in the wake of this response, hospitals are also grappling with a critical operational gap: How to pay their physician partners. Why? Because the processes that support physician compensation at many hospitals are inadequate and outdated. This causes operational bottlenecks, heightened compliance risk and a reduction in physician satisfaction and financial ROI. 

    To address these issues, many hospitals plan to invest in physician payment automation technology. But what is physician payment automation technology? How can it solve the physician pay dilemma? And why have other technology solutions, such as contract management systems, failed in this area?   In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:
    • Common barriers hospitals face in paying doctors and how to overcome them
    • The benefits of physician payment automation and how various departments, from finance to compliance to doctors themselves, can take advantage of this type of approach
    • Actionable steps hospitals can take to evaluate physician payment technology based on their specific needs

    Source: CareCredit
    Despite rising consumerism, the healthcare financial environment hasn't gotten more accommodating for patients. A recent poll from NORC at the University of Chicago and the West Health Institute found 40 percent of patients would say the prospect of paying medical bills outweighs their desire or need for healthcare services.

    In a June advisory call, finance executives from health systems like Banner Health, Methodist Health System and Spectrum Health discussed how they're prioritizing the patient's financial experience.

    Key takeaways from the discussion were featured in a whitepaper. Which include:

    • Strategies on patient education, personalization and price transparency
    • How training, technology and recognition leads to staff support
    • The power of finding a partner for patient financial services

    Source: Arthur J. Gallagher
    The 2021 Retirement Survey Report highlights how COVID-19 has altered the retirement timetable for many employees. Data was collected from 277 organizations in an online survey conducted between August and September 2020.

    The 2021 Retirement Survey Report provides detailed information and insights on how organizations responded to the impact of COVID-19, including:

    • Addressing employee financial stress
    • Managing their fiduciary responsibilities and limiting fiduciary liabilities
    • Evaluating plan design and more

    Source: Gordian
    In those early, uncertain days of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and healthcare providers relied on collaborative teams to survive the onslaught of sick patients that walked through their doors. With facilities requirements in flux and the healthcare industry embracing flexibility in the wake of the pandemic, decision-makers must use all the tools at their disposal – including value-based construction project delivery, a data-driven procurement model designed around the concept of value-based care.

    In this white paper on “Value-Based Construction: A Modern Approach for Today’s Healthcare Challenges”, you will:
    • Learn how to identify a collaborative value-based approach to construction using data and software to create a more flexible and adaptable healthcare facility
    • Discover alternatives to the fee-for-service model of construction
    • Learn how verified construction procurement data can help control costs

    Source: ServiceNow
    When hospitals improve experiences for their employees, they also improve their care delivery, corporate performance and brand perception.

    Onboarding new employees is an incredibly time-consuming and oftentimes money-wasting process. By implementing digital workflows into the onboarding process, hospitals can make it easier and faster for clinicians to begin seeing patients.

    Download this infographic to learn how digital workflows improve the way hospitals manage onboarding and other clinician lifecycle events. 

    Source: ABILITY Network
    Leaders need to protect their vulnerable workforce, yet at the same time, budgets are tight, and costs must be contained, so investing in staff scheduling methods may not be top-of-mind. But, without making changes, hospitals will miss more opportunities to engage staff and save money. Ultimately, it costs more to do nothing.

    This practical guide contains scheduling strategies that will empower staff, reduce turnover, boost productivity and cut costs.

    Source: Flywire
    Although most healthcare organizations started their digital transformations prior to COVID-19, many have found that the pandemic has accelerated initiatives in the areas of telehealth, clinical services and price transparency.

    This white paper synthesizes an advisory call that Becker's Hospital Review and Flywire hosted in April with CFOs and revenue cycle executives from organizations like Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ochsner Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. During the call, leaders discussed how they use technology to improve patients' financial experiences and how the shift to virtual care is affecting their operations.

    Learning points:

    • How leaders are prioritizing price transparency and automation
    • The benefits of digital tools targeting patient affordability
    • The value of digital front doors

    Source: Optum
    This white paper outlines the opportunity for health leaders to rethink their revenue cycle strategy as a whole and leverage strategic partnerships as a new pathway to accelerate innovation and reduce risk.

    Download this white paper to learn:

    • How to accelerate technology and process innovation
    • The differences between traditional outsourcing and a strategic partnership
    • 5 key reasons to adopt a partnership model
    • Structuring a partnership to share more risk and gain more benefit
    • Things to consider when selecting a strategic partner

    Source: AccuReg
    Consumers expect the same online conveniences from their healthcare providers as they do from retail giants like Amazon or travel industry leaders like Expedia. Add increased safety demands amid COVID-19 and price transparency rules advocating for a better patient financial experience, and change is inevitable. The time is now to embrace fully integrated digital patient access, intake and engagement — to delight patients and grow your bottom line.

    Download this e-book to learn why implementing a single, integrated digital patient access, intake and engagement platform is critical to improving patient and staff safety and satisfaction while increasing net revenue.

    Source: Spectrum Enterprise
    In an era of rapid digital health transformation, healthcare organizations recognize that their telehealth strategies must continue to evolve and adapt. Instead, the challenge is figuring out how to cover the cost of what seems like constant telehealth advancements.

    This whitepaper, developed from a three-part study conducted by HIMSS, and sponsored by Spectrum Enterprise, looks at:

    • How telehealth services evolved through the pandemic and the value of virtual care beyond the pandemic
    • How HCOs are funding telehealth advancements
    • How telehealth helps providers attract and retain patients, trim overhead costs, increase access to care and reduce appointment cancellations
    • Building a robust telehealth program that ensures strong patient outcomes, an exceptional patient experience and long-term financial stability

    Source: Conductiv
    With the healthcare industry expecting a revenue deficit of $58 - $166 billion in 2021, now is the perfect time to explore purchased services optimization opportunities. Whether you already have a purchased services strategy in place or have yet to get started, applying a governance model to structure and scale your strategy can deliver vast improvements to contract terms, stakeholder collaboration, supplier relationships and savings potential.

    Learn about the 10 criteria used to determine the efficacy and sophistication of your purchased services efforts, and how they compare with others in the market including:

    • Spend usage and visibility
    • Contract terms and visibility
    • Leadership, staff and skillset

    Source: PatientKeeper
    Many healthcare provider organizations continue to face financial shortfalls as a result of a perfect storm of declining revenue, increased consolidation and COVID-19 impacts.

    Source: Geneia
    Research has long-suggested that a small percentage of people drive the majority of health costs, and health plans have historically struggled to identify high-cost members before the spending occurs.

    This white paper explores how identifying and focusing on the members most likely to experience chronic disease complications in the next 12 months can deliver results.

    In this case study, you will learn how one health plan:

    • Saved an estimated $7,500 for each identified member
    • Recaptured $3 for every dollar spent on case management administrative costs
    • Improved member engagement and satisfaction

    Source: Ingenious Med
    The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened existing financial, physical and emotional burdens on physicians nationwide. Some physicians charged with caring for infected patients experienced greater physical and cognitive loads, while others, such as surgeons and office-based primary care physicians, experienced plummeting patient volumes and revenues.

    Key learning points:
    • The main issues behind physician burnout
    • Effective ways to address emotional and financial stress
    • How to apply pandemic lessons to the future healthcare operations

    Source: VisitPay
    The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has generated severe financial challenges for patients and health systems. While many elements of this economic downturn are out of healthcare leaders' control, one element — the patient financial experience — is an area where health system financial teams can have more influence.

    Source: Erisa
    The current healthcare revenue landscape presents many challenges, with reimbursements declining as expenses continue increasing.

    Costly write-offs remain a problem for many hospitals and practices. This is especially the case with commercial claims, which are marked by denials and complicated, labor-intensive appeals.

    ERISA Recovery's new white paper offers an in-depth look at this topic, with a focus on:

    • How focusing on denied, aged commercial claims can improve revenue
    • Why ERISA appeals are the ideal solution for such claims
    • How ERISA Recovery operates, without impacting existing processes
    • How ERISA Recovery collects on aged claims going back up to 10 years
    • How all appeals are handled stateside

    Source: Rectangle Health
    Despite the clear pain points, for some groups, the perceived burden of implementation and training creates hesitation in moving forward with solutions to address revenue cycle challenges and recouping account receivables. This whitepaper illustrates the top three ways technology helps solve the cash flow problem in the orthopedic sector, including insights and firsthand experiences from orthopedic providers and business professionals that have recently completed a technology transformation, and their practical advice for a successful implementation.

    Source: TransUnion
    The healthcare revenue cycle has become increasingly complex over the years. For health systems to improve financial performance, RCM and finance leaders must closely evaluate and optimize every stage of the healthcare revenue cycle process.

    Highlights include:

    • Why early patient engagement saves healthcare providers money in the long run
    • How to collect from all payment sources
    • Where in the revenue cycle to implement technology-driven solutions to boost revenue

    Source: Argos Health
    ERISA affords healthcare providers the right to pursue appeals outside of any agreements with health plans, and the opportunity for additional revenue may be substantial. This white paper covers the following topics:

    • A background on ERISA and its complexities
    • Why ERISA appeals are underutilized in the hospital revenue cycle
    • Which plans are covered by ERISA
    • Which adverse benefit determinations are appealable under ERISA
    • A comparison of an ERISA appeal vs. a traditional denial appeal
    • And more…

    Source: CommerceHealthcare
    2021 is here, but that doesn't mean any of last year's challenges aren't. While no one has a crystal ball, thanks to practice experience and research, we do have a reasonable understanding of which trends will influence the industry the most this year. 

    Three learning points from the eBook:

    • The four primary challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic will mark providers' next 12 months
    • The immense burden patients and providers face due to rising healthcare costs and what to do about it
    • Insights on the technology that is altering the healthcare landscape, including telehealth, workflow automation, information security and digital payments

    Source: Flywire
    Since CMS' Hospital Price Transparency rule took effect Jan. 1, CMS has already started auditing a sample of hospitals for compliance. But what effect will the rule have on healthcare's affordability crisis?

    Additional insights from the advisory call, featured in an e-Book sponsored by Flywire, include:

    • Many systems are already providing their patients tools like online price estimators, but hospital and revenue cycle leaders are concerned that disclosing contractual rates won't be helpful for patients
    • Price transparency alone can't solve for healthcare's affordability challenge, especially as more patients have high-deductible health plans
    • Advocacy, experimentation and new technologies will all be necessary as healthcare providers promote patient engagement and revenue recognition.

    Payer
    Source: NTT  
    Recent statistics show that 7 to 10 cents of every dollar spent on healthcare goes toward paying for fraudulent claims. Meanwhile, the rise of value-based care and new technologies like AI have many payers exploring new strategies to deal with a changing reimbursement landscape. The previous focus on fraud detection and provider audit is shifting to include the unification of other payment integrity functions that were previously siloed, allowing payers to move operations from reactive to predictive.

    Health plans that take a comprehensive approach to payment integrity can reduce overall costs while minimizing low-value activity and stakeholder abrasion. This whitepaper details how payers can begin to make that shift, along with trends in the industry and considerations going forward.

    You'll learn how to:

     
    • Increase claims accuracy, enhance coordination of benefits and refine audits
    • Move past traditional data handling processes to get actionable insights
    • Use AI and machine learning to reduce billing errors and fraud

     

    Source: Vida
    The vast majority of Americans live on a spectrum of poor cardiometabolic health — only 2.7 percent US adults are living a healthy lifestyle, according to a Mayo Clinic study.

    Every year, cardiometabolic conditions, including diabetes, cost employers and health plans upwards of $500 billion dollars. Continuing to treat these conditions in silos simply won't cut it: To realize better member outcomes and health plan savings, the full spectrum of these conditions needs to be addressed, and a single platform is supporting organizations to do it.

    Read about a virtual care solution that can increase your health plan's ROI by:

    • Serving diverse populations with members of all ages, backgrounds and cardiometabolic health acuities in one platform
    • Encircling members with personalized, human-led care teams to address and treat co-occurring cardiometabolic conditions at the same time
    • Guaranteeing cost savings for health plans in the form of reduced expensive hospital visits and medical interventions

    Source: Zelis
    The days of operating a fragmented and impersonal healthcare system are long gone, and health plans are in the perfect position to attract patients by helping them scale the ins and outs of the healthcare experience. By empowering members, revenue will follow.

    Download this ebook to learn:

    • How health equity is key to driving revenue
    • The importance of the digital member experience
    • Tips to help members navigate burdensome medical bills


    Source: Vida
    Diabetes is a prevalent issue in the U.S., affecting more than 1 in 10 Americans. What's more, 38 percent of the adult population has prediabetes, and 1.4 million Americans get diagnosed with the condition every year. This trend has many in the healthcare industry hungry for a silver bullet — and the allure of permanently reversing diabetes is a seductive one, though not physiologically attainable.

    Instead, health plans must work to identify an all-inclusive remedy that offers members a realistic and effective approach to diabetes management. This guide discusses the problems with "diabetes reversal," the connection between diabetes and mental health, and more.

    Download the guide to discover:

    • Why diabetes remission is a better goal than diabetes reversal
    • Why treating diabetes and depression together maximizes positive outcomes
    • How personalization plays a critical role in effective diabetes management

    Source: Zelis
    Healthcare has never been static — both the practice of medicine and models of care have constantly evolved. However, advancements in technology and the COVID-19 pandemic may have brought the industry to an inflection point. In this moment, health plans are uniquely positioned to drive healthcare transformation.

    This collection of 10 articles touch on the significant challenges and opportunities health plans face in this transformative moment. Topics include the state of Medicare Advantage markets, population health and regulatory policy.

    Healthcare transformation is here. These articles offer an overview of where the industry is and where it might be headed.

    Source: ProviderTrust
    Across most payer organizations, provider network data is gathered and utilized in silos. Workflow inefficiencies and data inaccuracies across departments are likely costing your organization millions of dollars each year.

    Ongoing exclusion monitoring and license verification doesn’t have to be a manual, costly burden. Centralized provider eligibility and monitoring intelligence ensures data insights exist where stakeholders need it most - and empowers efficient communication across teams. Discover the benefits of one powerful platform with a flexible API that breaks down silos — improving quality of care for your members and reducing both medical and administrative spends for your organization.

    Download this white paper to learn about:

    • The benefits of centralizing provider data in one platform
    • Advantages of continuous provider monitoring
    • Alleviating gaps in your compliance program with a population-specific workflow design

    Source: Yes Health
    With 6 in 10 American adults managing a chronic disease and millions of others at risk, health insurance companies are looking for strategies and tools to help members get and stay healthier. Engagement is key.

    Health plan leaders in the areas of quality, clinical, prevention, health engagement and population health will find this case study a helpful resource in determining the types of member benefits they should offer.

    It walks through a successful chronic disease prevention program and how it used three member engagement strategies to meet its goals:

    • Member buy-in and goal setting
    • Assisting and advising
    • Accountability and follow-up

    Source: IBM
    Social determinants of health are the structural determinants and conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. Without the right data and insights, however, it’s difficult for payers to understand the social factors that affect population health and health inequities, such as housing and employment.

    During a February roundtable discussion sponsored by IBM Watson Health, a panel of executives from healthcare payers shared how their organizations are using analytics and strategies to reduce disparities, lower costs and improve outcomes. This whitepaper reviews the 6 key takeaways from that discussion.

    Source: Vida
    Depression symptoms have increased threefold since 2019, and many adults say that stress has made both their mental and physical health worse. What's compounding this issue? Mental health providers are in short supply, spelling trouble for payers and employers alike. This therapist shortage not only reduces quality of life and worsens chronic conditions, but also increases overall healthcare costs. The solution? More virtual care options.

    Download our whitepaper, "Beyond the pandemic: How virtual care leads to better outcomes," to discover how virtual care:

    • Improves outcomes through increased access and integrated delivery
    • Helps people build resilience while addressing mild and moderate symptoms before they become more severe
    • Helps hesitant populations get mental healthcare through what Vida calls the side-door approach

    Source: Verato
    Prepare for a digital future and reduce costs with a patient identity strategy and next-generation technology.

    No longer a commodity, identity data management and EMPIs (Enterprise Master Person Index's) have been reinvigorated. EMPIs are not what they used to be — and that’s a good thing.

    Learn how next-generation identity management technology has made leaps over legacy software in recent years to support health system and health plans’ goals of a clear, 360-degree view of patients and populations.

    Use this guide to:

    • Build your identity roadmap with a checklist of requirements
    • Determine the total cost of ownership and avoid capital expenditures and resource investments common to enterprise data management
    • Raise the bar on implementation & services to keep up momentum
    • Compare EMPI costs and time to value with an interactive worksheet

    Process Improvement
    Source: Medely  
    With financial sustainability top of mind for healthcare leaders, modern staffing strategies — including on-call systems, float pools, per diem employees, local marketplace platforms and workforce technology — offer practical ways to reduce labor costs and ensure facilities are properly staffed.

    In this white paper, you'll learn five strategies that cut labor expenses without compromising patient care, promote flexibility and improve workforce management.

    Download now to create a lean, efficient and effective healthcare workforce with:

     
    • Strategic staffing solutions that help manage workforce flexibility, adjust staffing levels based on patient demand and minimize unnecessary labor expenses
    • Innovative cost-reduction techniques that embrace the gig economy via local marketplace platforms
    • Data-driven decision-making with technology that uses advanced analytics and forecasting algorithms to accurately predict patient demand

     

    Source: InStride
    Long-term solutions to the healthcare staffing crisis hinge on proactive strategies: strengthening the talent pipeline, ensuring adequate levels of support staff and robust retention initiatives to name a few.

    In this white paper, you'll find takeaways from an executive discussion with CEOs, COOs and nursing and HR leaders on their short- and long-erm strategies for addressing this issue. They share:  

    • How they're forging connections with local, prospective clinical students via events + social media
    • Challenges faced in recruiting support staff for physicians
    • The need for customizing retention strategies based on community/staff needs

    Source: AMN Healthcare
    After several tumultuous years, healthcare leaders may have a reason for cautious optimism for 2024. In a recent survey, 52% of respondents said they foresee better overall organizational health over the next 12-18 months, a 15-point jump from last year. However, the challenges of recent years still loom large: staffing shortages, financial headwinds, and demand for growth and digital transformation remain top of mind for leaders.

    This white paper details the survey of 650-plus healthcare leaders and dives into the biggest trends and challenges for the coming year. From growth initiatives to recruitment and retention strategies, this report offers a wide range of insights for the year ahead. 

    You'll learn:  

    • 7 key trends in healthcare for 2024
    • Leaders' top areas of focus to drive organizational growth
    • Recruitment and retention strategies for today's workforce

    Source: Tecsys
    With mounting pressures on health system and hospital pharmacy leaders — rising costs, staffing issues, drug shortages and compliance — leveraging supply chain management best practices and technologies has become a necessity for ensuring the integrity, efficiency and safety of the pharmacy supply chain.

    In this white paper, Valerie Bandy, PharmD, MBA, BS, RPh, offers a pharmacist's perspective on the challenges keeping pharmacy leaders up at night, and describes how U.S. health systems and hospitals are mitigating and even solving them through supply chain management optimization.

    Key takeaways:

    Explore what challenges pharmacy and healthcare leaders are facing today.
    Implement strategies to mitigate the impact of several challenges through an end-to-end supply chain management solution.
    Assess and identify opportunities to centralize pharmacy services into a consolidated pharmacy service center performing procurement, operational and clinical services.

     

    Source: Cardinal Health
    When it comes to healthcare supply chain issues, there is a lot that isn't in your control: High costs, shortages, a lack of visibility and more all present challenges to supply chain leaders. That means it's crucial to select suppliers, providers and partners willing to solve common problems together. You'll also need the right data to identify the key drivers causing issues and find cost-savings opportunities.

    One university health system partnered with its logistics management provider and leveraged data analytics to spearhead better collaboration with its suppliers, helping to meet its goals and cut costs. This whitepaper details their success story and the methods they used to reduce complexity and drive savings and efficiencies. 

    Insights include: 

    • Facilitating the right conversations with stakeholders
    • Leveraging data to help lower costs, increase efficiency and streamline operations
    • Setting strategic goals that will put you on the path to success

    Source: CHG Healthcare 
    As healthcare leaders examine ways to cut labor costs while increasing efficiency, some are looking at their float pool as a key opportunity to update processes, better forecast coverage needs and reduce spending. 

    In this short guide, you'll learn how a data-driven system is helping hospitals and health systems optimize permanent, per diem and locum tenens employees, as well as streamline scheduling.  

    Download to learn more about:  

    • Key operations, processes & capabilities of a vendor management system
    • Why data and reporting empower locums processes
    • How to determine if a VMS is the right tool for your organization

    Source: Honeywell
    The healthcare industry is at a turning point. Healthcare facilities are aging, the workforce is overextended and environmental concerns are growing – yet facilities also face limited budgets to upgrade infrastructure, improve processes and reduce energy use. Many in the industry are asking: How do you modernize facilities without disrupting patient care or raising significant funding?

    With the right technology, it’s possible to retrofit, upgrade and modernize healthcare facilities while minimizing disruptions to patient care and staff workflows. 

    Download this e-book and get the keys to improving environmental, financial and patient outcomes through operating expenses and not capital expenditures.

    You'll learn how to: 

    • Improve patient care and the patient experience by modernizing older infrastructure.
    • Increase safety and security to drive staff retention and manage your reputation.
    • Implement technologies to help manage energy use and save operating costs.

    Source: Premier  
    Driven by sporadic and often unpredictable events, data shows healthcare providers are still experiencing hundreds of product shortages that can negatively affect the delivery of patient care & hinder quality outcomes. 

    Nearly half of U.S. healthcare leaders have had to cancel or reschedule cases at least quarterly in 2022 due to product shortages. Preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters, disruptions and traumatic events is essential to overall resiliency for healthcare providers, their supply chains and communities alike. 

    Download this short report to learn how your organization can future-proof its supply chain and be prepared for the unexpected. It covers: 

     
    • Resiliency best practices 
    • Quick tips for vetting suppliers
    • 3 key actions to prepare for any disruptions 

     

    Source: Checkr  
    Running background checks in the healthcare industry should be a critical part of every healthcare organization's risk management strategy. Not only can pre-employment screening help employers make more informed hiring decisions, but some background checks are often mandated by law.

    Conducting healthcare background checks requires maintaining compliance with different federal and state laws, and helps you meet certain federal funding and industry requirements. 

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn how background checks can help your organization deliver improved patient outcomes, promote a safer work environment and limit liability.

    What you'll learn:

     
    • How to think about risk management and your screening program
    • Background check laws you need to know
    • Different types of background checks and how they can help you meet regulatory requirements and promote safety.

     

    Source: CHG Healthcare  
    Siloed data plagues healthcare organizations — a trend that is especially detrimental to workforce management and cost strategies. When staffing data is tied up in multiple spreadsheets or across different departments, it can limit leaders’ abilities to make sound decisions.

    Some organizations, however, are seeing improvements in decision-making with technology that enables enhanced visibility to locum tenens staffing. 

    Download this brief white paper to learn more about: 

     
    • How business intelligence can support the entire organization
    • The key data and reporting capabilities that empower locums processes
    • Perspectives on implementing vendor management system technology

     

    Source: Wambi
    Resource and staffing constraints are prompting healthcare leaders to place greater emphasis on the health, wellbeing and satisfaction of their teams—recognizing that employee engagement is consistently associated with safer and higher-quality care.

    In this white paper, you’ll learn how the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (UHealth) is leveraging a powerful, technology-based approach to workforce engagement: sharing real-time recognition from grateful patients, families and colleagues with staff members.

    Download for access to insights on:  

    • How patient gratitude can help to combat challenges like employee burnout
    • The ways technology can streamline feedback & recognition and make it more effective
    • Why staff recognition initiatives should be prioritized now

    Source: AMN Healthcare  
    Workforce shortages have become a universal problem for healthcare organizations — but it is possible to plan ahead for unexpected staffing gaps caused by things like natural disasters, patient census spikes or EHR implementations. And with threats like a "tripledemic" of respiratory illnesses on the horizon, it's important to have your staffing and workforce partner vetted, selected and contracted so when demand calls, you can activate your staffing resources quickly to ensure you never falter during a crisis.

    While options for staffing partners abound, many specialize in only a few key areas. This whitepaper outlines how to choose a workforce partner that can provide efficiency and cost savings across your entire enterprise.

    You will learn: 

    • 8 things to look for in a workforce partner
    • How to consult and contract with the right partner
    • How one state healthcare organization handled various surges in patient volume from 2020 through 2023

     

    Source: GHX
    The healthcare sector is undergoing a massive transformation. This whitepaper can provide a roadmap for how professionals in the field of healthcare value analysis can adapt, innovate and lead in these changing times.

    For healthcare entities willing to navigate this intricate terrain, the roadmap is clear: leverage data intelligently, engage with physicians actively, be adaptable to changing regulations, invest in continuous learning, and place the patient at the center of all decisions. As challenges arise, so do opportunities, and those prepared to seize them will shape the future of healthcare.

    The survey presented in this whitepaper underscores the importance of a technology-backed, collaborative, and patient-centric approach to healthcare value analysis.

    Key concepts that you will learn about:  

    • Optimized Data Management and Product Evaluations: Learn how embracing centralized tools and processes can transform price data management and new product evaluations.
    • Advancing Decision Models: Gain insights into transitioning from clinician preference or cost-based models to more informed, standardized decision-making approaches.
    • Data-Driven Healthcare Insights: Understand the pivotal role of data and analytics in steering the future of value-based care.
    • Clinical Engagement in Decision-Making: Recognize the critical need for physician involvement in value analysis and gain insights on how to close the current gap.
    • Criticality of Financial Literacy in Value Analysis: Grasp the importance of understanding key organizational metrics, such as Net Patient Revenue.

    Source: Care Logistics
    Capacity pressures have hit crisis levels at hospitals across the nation, but Mary Washington Healthcare took action and solved long-standing operational challenges. 

    Like many systems, Fredericksburg, Va.-based Mary Washington Healthcare was already struggling to handle patient loads before COVID-19. The onset of the pandemic brought operational woes to a tipping point. This short case study examines how the organization has since achieved operational excellence, with $36.2 million in financial benefits annually, safer care and strong staff satisfaction. 

    The brief report covers:  

    • How Mary Washington Healthcare's systemwide transformations led to staggering financial improvements, including savings from length of stay improvements, a reduction in healthcare associated infections and more
    • How operational excellence drives safer, higher quality care as well as strong staff engagement and satisfaction
    • Why having a partner that aligns its resources to your priorities is key to successful continuous operational improvement

    Source: DailyPay
    On-demand pay — often referred to as earned wage access — is a new approach to the traditional two-week pay period. Early access to pay provides employees with a level of financial control that allows them to avoid the expensive alternatives of credit cards and payday loans. 

    Research shows that healthcare workers are looking for companies that provide on-demand pay. A November 2022 Harris Poll survey commissioned by IntelyCare and DailyPay found that 71 percent of healthcare workers would be more likely to remain at a job if their employer offered an on-demand pay benefit than if they didn’t offer one.

    This white paper reveals research-based insights that demonstrate: 

    • The speed of on-demand pay adoption in the healthcare industry
    • The impact on-demand pay is having on employees and how it's translating into accelerated recruiting and increased retention for employers
    • How on-demand pay works so you can evaluate the potential for your business

    Source: AMN Healthcare  
    Healthcare will face elevated levels of uncertainty and risk over the next 12 to 18 months, with leaders navigating powerful, complex crosscurrents.

    This white paper examines three challenges that will dominate the industry throughout 2024: financial constraints, workforce disruption and growing competition. The crosscurrents produced by these challenges will be explored, along with their implications for talent management strategies.

    Key learnings:

    • Implications of workforce disruptions and solutions being explored
    • Organizational strategies that are taking center stage to stimulate top-line growth
    • Strategic considerations to help leaders navigate these crosscurrents

     

    Source: QGenda
    Emergencies don't take breaks. When delivering round-the-clock care, accurate data and efficient communications are vital to addressing urgent patient needs. On-call scheduling and communications play a crucial role in ensuring the right provider is available and easily contacted — every time — for faster time-to-care and better patient outcomes.

    Every second wasted tracking down the right provider can have serious repercussions. Lacking centralized visibility into who's on call, clinicians often end up searching multiple sources or accessing outdated schedules.

    With patient demand, provider burnout and turnover on the rise, this chaotic approach to on-call scheduling is simply not sustainable. Rethinking on-call scheduling must be a top priority.

    Download the e-book to: 

    • Uncover the high-stakes consequences that on-call inefficiencies can have on patient care.
    • Discover how a unified on-call platform improves accuracy and efficiency.
    • Identify best practices for choosing an on-call scheduling solution and ensuring a thoughtful and structured implementation.

    Source: Intuitive
    da Vinci-assisted surgery has seen a boom in the last decade as more data emerges about its clinical and financial benefits, while the open and laparoscopic modalities decline. Younger surgeons are also making robotics a priority: 77 percent of resident applicants believe that da Vinci surgery will be very important in their future, meaning organizations that offer this experience may have an easier time recruiting.

    It's clear hospitals and health systems looking to keep up with innovation and attract top surgeon candidates need to implement or expand robotic surgery programs. In this ebook, experts from New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare detail how their systems got started and the benefits they've seen from their da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery programs.

    You'll learn:

    • Meta-analysis data on robotic surgery outcomes
    • The right investments for long-term success in the robotic surgery space
    • How to expand your robotics program without breaking the bank

    Source: Flatiron
    Care variation is a persistent problem throughout healthcare — and reducing it is especially important in oncology, where unwanted care variation negatively affects all aspects of cancer care, including operational efficiencies, financial goals, clinician burnout and patient outcomes. 

    Oncology leaders are on top of it: In a recent survey, 90 percent said they saw reducing care variation as a priority. Yet many organizations still rely on multiple manual processes to standardize care, which adds to the total cost of care and burdens clinicians and administrative staff. 

    This whitepaper dives into insights from 134 oncology leaders on their priorities, strategies and views on the future and details how organizations can more easily achieve care standardization. 

    You'll learn: 

    • What clinical pathways leaders are already doing to reduce care variation at their cancer centers
    • How to identify and tackle sources of unwanted care variation
    • The tech solutions that can help reduce costs, improve patient outcomes and unburden staff

    Source: ShiftMed
    The nation's persistent nursing shortage has forced healthcare organizations to get creative with staffing. Many hospitals are finding success by turning to on-demand marketplaces, rather than travel agencies, to find available nurses.

    This white paper outlines how hospitals can use W-2 marketplaces as a bridge to hire permanent nurses and ensure uninterrupted patient care. From streamlined staffing to risk management, find out how these platforms redefine workforce excellence, elevate patient outcomes and reduce overall expenses.

    Key Points:

    • How an on-demand local workforce reduces overall expenses while continuing to engage, support and attract your workforce
    • How a nurse marketplace leads to less reliance on agencies, lower labor costs and increased retention rates

    Source: Commure
    Workplace violence has become all too familiar for healthcare workers in the U.S. With violence in these settings at epidemic levels, hospitals and health systems must act to assess unique risks in their organizations to foster a safer environment for all staff members and patients. 

    This white paper overviews key statistics on violence in healthcare settings today, how legislative measures may change requirements for organizations, and proactive measures that mitigate risks. 

    Learning points:

    • Understand the growing scope of workplace violence in healthcare & the cost to patients, staff, and organizations at large
    • Gain insights for conducting a thorough risk assessment of  your workforce's safety, wellbeing, and preparedness for workplace violence
    • Discover potential sources of workplace violence and determine how to address, deescalate, or prevent each of them as quickly and efficiently as possible

    Source: Interlace Health
    Even the most efficient process can use a good check-up now and then. For instance, paper-based informed consent processes could be hindering your patient and staff experience, as well as financial performance.

    Every part of the consent experience can be improved with a digital process that puts people over paperwork. Digital consent collection enables your staff to collect an eSignature from the patient at the bedside or during an appointment. No paper is ever needed. The form is instantly available to the care team — anywhere, anytime and on any device. On average, eConsent users save more than 10+ minutes per consent completed and two to three days of archiving per consent.

    This e-book examines how a simple change in your current consent process can have an outsized impact on your organization and community. 

    Learning points: 

    • The true costs of paper and manual errors
    • How digital consent collection can improve patient and staff experience, decrease surgical delays and eliminate equipment costs

    Source: AMN Healthcare
    Healthcare organizations have struggled to address staff turnover, vacancies and the overreliance on agencies for the past three years.

    This white paper outlines how one of the top academic medical centers in the nation used innovative enterprise workforce management approaches to address these challenges, including establishing an internal agency pool. See how the organization optimized its use of external agencies and travelers while achieving an 86 percent registered nurse fill rate consistently over the course of 2022.

    Key learnings:

    • The strategic, three-layer protocol used to deploy team members
    • The technologies necessary to centrally manage all staff
    • The unique employment model that helped improve retention and bring back nurses who had left the organization

     

    Source: Medely
    Healthcare organizations face overwhelming difficulties in delivering optimal care amid high turnover rates and increased patient demands. 

    Many organizations are using managed service providers, vendor management systems and staffing agencies to address these challenges. However, these solutions are outdated, costly and often make managing staff and resources overly complex. 

    In this whitepaper, industry experts share innovative, technology-driven approaches to mitigate staffing shortages while managing rising labor costs to ensure sustainable, high-quality patient care. 

    Key learnings:

    • The shortcomings of outdated staffing solutions 
    • How technology can optimize internal resource management, enhance staff scheduling with external resources and improve operational efficiency

     

    Source: AMN Healthcare
    Nurses' views toward their profession have only worsened since 2021. To meaningfully address the critical workforce shortage and reduce current risks to patient care and hospitals' financial stability, it's time for collaborative action. 

    In this 2023 Survey of Registered Nurses — the most comprehensive one of its kind — you'll see the viewpoints of more than 18,000 nurses that show the depth of the problems they're facing today. In addition to insights on the pandemic's effect on career and job satisfaction, and mental health and well-being, you'll also learn proven, actionable solutions to help support the healthcare workforce.

    Source: CareRev
    In today's healthcare labor market, demand for nurses outweighs the supply – and studies indicate that will remain true for the foreseeable future. So how can hospitals stay competitive and level up their strategies to retain top talent?

    Having the flexibility of a reliable, on-demand workforce is critical for retaining staff. This whitepaper dives deeper into actionable solutions for retaining top talent, enhancing patient care, supporting your clinical staff, and reducing labor costs.

    Learning points: 

    • 5 key strategies to retain top talent
    • Tapping into a flexible, pre-qualified clinical talent on demand
    • Overcoming implementation barriers
    • How to keep your facility at the top of the ‘best places to work’ list

    Source: Trusted Health  
    This 102-page handbook is a comprehensive overview of how leading hospitals and health systems are implementing workforce models that address the root cause of the nurse staffing problem – lack of flexibility – to ultimately cure their nurse staffing crisis and get out of daily symptom management.

      As chronic understaffing has impacted nursing departments across the nation, tireless efforts to hire more nurses than the year before, working long hours, or devising elaborate incentive programs to drive shift pick up, have all come up short… if not failed. This Handbook empowers nursing leadership with;  
    • An overview of ten different flexible workforce models
    • A process to conduct an organizational assessment to choose and build the right staffing model for your environment
    • Defining the nuts and bolts of best practice staffing and scheduling policies, and how to choose the right workforce technology
    • A look into the future of nurse staffing with the power of AI and predictive modeling

     Authored by Danielle Bowie DNP, RN, NE-BC, The Flexible Workforce Handbook [IBSN: 979-8-9888856-0-3] outlines a plethora of best practice recommendations, based on 16 years of Workforce Transformation experience, alongside leaders across variety of organizations in developing innovative workforce strategies to meet their staffing needs. The Handbook concludes with tools, such as a checklist for implementing an internal staffing agency, that help smooth implementation of the book’s ideas to reality. 

     

    Source: Optum
    Urgent priority shifts are taking center stage for health care leaders and the economic environment is shaping today’s decision-making. Consumerism, the workforce crisis, digital initiatives and the demand for health equity are all shaping the health care landscape in 2023.

    With data from 150 health care leaders across health plans, providers, employers, life science organizations and government agencies, this 2023 research report reveals: 

    • Where progress has been made
    • Healthcare's greatest challenges
    • Priorities for a sustainable and equitable system
    • How leaders are advancing on the path to value
    • Governance, investment and partnership priorities 
    Learn how C-suite leaders are approaching these topics and what they see as critical risks and opportunities in the development of a modern health system that best serves individuals, the workforce and collaborators across the industry.

    Source: EvidenceCare
    Care variation significantly reduces the quality of care for patients and costs hospitals millions of dollars every year. The over, under, or unnecessary utilization of healthcare services and resources stems from factors such as outdated habits, differences in medical training, and lack of transparency.

    Hospital leaders have attempted various strategies to address care variation, however, none have been fully successful because they aren’t addressing clinical variation in real-time.

    In this report, we share effective strategies to reduce care variation, improve margins, and ultimately enhance patient outcomes.

    Key points that our readers will learn from the paper: 

    • The root causes of clinical variation and why it’s important to address.
    • Effective ways to reduce care variation, and how to combine them into an effective strategy for your health system.
    • How to give real-time feedback on care utilization and cost information that help physicians make more informed care decisions.

    Source: QGenda 

    The nurse labor shortage has hit a critical point with record levels of early retirements, job changes and exits from the profession. Maintaining status-quo retention strategies is no longer viable, as traditional approaches raise labor expenses and lower operating margins.

    To ensure financial stability, immediate action is essential. In this ebook, you'll learn six key strategies to engage and optimize internal nurse resources to help you reduce premium labor spend while making progress in addressing the staffing shortage.

    You'll also learn:  
    • Today’s top workforce management challenges and why current initiatives are not sufficiently addressing the problem.
    • Creative approaches to retaining nurses and reducing premium labor spend.
    • How your current strategy compares to best practices + where there's room for improvement in nurse retention, resource optimization, and labor cost control.

    Source: Notable
    Patients expect simple, intuitive, self-service experiences like they get when shopping on Amazon or booking a vacation through Airbnb.

    Instead, they’re asked to make phone calls and endure long hold times to do something as simple as schedule an appointment or pay a bill.

    Using lessons learned from three leading health systems, this whitepaper offers best practices for optimizing patient engagement with an automation platform.

    Discover how:

    • Automation drove $2.8 million in annual cost savings for one health system
    • Proactive patient engagement can close thousands of care gaps in a short time
    • Leading health systems can 2x the number of new patient appointments without creating more work for staff

    Source: GHX
    Inaccurate inventory records can cause unexpected delays in demand fulfillment and lost revenue for healthcare organizations. 

    The right inventory partner can take the stress out of audits, prevent waste and save time. But choosing a partner is a decision that should not be taken lightly. Find out how to evaluate physical inventory count services in this guide.

    Key takeaways: 

    • How to ensure robust and extensive inventory reporting
    • Which tech and platform features to look for
    • How to approach due diligence in the evaluation process

    Source: Privia
    Whether thin or negative margins, workforce shortages, or inflation, the complex challenges confronting health systems today are just the tip of the iceberg.

    Yet there’s another layer to these myriad issues: alignment with important community-based physicians.

    The relationship between health systems and physician groups is evolving. Ongoing headwinds necessitate better performance in both fee-for-service and value-based arrangements for health systems and their physician partners. The progression of value-based care will either help address or continue to compound the problem. Health systems that fail to adapt their care model and redefine their relationships with employed and independent physicians will continue to face financial challenges.

    However, a growing number of systems, such as Health First, Novant Health, and OhioHealth, recognized this opportunity and reevaluated their broader network strategy through a partnership with Privia Health.

    “We recognized Privia as having best-in-class practice management solutions and population health capabilities,” Leelee Thames, MD, Senior Vice President & Chief Value Officer at Novant Health Enterprises, told the American Medical Association. “It’s not a vendor transactional relationship. You're part of something bigger, and, as a physician, there is empowerment in working alongside your colleagues towards something greater to improve patient outcomes.”

    Privia’s model aims to unite diverse specialties in a cohesive physician network that enables health systems to stabilize their existing physician footprint, possibly expand geographically with a capital-efficient alignment vehicle, and thoughtfully increase their experience and potential success in risk-based arrangements. This adaptable, complementary, and comprehensive model aligns hospital-employed and community physicians across four key domains: 

    • Strategic
    • Financial
    • Structural
    • Cultural 
    Download the whitepaper for an in-depth look into how Privia’s flexible model supports medical groups and health systems of all shapes, sizes, and geographies.

    Source: SAI360
    Vendor risk management is crucial to ensure outside partners meet the needs and compliance requirements of the whole organization. But how can healthcare organizations identify the potential threats and vulnerabilities to protected health information?

    Effectively managing vendor risk doesn't have to be a burden on your organization's resources.

    This white paper details the vital steps you can take to protect your organization and covers:

    • How to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities to an acceptable and suitable degree in accordance with HIPAA
    • Best practices for identifying threats and protecting protected health information
    • Leveraging technology to reduce operational cost and improve compliance

    Source: JLL
    The "silver tsunami" continues to impact hospitals and health systems, with many of their most experienced facilities managers retiring. This reality has led to staffing challenges at healthcare facilities nationwide — at a time when demand for facilities managers is booming.

    Because it takes six to nine months to fill these vacancies, the time for healthcare organizations to focus on succession planning is now. This whitepaper outlines how to ensure a strong future for your organization's facilities management even as demand outpaces supply of FM professionals.

    You'll learn: 

    • Why facilities managers are key to attracting and empowering your talent
    • How to build a robust FM platform to minimize the impact of personnel changes
    • How recruiting and training candidates from other fields can help fill crucial talent gaps

    Source: Premier
    Ongoing workforce challenges, product shortages and inflation have underscored the critical role of healthcare supply chain resiliency and its impact on timely, cost-effective and high-quality patient care.

    More than 75 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they expect supply chain challenges to worsen or remain the same over the next year. But leaders have learned valuable lessons since 2020, helping the healthcare supply chain evolve and become stronger as it emerges from the pandemic.

    This white paper dives into responses from a broad cross-section of healthcare and supply chain leaders who shared what challenges they're still facing — and what they're doing about it.

    Download the whitepaper to get: 

    • Survey insights from hundreds of leaders on their biggest challenges
    • Strategies for handling risk prevention and mitigation, among other pressing issues
    • Comprehensive recommendations for advancing a stronger supply chain

     

    Source: UiPath
    Health systems' technology investments are ramping up — this year, 95 percent of providers are expected to purchase new tech that can boost productivity and ease labor costs and demands, as well as address burdensome administrative tasks that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. Many organizations are turning to one promising tool in particular: automation.

    In this e-book, you'll read insights gleaned from an executive discussion with healthcare and IT leaders — from organizations like Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph Health and New Albany, Ind.-based Baptist Health Floyd — on the opportunities they see in robotic process automation to reduce staff burden, raise employee satisfaction, mitigate turnover and build a stronger workforce. 

    You'll learn: 

    • How automation can empower clinical staff to work at the top of their licenses 
    • Why technology can't (and shouldn't) replace the human aspect of care — and why it's critical to effectively communicate this to staff
    • Generating buy-in for new technology

    Source: Holon
    The Healthcare Industry Report offers a deep dive into the pressing issues healthcare leaders and workers are facing today.

    It includes perspectives on staff burnout, turnover, artificial intelligence and other topics capturing a holistic view of well-being in the industry.

    Download this whitepaper to get the full picture.

    Four key findings:

    • 79 percent of healthcare leaders and 77 percent of healthcare workers have been struggling with burnout in 2023.
    • 62 percent of healthcare workers and 52 percent of healthcare leaders want to leave their job.
    • 72 percent of workers are "extremely interested" in technology that would cut down on time spent on administrative tasks (compared to 37 percent of leaders).
    • 70 percent of healthcare leaders believe there is potential for ChatGPT and generative AI to improve care delivery.

    Source: Cardinal OFL  
    Amid labor shortages and financial challenges, healthcare organizations must look in all areas for savings and efficiencies while maintaining quality patient care. ASCs are no different. But with limited time and resources, it can be overwhelming to know where to focus attention and make a significant impact.

    This article offers suggestions on how to overcome some key challenges and contribute to overall surgery center success by optimizing shipping operations.

    Key learnings: 

    • Offset the impact of rising supply costs
    • Drive efficiencies even with limited resources
    • Maintain clinician satisfaction and quality patient care

    Source: AMN
    When a prestigious East Coast academic medical system wanted to establish an internal agency as well as a centralized way to manage both internal and external staff from a single platform, they turned to AMN Healthcare.

    Access this short case study to learn more about creating efficient processes and automation that can result in a savings of 20 percent on your labor spend.

    This report spells out how to:

    • Reduce complexity
    • Provide savings
    • Support an internal agency

    Source: Waystar
    When increasing denials and staff attrition are the norm, it's easy to see why organizations are constantly facing frustration and financial strain. Add the shift of financial burden onto patients and rapidly evolving technology into the mix, and it's a recipe for revenue cycle challenges.

    The current landscape is rocky, but with the right strategy, financial stability is still within reach. Using decades of industry expertise and real-world data, this e-book details the top challenges revenue cycle leaders face today and offers step-by-step instructions on refining processes, implementing change and making the most of your healthcare RCM software.

    You'll learn:  

    • The top 4 challenges for today's revenue cycle leaders
    • Insider tips for evaluating your current process and creating an improvement plan
    • 7 step-by-step processes that revolutionize your revenue cycle

    Source: Cardinal Health OFL
    As hospitals confront persistent financial challenges, leaders are assessing every component of the enterprise to identify cost savings that won't undermine care quality. Streamlining shipping and logistics management is a strong contender for savings, but misconceptions exist that often prevent leaders from fully realizing this opportunity.

    This white paper debunks four common healthcare logistics management myths for leaders and shares how they can maximize shipping efficiencies and savings.

    Key learnings: 

    • The most common logistics management myths 
    • The biggest opportunities for cost savings 
    • How to make more cost-efficient decisions about shipping modes

    Source: UiPath
    Hospitals and health systems nationwide are buckling under three extreme pressures: a crippling administrative burden, clinical workflows anchored in the pre-digitalization era and persistent staff shortages that make it difficult to ensure a positive patient experience and scale delivery of personalized care.

    This whitepaper explores how health systems can use automation technology to help relieve the stress and inefficiencies associated with day-to-day operations. The report also outlines best practices for deploying technology effectively and includes survey insights from 117 healthcare leaders about their priorities for technology implementation, automation efforts and reducing staff burnout.

    Key learnings: 

    • The consequences of excessive administrative workloads and staff burnout
    • 3 documentation workflows that are ripe for automation
    • Tips for successful implementation of automation technologies

    Source: Waystar
    The first half of 2023 is almost behind us, and ASC leaders know there has been no shortage of ups and downs — reimbursement pain points, staffing gaps and efficiency concerns alongside growth and demand. This complex mix of challenges and opportunities calls for reflection and strategizing what's next. 

    In this e-book, you'll find 10 short articles that will prepare you and your organization to finish the year strong, including:

    • A streamlined guide on anticipated Medicare payment shifts for the top 10 ASC procedures
    • Orthopedic and spine ASC leaders' main concerns for the year + opportunities they see
    • A cheat sheet to run a thriving ASC, with perspective from 55 industry leaders — including CommonSpirit Health (Chicago), Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore) and more

    Source: LeanTaaS
    The economics of healthcare has never been more challenging than it is today. Hospitals and health systems don't have adequate free cash flow to build new operating rooms or beds. Meanwhile, staff shortages and the possibility of worsening patient experiences remain major concerns. The only viable option for hospitals and health systems to survive and grow is to derive more value from existing assets.

    With better capacity management, organizations can handle more OR cases without having to add staff and resources, reduce length of stay by identifying and eliminating barriers to discharge, and schedule staffing levels proactively based on more accurate demand forecasts. 

    During an April summit hosted by Becker's, healthcare leaders nationwide came together to discuss strategies and best practices surrounding capacity management. This white paper offers a summary of the discussion and includes perspectives from the following organizations:

    • Gundersen Health System (La Crosse, Wisc.)
    • UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.)
    • Rush University Cancer Center (Chicago)
    • Nebraska Medicine (Omaha)

    Source: Luma Health
    Smartphone users get more than 63 notifications per day on average, and if a healthcare system isn't attuned to what a patient cares about, they will inevitably add to the digital communication noise. This leaves digital tools like EHRs and online scheduling unused and patients disengaged with their care and providers. 

    The key to bridging the digital disconnect is meeting patients right where they are. To understand patients' wants and needs around communication, proven strategies and feedback directly from patients are vital.

    This white paper collects strategic recommendations backed by data science, turning more than 700 million data points from 650-plus leading healthcare organizations into actionable best practices for your organization — no matter your current tech stack.

    You'll learn: 

    • Three concrete steps to bridging the digital disconnect and building better patient relationships 
    • How to maximize your investment in SMS and reach patients more effectively
    • How to get patients to follow through with scheduling appointments online — and showing up

    Source: Medtrainer
    High staff turnover, increased scrutiny of education credentials and rapidly advancing technology are creating new roadblocks and challenges for credentialers.

    In this changing landscape, old processes like manually scanning and filing credentialing information can overwhelm staff and leave more room for errors and delays. A standardized online process can eliminate many of these issues — yet only 33 percent of healthcare organizations are using digital credentialing, according to a 2023 poll.

    This white paper breaks down the digital credentialing process and explains how it increases speed and accuracy to keep your revenue intact.

    You'll get:

    • Tips to speed up your credentialing process
    • Features to look for in digital credentialing solutions
    • A cost analysis of existing credentialing processes

    Source: PS&D
    Traditional healthcare employers are no longer just competing with other hospitals and health systems for providers. They're now vying for top talent alongside technology companies and retail giants.

    In the face of a provider shortage, disrupters are adding even more complexity to the already-challenging provider recruitment environment. This white paper from Provider Solutions & Development explores healthcare delivery disrupters, how they are making their mark and impacting the provider pipeline and what you can do to stay competitive.

    Key learnings:

    • Who's causing the healthcare delivery disruption — and how
    • What disrupters' potential impact will be on the provider pipeline
    • How to rethink recruitment to be competitive in today's healthcare landscape

    Source: CareAllies
    Multiple chronic conditions per patient are on the rise. For already overwhelmed clinical teams, this translates to greater need for complex care coordination, polypharmacy and patient engagement — no easy feat for the many facilities that are short staffed, resource strapped and operating based on fragmented patient data, all while trying to effectively administer value-based care.

    Many hospital and health system leaders are realizing how delivering better data to physicians when they need it most —at the point of care — addresses the care quality, cost and time issues they're facing daily.

    In this white paper, you'll learn about the people, processes and technology a physician group leveraged to ensure staff had access to the right data at the right time, and the outcomes that ensued, including higher rates of preventive screenings for mental health and cancer, closer monitoring of patients' A1C levels and boosted CAHPS scores. 

    Read more to learn:  

    • The greater need for patient centricity today
    • Challenges and solutions to delivering better data insights to care teams
    • Current and future innovations + partnerships that support value-based care delivery

    Source: QGenda
    With incessant financial pressures and physician shortages in healthcare, getting new providers credentialed, enrolled and scheduled quickly and accurately is more important than ever. If your credentialing system isn't easing administrative burden or expediting the process, it's time to consider a new approach — for the betterment of your staff, efficiency and bottom line.

    In this e-book, you'll learn why streamlined credentialing is crucial to provider engagement, accelerating time to patient care and faster reimbursements.

    Download to learn more about:

    • The impact the credentialing process has on provider and staff satisfaction, as well as financial results
    • Five common challenges facing the market and signs that your credentialing system is holding your organization back
    • How addressing shortcomings here helps health systems to complete credentialing faster, more accurately and with ease

    Source: Tecsys
    Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has achieved what many have long believed impossible: integrating pharmaceuticals into its broader healthcare product supply chain processes to gain complete transparency into all supply purchases and inventory.

    This groundbreaking work has placed the health system in a national leadership position for building an end-to-end, automated and digital supply chain across its network.

    Read about Parkview Health's success in driving down costs, improving efficiencies and capitalizing on savings opportunities.

    Key takeaways:

    • Strengthen alignment between the supply chain and pharmacy teams for greater efficiency and significant cost savings.
    • Develop a centralized pharmacy supply chain distribution model while ensuring regulatory compliance.
    • Gain transparency into drug inventory to make data-driven purchasing decisions to support patient care.

    Source: Phreesia
    Most healthcare leaders recognize that young people enjoy using digital tools to schedule appointments, make payments and engage with their doctors. But do older adults feel the same way? 

    Here’s the reality: People over age 65 enjoy using technology, and they want it to play a bigger role in their healthcare experience. Patients of all ages are flexible and forward-thinking, and they aren’t afraid to try new things. And if healthcare organizations don’t embrace digital tools, they may risk losing patients to their competitors.

    Phreesia surveyed more than 500 adults aged 65+ about how they want to manage their care, including how they want to check in, manage appointments, make payments and engage with their providers. We dive deep into the survey results and explore their implications in our white paper, Older adults and technology: Creating an age-inclusive, digital-first patient intake strategy.

    Read the white paper to learn: 
    • How older adults feel about using self-service healthcare technology
    • Which digital tools older adults would use in the future, if given the option
    • Key strategies to increase access, make payments easier and help older adults become more activated in their care

    Source: Lumeon
    Of all the potential uses for automation in healthcare delivery, care coordination should be at the top of leaders' lists. Research suggests that failure of care coordination accounts for up to $78.2 billion in wasteful industry spending.

    Automated "care orchestration" — well-connected data and actions across multiple systems that enable staff to better coordinate patient care — can help hospitals and health systems sidestep many operational inefficiencies and yield significant return on investment. 

    This white paper offers a research-backed case for automating care coordination, with compelling insights on: 

    • The major financial and operational pressures healthcare delivery networks face — and how this trajectory can change
    • How care orchestration lowers the cost of care, encourages clinicians to perform at the top of their licenses and promotes better patient experiences
    • Case studies that show sizable improvements with automation, like 60 percent reduction in total cost of care, 130 percent increase in care team capacity and an 82 percent decrease in clinician time spent in patient charts

    Source: AMN Healthcare

    To better control costs and ensure access to flexible staffing options, some health systems have opted to establish internal agencies.

    This whitepaper walks through the key components of establishing an internal agency, including the use of analytics, strategies to acquire staff, and deployment methodologies to deliver staff to areas of need.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

    • Analytic inputs used to identify proper numbers of core and flexible staff
    • Effective strategies for acquiring and deploying staff
    • How a multilocation East Coast academic medical system saw success with a tech-enabled internal agency

    Source: Infor  

    Today's workforce challenges are putting pressure on healthcare organizations to find staffing solutions that work. Conventional strategies are no longer good enough; the industry must make significant adjustments to operations and culture.

    To enact real change, prioritizing staff wellbeing must be a strategic goal. Discover ways to put the power back in the hands of your staff.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn:  
    • Ways to improve nurse retention rates
    • How to reenergize burned out employees
    • Practices for enhancing employee flexibility and autonomy

     

    Source: Optum
    The healthcare workforce is at an extraordinary intersection of pressure, change and transformation. Organizations are coping with high levels of churn in front-line workers, quiet quitting by mid-level staff and early retirement of their most experienced clinicians.

    This white paper identifies the root causes of workforce upheaval and offers five key strategies for healthcare organizations to methodically adjust policies, procedures and practices for immediate stability and long-term growth. 

    Uncover strategies for balancing supply, demand and system transformation through: 

    • Reconnecting talent to purpose and performance
    • Finding the right relationship between people and technology
    • Expanding the use of intelligent data
    • Building an anywhere, anytime workforce
    • Mapping an enterprise-wide workforce strategy

    Source: Notable
    Despite tremendous investment in digital solutions, the vast majority of patients do not use their providers’ digital tools. This whitepaper examines how health systems leaders are focused on both delighting patients with personalized experiences and capturing high-fidelity data to ultimately drive revenue.

    It also details how leading health systems like Intermountain Health have successfully deployed automation-based solutions to the tune of 68% completion of pre-visit registration and intake and a 300% increase in co-payment collections.

    Additionally, you will learn:

    • How digital access drives patient loyalty and why it matters.
    • Why the front end is where revenue capture goes wrong.
    • How to deliver a unified approach to patient access.
    • Best practices for transforming patient access in today’s environment.

    Source: Provation  

    Hospitals have clinical documentation software specifically tailored to help them run smoother, more efficiently and decrease documentation time.

    Most ASCs do not. 

    As a result, ASCs deal with inefficient, server-based technology, spending an increasing amount of time on clinical documentation frustrating clinicians and administrative staff.   

    Learn how ASCs are increasing efficiency and reducing costs by switching to a clinical documentation solution tailored to ASCs' unique needs. 

    Find out how your ASC can experience:   
    • A 10-minute reduction in MD documentation time per procedure
    • A 15-minute reduction in administrative billing time per procedure
    • An increase in revenue from improved coding and billing accuracy
    • An increase in patient volume due to increased referrals from the software’s ability to track and manage referring physicians

     

    Source: AccuReg  
    To thrive in a competitive market, hospitals must have technology that can create a modern digital experience while managing complex patient access processes.

    However, these requirements are far beyond an electronic health record's core clinical data management capabilities.

    Download this white paper to explore how combining integrated patient access, intake and engagement solutions with your EHR can fill gaps, increase ROI, and enhance its value and effectiveness.

    Learning points:

     
    • Ensuring data integrity to prevent denials with intelligent automation
    • Expediting financial clearance using accurate cost estimates and payment processing
    • Enabling end-to-end prior authorization automation
    • Increasing staff performance and accountability with systematic reporting 

    Source: One Mnet  
    Ambulatory surgical centers are experiencing tremendous growth, with no plateau in sight. ASCs perform over 23 million procedures each year, and are forecasted to perform 68% of all orthopedic surgeries by the mid-2020s.

    Yet, amid this surging demand, ASCs experience a myriad of challenges: from staffing shortages to streamlining the patient experience and lags in revenue cycle timelines.

    To remain successful and ensure uninterrupted growth, ASCs and other healthcare facilities must improve their patients' financial and clinical journeys. 

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

    • The tremendous consequences of payment lag to ASCs
    • The top three proven patient payment strategies to optimize RCM
    • Patient-centric practices to help ASCs maximize growth via transparency, communication and tech-enabled automations

    Source: CareRev
    The pandemic has underscored the power of nurses, who make up the largest group of healthcare professionals in the U.S. But high turnover, retention issues and disproportionate retirement rates in the field are presenting healthcare facilities with major challenges and risks to quality. Between now and 2023, it is anticipated there will be nearly 195,000 openings for registered nurses each year.

    This white paper offers a collection of short articles and tips sheets on recruiting and retaining nurses and healthcare staff, as well as how to make their work more manageable and gratifying.

    Read more to learn about:

    Five ways to attract new nurses to the field
    Steps for boosting retention while recruiting
    Technology that improves staffing efficiency and enables on-demand work

    Source: AWS
    Moving applications to the cloud offers significant operational and financial advantages to health systems, but making this transition is far more than just a "lift and shift" exercise.

    During a panel at Becker’s 7th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting, five health IT experts discussed the benefits of moving to the cloud and best practices for a seamless transition.

    This whitepaper offers a summary of the discussion and includes insights from leader at the following health systems:

    University of Maryland Medical System (Silver Spring)
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville)
    Michigan Medicine in (Ann Arbor)
    CommonSpirit Health (Chicago)

    Source: Yosi Health
    Healthcare workers continue to experience alarming levels of burnout, a key factor in the projected shortage of more than 3 million+ essential healthcare workers and 140,000 physicians by 2033.

    Healthcare organizations are getting creative to tackle the issue by rolling out flexible staffing initiatives, well-being programs and more. One approach, however, is being overlooked: leveraging the right technology that enables patients to do more, reducing staff burden.

    Download this whitepaper from Yosi Health to learn more about the role patients play in mitigating burnout among healthcare workers.

    Key learning points: 

    • 3 key areas/trends patients and consumers are looking for
    • How empowering your patients improves health outcomes and financial results
    • How engaged patients reduce staff burnout and administrative burden

    Source: MDVIP
    You know your operating margin, but do you know your panel size, your number of "recently active patients" or your patient leakage rate? These numbers drive revenue and profit.

    A survey from CHIME-Cerner found that nearly 40 percent of providers lose at least 10 percent of revenue to leakage, as empowered patients leave to seek innovative care options that better meet their needs.

    Health systems need to evaluate their key business levers. This may lead to diversification strategies that enhance primary care service offerings, strengthen patient and physician satisfaction, improve the bottom line and create competitive advantage. 

    This white paper describes key metrics healthcare leaders need to know and strategies to pursue to diversify revenue and create differentiation.

    Insights include:

     
    • Calculating patient panel numbers and customer lifetime value 
    • Effective strategies for provider diversification and differentiation
    • Identify drivers of patient acquisition, retention and loyalty to optimize your portfolio and boost revenue

    Source: PINC
    Supply chains remain fragile. As of December 2022, healthcare product shortages remained five times higher than pre-pandemic levels. Other key supply chain issues are workforce shortages, cost containment and lack of supply chain visibility.

    Supply chain leaders have an urgent need to better understand product availability. To address these challenges, create more resilient supply chains and reduce product shortages, leaders don't need another dashboard. They need actionable data and insights. 

    A new white paper outlines three key strategies to increase supply chain visibility and decrease product shortages. 

    Key focus areas include:

    • Leveraging the data in your ERP system 
    • Using a supply chain data model with prospective information 
    • Streamlining pharmacy operations
    • How Renown Health is using data to reduce product shortages

    Source: Optum
    Every segment of healthcare is experiencing extraordinary workforce changes. Burnout, turnover, rising labor costs and skill gaps are diminishing the supply of qualified workers. Meanwhile, demand for workers is on the rise and business models are in flux.

    This research report gathers perspectives from 150 healthcare leaders from providers, health plans and government agencies.

    Key focus areas include:

    • Workforce disruptions and their impact on performance
    • Obstacles to workforce progress
    • Keys to finding and keeping talent
    • Top 5 qualities of a sustainable workforce
    • Workforce investment priorities in 2023
    • The role of partnerships
    • How technology empowers a more human workforce

    Leaders today are forced to make decisions without a playbook. Find out how C-suite leaders are responding to today’s workforce threats and are investing in a new path forward.

    Source: Notable
    Today, the call center serves as the “non-digital” front door for most health systems, managing patient needs that span scheduling and appointment reminders to registration, authorizations, financial assistance, and payment collection. With persistent staffing shortages and antiquated technology, call centers are frequently unable to meet evolving patient expectations. 

    To achieve call center transformation, health systems need to pivot their focus from marginal improvement of agent efficiency to reducing the number of calls that agents need to manage. A digital front door, powered by intelligent automation, can address the reason for most calls upstream – freeing up staff capacity for higher-value and more meaningful work.

    In this whitepaper, you will learn:

     
    • Why the call center must be reimagined to meet today’s needs
    • New approaches to optimizing patient access, while eliminating downstream work for staff 
    • Best practices for transforming the call center into a competitive differentiator that complements a world-class patient experience, including the highest ROI workflows to automate

    Source: Altera
    The pandemic has highlighted several longstanding, systemic issues in healthcare, and clinician burnout is chief among them.

    From regulatory-related constraints to inefficient EHR workflows, a day in the life of a provider looks very different than what many envisioned when deciding to pursue a career in medicine. Additionally, the rate of staff departures and early retirements has put even more pressure on overburdened care teams.

    No single solution can solve this complex issue. 

    In this eMagazine, experts share actionable strategies and industry trends that can help healthcare organizations support the providers.

     
    • How to recognize early signs of burnout
    • Three ways AI can reduce providers’ administrative burdens
    • Using human-centered design to address burnout
    • How a 'platform of health' can dismantle burnout and increase collaboration

    Source: Workday
    Healthcare's workforce is in crisis. Waves of employee departures amid a once-in-a-century public health crisis have left hospitals all over the nation scrambling to fill critical roles across the enterprise. There are no easy solutions.

    These 10 must-read articles collectively examine healthcare's workforce crisis and offer insights into the kind of leadership necessary to nurture high-performing teams. Articles examine:

     
    • Why healthcare employees are increasingly less engaged
    • How six health systems are battling labor shortages
    • The 15 states affected most, least by the "Great Resignation"

    Source: Contigo
    A "wrap network" or "gap network" is an extended network of providers where employee health plan members can acess care if they are in a different location or if they require care from a specialist that is not in the plan's primary network.

    But, 28 percent of health system human resources decision-makers say they are "very unfamiliar" with these networks.

    It is time to close the gap of awareness and ensure that health system human resources decision-makers fully understand wrap networks, their costs and their benefits.

    In this whitepaper, you will learn:

    • The most important attributes of a wrap network
    • Today's wrap network gaps and the opportunity for better solutions
    • Opinions of out-of-network wraps from health system human resources decision makers' and provider-sponsored heath plan executives.

    Source: Intuitive
    Healthcare has a people problem. For years prior to the arrival of COVID-19, hospitals in various corners of the nation experienced troubling shortages of medical staff, a problem that has been exacerbated by the pressures of a multiyear pandemic.

    The crisis is pushing leaders to rethink long-term strategies related to training, education, recruitment and contingency planning. In the near-term, health systems must make immediate adjustments to staffing models and learn how to utilize new technology to better support care teams, especially in the operating room.

    This e-book offers an inside look at how Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus and Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio are leveraging an ecosystem of technology to alleviate staff burden and optimize OR performance.

    Source: Healthgrades

    Social determinants of health are responsible for 60 percent of health outcomes — and that's before factors like hospital quality and physician experience come into play, according to the CDC. Even as hospitals invest more in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, a new survey reveals patients of color still have different healthcare experiences than their white counterparts.

    Healthgrades BIPOC Healthcare Attitudes Survey uncovers what's behind this discrepancy to help hospitals better align DEI initiatives with patients' experiences.

    Read the findings to learn:

    • What patients actually expect from DEI initiatives
    • Five ways to make hospital marketing more inclusive
    • How hospital marketers can ensure DEI programming connects underserved populations to the right care

    Source: LeanTaaS
    Block time is part of an outdated scheduling system that often leaves the operating room sitting unused, while patients wait for surgery and new surgeons are unable to find open time for their cases.

    To address these inefficiencies, health systems such as Dignity Health and Novant Health are tapping predictive and prescriptive analytics. Using a new data-driven approach, these organizations are optimizing block and open time to maximize OR access.

    Download this case study booklet to learn how more than 265 hospitals from across the country are using this strategy to optimize OR performance and achieve the following results: 

    • Ability to repurpose up to 20 percent of blocks for greater utilization
    • Increase case volume by 10 percent or more without opening additional rooms
    • Generate five to 20 times ROI based on contribution margin

    Source: Relatient
    Today, provider groups of all sizes share a common challenge: how to meet increasing consumer demand with rising complexity amid the new reality of administrative staffing shortages. A recent study of more than 200 provider executives explored their perspectives on patient engagement, common strategies in patient communication methods, and staffing priorities related to scheduling and access.

    Download this eBook to uncover the current state of patient scheduling and communication tools, the technology and processes providers are implementing today and how they are prioritizing for the future.

    Key learning points:

    • The top challenges providers face with patient scheduling and communications
    • Common strategies used to address provider staffing challenges
    • Understand the use of technology adoption related to patient engagement, scheduling, and access

    Source: Intellihealth
    According to the American Journal of Medicine, more than one out of three healthcare workers has a BMI that places them in the obese category–and that was before the pandemic exacerbated the issue. Obesity is linked to more than 200 chronic conditions; leads to employee absenteeism, which is an even bigger problem during post-pandemic staffing shortages; and drives up healthcare costs.

    Providing these workers with the appropriate resources to manage their weight can improve employee retention and lower healthcare costs for both patients and payers.

    In this white paper, you'll learn:

    • How obesity impacts quality measures, patient outcomes, employee satisfaction and healthcare costs
    • How the pandemic exacerbated healthcare worker mental and physical health issues
    • Why employee wellness benefits should include weight management programs that take a comprehensive medical approach that incorporate pharmacology when behavior and lifestyle changes alone aren't enough

    Source: Spencer Stuart
    COVID-19 has disrupted healthcare, creating enormous leadership and talent challenges. There are high levels of burnout, labor shortages, leadership transitions, mergers and acquisitions activity and new ways of working. To cultivate an environment of trust and high performance, now is a crucial time for hospital and health systems executives to reflect on how they lead and to consider new ways of teaming.

    For this new white paper on leading during tumultuous times, Becker's Hospital Review spoke with industry leadership experts, who shared best practices about:

     
    • Shifting the organization's focus from agility to resilience and purpose
    • Leading like a conductor, not a hero
    • Leaning in on people development and potential, whether working with a new team or reinvigorating an established one
    Learn what it takes to build cohesive, high-performing teams, retain key talent and drive transformation during these times of great change.

    Source: Vizient  
    Baptist Memorial Health Care, a 22-hospital healthcare system spanning across Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas increased their efficiency and effectiveness of care through a total performance management agreement with big results. By working with Vizient, the health system anticipates $44M through savings and additional revenue generation in addition to $25M from the national quality scorecard work in annualized financial value.

      Learning points:

    • See how Baptist Memorial Health Care has been able to achieve sustainable performance improvements
    • How to optimize your growth strategy
    • See how Vizient helped Baptist improve their quality of care with $50M in opportunities.

    Source: AMN Healthcare
    During normal times, staffing levels are always a focal point for provider organizations, and often the number one concern for nurses. During a pandemic, existing staffing challenges are exacerbated.

    This case study examines how Philadelphia-based Temple Health developed a more flexible workforce management strategy by leveraging technology, advanced strategies, and analytics to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve patient and provider experiences — while achieving a 93 percent RN fill rate and reducing contingency spend.

    You will learn how to:

     
    • Utilize data and analytics to uncover staff supply and demand across a health system
    • Implement strategies to decrease premium pay and agency usage while increasing the flexibility of care staff
    • Apply flexible staffing solutions can increase fill rates, and improve staff satisfaction and retention
     

    Please fill out the form to download the whitepaper.

    Source: Vituity
    As healthcare moves away from a provider-centric model, organizations must remember that patients are concerned about much more than just their clinical outcomes: they want to enjoy quality of life. That requires organizations to go beyond offering same-day appointments and telehealth visits.

    This report covers the three pillars required to make a true shift to a patient-centric care paradigm.

    Learning points:

    • How a hospital-SNF partnership in Fresno, Calif. reduces readmission rate
    • How care navigation at Ascension improves outcomes for its Medicaid population
    • The value of 'street medicine' being offered through a partnership between a California hospital and clinic

    Source: Huron
    Employee engagement and retention are acute challenges for healthcare organizations today. These challenges predated COVID-19 but the pandemic brought them into focus with striking clarity.

    During a recent Becker's Hospital Review advisory call sponsored by Huron Consulting, senior healthcare leaders discussed key issues related to workforce engagement and shared ideas about the mindset shift that needs to take place within organizations to effectively address the issue.   Key takeaways focused on ways to engage and retain employees such as:
    • Make employees feel valued and listened to
    • Create a culture of appreciation
    • Go beyond compensation to provide meaningful benefits that resonate
    • Focus on increasing workplace flexibility

     

    At this time of profound staffing shortages, learn what industry leaders from around the country are doing to engage and retain their top talent.


    Source: Ludi
    As the healthcare industry continues to grapple with labor shortages and pressure to implement cost-cutting tactics, many hospitals are turning to automation to simplify costly operational processes. This is especially true for physician payment processes because paying physicians often consists of a series of tedious tasks that puts a heavy administrative burden on operation team members and physicians alike.

    But where can a hospital get support in the physician payment space? What options are out there? How can they evaluate them in an efficient manner?

    Download this whitepaper to learn:

    • The benefits of physician payment automation for hospitals
    • Why hospitals are choosing automation to streamline payment processes
    • How to determine if you should build an in-house solution or partner with an external expert
    • Steps to finding the right solution and how to prepare for implementation

    Source: LeanTaaS
    Hospital C-suite and system leaders are under a tremendous amount of pressure to continue serving a growing number of patients despite severe staffing shortages, resource constraints, and depressed margins. While the pandemic instigated unforeseen strains on the healthcare system, it also amplified, inspired, and demanded creative thinking. How can healthcare leaders who are charged with “doing more with less” meet these increasingly high demands?

    Healthcare leaders must examine how other resource-intensive industries like airline, package delivery, and rideshare services have successfully solved the complex operational challenge of matching supply and demand. The answer? Adopting machine learning, AI, and predictive and prescriptive analytics to drive operational decisions.

    Sounds too good to be true? It's not. And many healthcare leaders are already reaping the rewards of AI by achieving hard ROI in challenging times. Fortunately, you can “stand on the shoulders” of your industry peers that have adopted AI:

    • In operating room operations and generated $40 million in contribution margin for their health system (which translated into a 10x+ ROI)
    • In infusion centers and decreased infusion patient wait times by 30%, and delivered an average increase of $20,000/infusion chair per year in cancer centers
    • In inpatient bed patient flow management and achieved an 8% decrease in opportunity days, the equivalent to $8 million in ROI – during the pandemic.

    Source: Owens & Minor
    Owens & Minor recently surveyed over 220 hospital purchasing leaders to understand their goals, strategies and challenges. The key findings from that survey were recently compiled in the 2022 State of Hospital Purchasing report.

    Download this report to discover the key values and the biggest challenges for hospital purchasing leaders. Discover how they are addressing those challenges and where they are making critical investments for the future.

    Source: SCP Health
    The nation’s ICUs currently face unprecedented stresses, including chronic under-resourcing and increasingly difficult reimbursement.

    The time has come for a new approach when it comes to the ICU to enable a new framework that helps achieve the strategic needs of the hospital.

    SCP Health Vice President of Critical Care Medicine, Erika Gabbard, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-K, discusses strategies to transform critical care medicine programs including:

    • Expanded roles of physicians, virtual health, and teleintensivist
    • Optimized advanced practice provider scope and responsibility
    • Clinical staffing integration
    • Modernized nurse training


    Source: AMN Healthcare
    Rises rates of respiratory syncytial virus, flu and COVID-19 have hospitals bracing for a challenging winter. The so-called "tripledemic" represents yet another curveball for healthcare organizations, which are already grappling with longstanding labor shortages and rising financial pressures.

    Amid the pandemic and future crises that will certainly come, hospitals and health systems are looking to stay ahead of challenges and craft robust contingency plans.

    Download this report to learn:

     
    • How to build contingency plans to ensure your organization can staff for any kind of healthcare event, no matter the level of urgency.
    • Why investing in predictive modeling solutions is now the norm rather than an afterthought.
    • How to build and maintain a nurturing environment for staff, even during times of crisis.

    Source: Intrado
    Resource and staffing limitations are the new reality for hospitals across the country — and it's affecting the patient experience, according to industry research.

    However, there are resources available to help health systems reduce staff workload and improve operational efficiency while enhancing the patient experience. Read this report to learn how your healthcare organization can bolster the patient experience amid unavoidable staffing limitations.

    Key points:

    • Solutions to improving patient experience and addressing staffing shortages
    • Benefits of automated digital patient engagement
    • Results from using the digital patient engagement tactic

    Source: Sterling Check
    Amid chronic workforce shortages, healthcare leaders are looking to onboard new talent as quickly as possible. But complex and outdated hiring processes are often a barrier. These processes alone may also deter the arrival of new talent.

    Download this brief report, featuring insights from Ryan Garman, Sterling’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Director, and Amiee Hawkins, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Operations at Cross Country Healthcare, to learn how healthcare organizations can quickly modernize the hiring process with technology-enabled background screening services.

    Key learning points:

    • An overview of the largest inefficiencies in hiring and onboarding workflows
    • How tech-enabled workflows specific to healthcare speed hiring and save HR leaders time and frustration
    • How a streamlined hiring process helps attract and retain the right candidates


    Source: Firstup
    With the gig economy taking a bite out of your workforce, you have to stay ahead of hiring trends. Read the Gartner Peer Insights Report to learn just how much you be concerned with recruitment and retention.
    While it might be evident that flexibility is an incentive to retain employees, some industries can’t offer 100% remote options for their frontline employees. Given the competitive hiring environment, how much should healthcare, retail, and manufacturing be concerned with recruitment and retention, and how do they maintain a healthy workforce?

    Gartner Peer Insights and Firstup surveyed IT, HR, and internal communications leaders in the healthcare, retail, and manufacturing industry to see how communication and the digital employee experience impact an organization’s ability to recruit and retain its workforce in the current climate.

    Read this report to learn:

    • Where industry leaders are spending their recruiting budgets this year
    • How they rank the value of employee engagement in helping retain a quality workforce
    • What they believe really matters to their workers (hint: it’s not just about the money)

    Source: Bamboo Health
    Many hospitals and health systems struggle with emergency department throughput to ensure care management resources are operating at the top of their licenses, and preventing unnecessary admissions and 30-day readmissions.

    North Carolina-based Cone Health was facing that kind of challenge and turned to Stories, Bamboo Health's care transitions assistant, which delivers relevant patient context within clinical workflows at the point of care.

    Here's what Cone Health was able to do after using Stories for a 9-month period:

    • Saved 20-30 minutes on average per patient assessment.
    • Avoided 106 admissions in a 9-month period, amounting to over $1.2M saved.
    • Tracked high-utilizers and acute visit histories both in and out of Cone Health hospitals.
    • Reduced readmissions and activated home health providers by re-directing patients unnecessarily in the ED back home.
    • Gained insight into recent SNF stays within the last 30 days, allowing them to re-direct patients back to the SNF they recently discharged from.
    • Easily connected with patients' care teams through surfaced contact information, facilitating communication with community resources like ACO partners, FQHCs, and PCPs.

    Source: SnapNurse
    The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a staffing transformation — especially for nurses. To be successful, health systems cannot revert back to the old ways.

    Healthcare is at a pivotal moment where the nurse-to-patient ratio gap is widening. To alleviate the stresses of this gap, facilities can create their own tech-enabled staffing pool rather than client-vendor relationships.

    Transform the current approach to staffing through partnerships backed by technology, and learn more about end-to-end user experience creating efficiency.

    Source: KPMG

    The healthcare industry is being challenged to reinvent itself in order to advance its place in the digital-first, customer-centric era. Environmental, social and governance factors are leading the way in this reinvention journey, but technological advances and community considerations are key factors as well.

    Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with two KPMG leaders — Anurag Rai, principal of cyber security services, and Kirby Kleeberg, director of enterprise GRC technology — as well as Vishakha Sant, ServiceNow's global head of healthcare provider industry solutions. These three leaders offered perspectives on how healthcare can advance in reinventing itself to meet patients where they are and how to earn them the trust of their stakeholders — patients, physicians, partners, suppliers and communities.

    In this whitepaper you will learn:  
    • Healthcare's multiple strategic and operational risks that require flexibility
    • How to adopt solutions that address issues at scale
    • How ESG can improves trust and health outcomes

    Source: Zoom
    In order for healthcare providers to function amid complicated healthcare policy and increasing patient expectations, an integrated telehealth system is necessary. In this guide, take a deeper look at how you can use the entire Zoom platform to improve patient experiences and connect healthcare staff more efficiently. Whether you’re already using Zoom for telehealth or not, see how you can implement the entire Zoom platform organization-wide.

    Here's what you will learn:

    • How technological agility can help your organization fight the status quo
    • What an ERP is and how it can help you streamline operations
    • How one organization cut report generating to less than 5 minutes

    Source: Phlow
    Pediatric essential medicines necessary to sustain life and combat disease have reached critical shortage levels over the last year, leading to disproportionate workloads and high costs at hospitals, and safety risks for patients. Now, children's hospitals are collaborating to tackle the issue.

    The Children's Hospital Coalition collaborates with Phlow and children’s hospitals across the nation to prioritize which essential medicines are of most need, and eventually plans to develop novel pediatric essential medicines. Read this 3-page report to learn how children’s hospitals are currently managing pediatric medicine shortages and their efforts to prevent new ones.

    Key learning points:

    How children's hospitals are handling current essential medicine shortages and mitigating risks for patients
    The action items the Children's Hospital Coalition is working on to ensure a reliable and affordable supply of high-quality medicines
    Efforts to prevent future medicine shortages


    Source: Conductiv

    To accomplish purchased services goals, meaningful change is not achieved one contract at a time. Effective initiatives require a strategic, programmatic approach. Start with where your organization lies on the maturity continuum.

    With excerpts from the new book Significant Figures: A Practical Guide to Unprecedented Cost Savings in Purchased Services, you'll have access to:

    10 metrics of the Purchased Services Program Maturity Continuum assessment
    6 strategic opportunities and actions to strengthen purchased services resiliency
    5 traits of successful programs

    Source: Trusted Health
    Several health systems have launched their own internal travel programs to offer competitive, flexible work options for their front-line nurses, providing a cost-effective alternative to expensive contract labor use.

    These flexible workforce programs are essential for health systems to stay competitive. However, building and launching these programs can be a challenge.

    This guide explains how to build and launch an internal agency as it walks you through step-by-step design principles, workforce segments for the program, and key factors for launch and sustainability.

    Key learnings:

     
    • Define what an internal agency is and the benefits of the program for both front-line nurses and health systems.
    • Provide an overview on how health systems can build and launch their own internal travel program from start to finish.
    • Identify workforce segments that may be interested in joining an internal travel program.
    • Explain the necessary workforce technology capabilities needed to efficiently begin the program.

    Source: Notable
    Call centers are often the front door to a health system – but are they working? The combination of rising consumer expectations and staffing shortages is challenging the centrality of this engagement methodology. As hospitals, health systems, and physician groups aim to overhaul their consumer experience and mitigate persistent staffing shortages, many are looking to automation as a long-term solution.

    This whitepaper describes the role intelligent automation plays in solving call center staffing and modernizing consumer engagement.

    Download the whitepaper to learn:

    Why today’s call center-centric model doesn’t work for consumers
    How intelligent automation empowers consumers to register and schedule appointments at their convenience– without phone calls
    Why provider organizations like Austin Regional Clinic have chosen to modernize patient experiences with touchless registration

    Source: Lumeon
    Traditional care coordination is broken. It's labor-intensive, expensive, highly variable across care teams and settings, and it doesn't scale. A new approach is needed to help health systems quickly transform and scale care delivery, free up the capacity of overwhelmed staff and improve patient experience and outcomes. Here's a simple and straightforward guide to "care orchestration" — a new approach to automating care coordination.

    Learning points:

    • Explore the benefits of automation and the essential capabilities required for care orchestration
    • Review business case results and consider example starting points for automated care coordination workflow in your organization
    • Learn how to implement orchestration with confidence

    Source: Conduit
    Healthcare access and patient transfers have been a challenge in healthcare for decades. The pandemic has amplified the severity of these challenges amid unprecedented surges in demand and widespread staff shortages and burnout.

    Many stories have emerged about hospitals struggling to transfer patients to appropriate sites of care. In some instances, the consequences have been deadly. These tragedies shed light on the need for a new approach to patient transfers that alleviates staff burden, improves rapid access to acute care and closes care gaps.

    In a recent advisory call, industry leaders discussed how healthcare organizations optimize transfer services with the right data and technology to retain patients and galvanize growth.

    Key takeaways from the discussion are featured in this whitepaper and include:

    • The top transfer center challenges for health systems
    • The benefits of implementing a centralized patient transfer center model
    • How to use data and technology to retain patients and optimize hospital system growth
    • How to make it easier for patients to access the care they need when they need it

    Source: MDVIP
    Health systems are searching for innovative ways to attract and retain patients. One often untapped opportunity is offering executive wellness services to local employers who have a vested interest in making sure their company leaders are healthy. A recent Becker's/MDVIP survey found just 31 percent of participating healthcare organizations operate such a program.

    Executive health programs can give health systems a strategic competitive advantage and generate a predictable, currently unrealized revenue stream. However, operationalizing these programs can be taxing on existing resources, so having an expert partner in this endeavor can save you time and money opening a new entry point into your system.

    Download this white paper to:

    • Identify the growing market need behind the development of an executive health program
    • Understand how executive wellness services address recent workforce and healthcare landscape changes fueled by the pandemic
    • Assess the upside potential to health systems, community businesses and C-suite employees by offering a corporate wellness program
    • Determine how to evaluate the best partner to help you implement an executive health service line

    Source: Huron
    Many health systems are struggling with the workforce shortage, in need of new strategies to to recruit and retain talent. Short-term labor shortages have been attributed to COVID-19-related resignations,
    while long-term shortages are expected to continue
    because of an aging workforce and planned retirements.

    Despite their challenges, many healthcare leaders remain optimistic about attracting talent in the future. Huron sponsored an advisory call in which a panel of executives shared their organizations’ strategies for winning the war for healthcare talent.

    This whitepaper details 6 takeaways from that call. Download to learn:

    • How hospitals should be redesigning human resources strategies
    • How thinking about retention is changing
    • How to funnel new healthcare talent into the pipeline

    Source: Notable Health
    Like many health systems, Fort HealthCare’s ambulatory surgery center was struggling with mounting prior authorizations – 2X the volume of work compared to staff onsite. 38% of calls to one of their busiest clinics were going to voicemail, creating a negative feedback loop – patients would end up calling multiple times, resulting in double the work for the same patient.

    Using Notable’s intelligent automation platform, Fort HealthCare is digitizing the front end of the patient experience and all areas where staff traditionally engage in manual processes. This includes prior authorizations, registration, and pre-visit planning.

    Download the case study to learn how Fort HealthCare:

    • Digitized the front- and back-end registration process, automating 91% of prior authorizations
    • Deployed an automated prior authorizations workflow in just 4 weeks
    • Reduced cancellations by more than 5%

    Source: Amplifire
    EHR training in its traditional form is not only outdated, but costly for health systems. The more time it takes for your clinicians to master training, the more time is lost in productivity. By using an adaptive eLearning solution that responds to individual needs and knowledge gaps, health systems can improve EHR proficiency and get clinicians back on the floor faster.

    This case study outlines how UCHealth cut training time by 56 percent and saved millions of dollars in the process by harnessing the power of personalized learning.

    In this case study, you'll learn how to:

    • Significantly reduce EHR training time
    • Improve EHR proficiency
    • Increase clinician learning satisfaction
    • Gain a measurable training ROI

    Source: Phreesia
    Every healthcare organization struggles with patient no-shows. As many as 30 percent of patients may not show up for their appointments, creating operational and financial challenges that can ripple across an entire organization. In the U.S. alone, no-shows cost the healthcare industry billions of dollars every year between lost revenue and patient attrition.

    For all these reasons and more, it is critical that healthcare organizations tackle no-shows head-on. This whitepaper outlines how positive, consistent patient engagement can minimize no-shows and offers concrete steps that healthcare organizations can take to ensure patients feel prepared and informed about their upcoming visit.

    Read this whitepaper to learn about:

    • The 7 most common reasons that patients fail to keep their appointments, and how to address them
    • Messaging and outreach strategies for reducing no-shows
    • How to engage patients in their care without creating more work for staff

    Source: Notable Health
    For years, hospital and health system executives have focused on the Triple Aim of stronger engagement, superior outcomes and efficiencies in costs. To that end, healthcare providers have made significant technology investments. Despite all the benefits these solutions provide, leaders are still grappling with the same challenges. But there is one challenge the healthcare system hasn’t fully addressed: the increasing administrative burdens facing providers and staff.

    This whitepaper describes how addressing the dual mandate—improving the experience of both healthcare consumers and healthcare workers—through automation can help leaders finally make serious progress toward the Triple Aim.

    Download the whitepaper to learn:

    • The market forces driving the healthcare industry towards automation
    • How automation is the antidote to manual workflows, vastly improving engagement for staff and patients
    • The journey of one midwestern hospital that is saving 24 minutes of staff time per patient visit with a 91% patient satisfaction rate through automated patient intake

    Source: Firstup
    More than 30 percent of hospitals are reporting that they can't locate enough candidates to fill open positions, and all are feeling the effects of staffing shortages.

    Beyond recruiting, retention is even more difficult with the increase in turnover and employee burnout. Healthcare workers are grappling with high levels of fear, fatigue and stress amid the pandemic, with widespread burnout fueling turnover as employees seek positions with fewer stressors.

    By building a community and embracing a more human-centered approach, your organization can recruit and retain top talent, and put your people first. Download this guide for 10 tips on recruiting and hiring employees, addressing staff burnout and retaining top talent in your healthcare organization, including:

    • How to give your staff the opportunity to be part of something bigger than themselves when working for your organization.
    • The value of frequent and transparent communication in helping staff feel valued, protecting them from anxiety and burnout.
    • Tips for how to equip managers to be there when employees need to talk.
    • The importance of having one platform or app where employees can access vital information and connect with other employees.

    Source: RevSpring
    No matter how your organization is structured internally, patients perceive it as one brand. Patients feel confused and frustrated when they experience a collection of disconnected processes in the office, through the mail and online.

    Take the opportunity to improve your understanding of your patients' experience navigating the entire system—from before they make an appointment, through the care they receive, to the final payment.

    This guide provides valuable insight by allowing you to walk in your patients’ shoes. It also identifies places where the patient experience can be improved through better connections, digital interactions and empathy.

    Download the guide to learn:

    • Why investing in the patient experience often is more powerful than traditional marketing
    • Ways to help busy patients feel in control and more engaged with their healthcare
    • How a few simple actions in the early phase of a patient’s experience will ensure better engagement from beginning to end

    Source: Salesforce
    The relationship between consumers and health companies has changed dramatically over the past two years. This report dives into the evolving consumer opinions and experiences within the payer, provider, medical technology, and pharmaceutical sectors.

    The findings reveal the importance and implications of consumer trust in health.

    Download the report to gain an understanding of today's health landscape and:

    • How consumer behaviors have changed since 2019
    • What can increase trust in the healthcare and life sciences sector
    • Variations in consumer trust by generation and sector
    • What trusted health organizations do differently

    Source: SimpliFi
    The pandemic has forced the healthcare industry to innovate faster than ever before. Get expert strategies and insights from 10 leading nursing, finance, human resources and operations executives, and develop a plan of action to combat the most pressing issues facing your healthcare system today.

    Download this whitepaper to learn:

    • Strategies to navigate healthcare staffing challenges in the pandemic
    • Methods to craft community and culture in your team
    • How to establish a foundation of success for the future nursing workforce

    Source: ServiceNow
    The COVID-19 pandemic has made rapid change the norm in healthcare and as health systems attempt to confront rapid transformations, many are still struggling to reduce employee burnout and streamline their operations.

    During the Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, experts from ServiceNow and senior healthcare leaders discussed how strategies like workforce automation can transform both the patient and clinician experience, and how to make the process simple.

    Download this short report for opportunities to streamline and automate workflows, and other key session takeaways.

    Source: Coverys
    Millions of care transitions take place every day in the United States. Most happen without major incident, but they come with risk for poor outcomes.

      Analyzing data from thousands of care transition events, Coverys looked for signs of vulnerability and clues for continuous improvement. This analysis led to the identification of key factors that contribute to poor care transitions and ways you and your organization can mitigate these factors.   Read more in the latest Coverys whitepaper, including which specific types of care transitions pose the greatest vulnerabilities and how you can reduce risk in each situation. 

    Source: Nuance

    Physicians have been overburdened by clinical documentation for years. Many have had to rely on the support of medical scribes to accurately document care. However, recent surveys show that 44 percent of medical scribes have no prior experience, and only 22 percent have any form of certification. Scribes also aren't scalable and have high turnover rates, which lead to continuous training for accurate notes.

    Emerging technology powered by artificial intelligence can support efficient clinical documentation that supports a better experience for providers and patients.

    Download and discover how clinical documentation that writes itself can:

    • Improve physician-patient interactions
    • Decouple scribes from physicians' and enable scale across the organization with no changes to existing workflows.
    • Enhance provider efficiency and satisfaction and improve financial outcomes.

    Source: Zotec
    The No Surprises Act is set to take effect in 2022. The rule is poised to transform the payment environment in healthcare. It includes patient protections and disclosure requirements, along with a dispute resolution procedure for health plans and providers. The implementation of the rule, however, strays from the statutory language and is likely to challenge physicians.

    During a workshop at Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual CEO + CFO roundtable, three experts provided an overview of relevant portions of the regulation and discussed how providers can best prepare to meet coming challenges.

    This white paper offers:

    • A look at the rule's patient protections
    • An overview of how implementation of the rule will challenge physicians
    • A breakdown of how physicians and hospitals can partner to mitigate challenges associated with the legislation

    Source: AMA
    Healthcare workers nationwide are grappling with high levels of fear, fatigue and stress amid the pandemic, with widespread burnout fueling turnover as employees seek positions with fewer stressors.

    During an AMA-led session at Becker's 9th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in November, health system leaders from across the country shared their experiences addressing physician well-being and staff turnover amid the pandemic. This whitepaper offers a summary of the discussion, along with a look at emerging research on burnout from AMA.

    In this whitepaper, you will learn:

    • The current state of burnout and its effect on retention
    • The business case for investing in well-being
    • How to address the drivers of burnout and improve worker well-being
    • Why hospitals should strive for resilient organizations, not just resilient employees

    Source: Notable Health
    Austin Regional Clinic — an independent, physician-owned multispeciality clinic serving more than 540,000 patients across 32 locations throughout the greater Austin area — transformed its patient registration from start to finish.

    Like many providers, the registration process at ARC was highly manual. Staff had to manage multiple, often duplicative work queues for each patient at each stage of the process.

    Using Notable's intelligent automation platform, ARC is powering a touchless patient registration experience, a critical step in patient financial clearance within the revenue cycle. This consists of automating various pre-visit workflows like new patient pre-visit registration, demographic verification, payer/plan matching, and real-time eligibility.

    Download the case study to learn how ARC is leveraging Notable to drive:

    • 78 percent touchless registrations
    • 74 percent digital conversion rates
    • 94 percent patient satisfaction rating
    • 83 percent reduction in eligibility- and registration-related denials

    Source: Premier
    How Technology Can Benefit the Healthcare Supply Chain

    Healthcare cost reduction is more important than ever, yet legacy accounts payable processes hold providers back, eating up time and inflating costs. Streamlining procure-to-pay in the healthcare industry is key to ensuring that organizations have what they need in order to offer the best, most effective patient care.

    However, data from Premier Inc., an industry-leading healthcare improvement company, indicates that most invoices in this sector are still paper-based, with the vast majority of them still paid by paper check. Aside from the expense of doing things this way, manual processes slow down the healthcare P2P workflow and create opportunity for error.

    Remitra™, a division of Premier Inc. partnered with the Institute of Finance Management (IOFM) to explore ways in which technology-enabled ordering, invoice processing and payment can help healthcare providers and suppliers do their jobs better. The whitepaper, “Ready, Set, Automate: 5 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Gain Efficiencies, Reduce Costs with Digitized AP Technology,” explores the benefits of using data to sync up buyers and sellers in order to streamline the supply chain and reduce errors, while minimizing cost and inefficiency.

    Source: Provation
    Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health realized $6.2 million in annual savings from updating just two of their EHR order sets (sepsis and heart failure) with the latest evidence, according to a recent study spearheaded by Cone Health's Executive Director of Health Economics Monica Schmidt, PhD.

    "The most exciting part of the study is that we know our patients are having better outcomes," Dr. Schmidt said. "We know that our system is going to remain sustainable because we've been able to provide decreased cost of care, while at the same time improving our patient outcomes.”

    In this brief report, you can dive into Dr. Schmidt's data and find:

    • Steps to understand the influence of order set optimization and mortality, length of stay and variable direct costs across the health system
    • Tools used to perform an evidence-based gap analysis on existing EHR order sets
    • Benefits Cone Health and its patients experienced because of order set optimization
    • What is the distribution and influence of the health plans that provide coverage to members across our network?

    Source: LexisNexis
    Healthcare providers know their own facilities and services well because they work through operational and strategic planning to optimize them and to implement new practices that better meet the needs of patients. But with a focus on current patient experiences, how do providers identify communities that provide strong opportunities for expansion or grasp the distribution of health plans in their area?

    Providers rarely have the resources to see these types of broader patterns and opportunities. Oftentimes, claims data external to a provider network can help fill in the gaps to allow for more informed planning and decision support that can provide a much-needed edge in the healthcare marketplace.

    In this case study, providers can learn from Lehigh Valley Health Network and how they addressed critical planning challenges including:

    • Where are patient referrals coming from?
    • What physicians/physician groups should we engage with for network optimization?
    • Are there new communities we aren’t serving that provide opportunities for expansion?
    • What is the distribution and influence of the health plans that provide coverage to members across our network?

    Source: Phreesia
    Like many industries across the country, healthcare is experiencing a staffing crisis. While clinician shortages have dominated the news, hiring and retaining administrative employees is a significant challenge as well, especially because of factors like burnout and competition for talent from other businesses.

    This whitepaper outlines 10 strategies to engage staff and boost retention, while also seizing this opportunity to improve efficiency, automate manual tasks and empower patients to take a more active role in their healthcare experience.

    Read this whitepaper to learn:

    • Easy-to-implement tips to reduce turnover and engage staff
    • Why giving patients the opportunity to take on tasks such as registration and appointment scheduling improves their experience
    • How technology can help you weather this staffing crisis and reduce the number of employees you need to add to your organization

    Source: ServiceNow
    This report by Aberdeen reveals the role of customer operations in helping healthcare organizations deliver top-notch patient experiences, control costs, and boost efficiency—highlighting the key pillars top performers use to attain their service and back-office objectives.

    Bullet points :

    • The top customer operations challenges impacting healthcare organizations
    • How improvements in customer operations can drive overall business performance
    • What are the key activities and technology enablers being considered?

    Source: Teladoc
    As COVID-19 cases surged around the country in early 2020, care delivery from a distance became essential. This brought the transformative power of telehealth into focus. Telehealth is here to stay. How it will transform healthcare is yet to be determined.

    This e-book is based on the 5th Annual Telehealth Benchmark Survey for Hospitals and Health Systems — conducted by Becker's Hospital Review in partnership with Teladoc Health. More than 150 healthcare leaders responded to the survey. Nearly half of respondents were C-suite executives.

    The e-book contains analysis of five crucial telehealth insights identified by the survey:

    • Insight 1: Telehealth is a major priority for healthcare executives
    • Insight 2: Telehealth goals are consistent across health systems
    • Insight 3: Virtual and in-person care are not mutually exclusive
    • Insight 4: Engagement and alignment are essential to telehealth success
    • Insight 5: Barriers to telehealth advancement remain

    Source: Intellihealth
    Obesity was a public health crisis long before the pandemic. However, COVID-19 shined a light not only on how many Americans have obesity but also how excess weight contributes to and exacerbates the dangers of deadly diseases. As we look to recover from the pandemic, and prepare ourselves for future ones, the healthcare industry must address the obesity epidemic.

    In this white paper, you will learn:

    • Why not treating obesity carries health and financial risks for individuals, health systems, employers and payers, and society at large.
    • Why healthcare providers must treat the disease of obesity using a multidisciplinary approach that includes diet, physical activity, behavioral modifications and pharmacotherapy.
    • How tech-enabled services can help overcome vast provider shortages and lack of training to increase access to medical obesity treatment.

    Source: Abbott
    The patient experience is not as good as healthcare leaders think it is. That’s one major finding published in Abbott’s newest research as part of its multi-year global research initiative, Beyond Intervention.

    This white paper—a culmination of data from over 1,800 patients, physicians and healthcare leaders in 13 countries—focuses on the challenges that arise within the earliest stages of the vascular patient journey.

    In this whitepaper, you will learn about:

    • Key challenges in symptom recognition and diagnosis that impact patient and physician experience;
    • Health equity influence on access to care, emotional impact and physician-patient relationships;
    • Expectations your healthcare leader peers have related to adoption of technologies that can alleviate some of these core issues.

    It’s a critical time for shaping how healthcare will be delivered and received in future years, and understanding drivers of patient experience is essential. Download the white paper to learn more about these issues and potential solutions related to coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients around the world.

    Source: Optum
    Get the executive blueprint for mapping innovative digital strategies to improve access and outcomes for everyone. In this guide, we will look at factors that challenge digital engagement, how leaders can avoid common pitfalls, and ways to map the digital strategies that will have the most impact on access and outcomes - medical, behavioral and social.

    Find answers to important questions including:

    • What are the four factors of digital engagement?
    • What is the impact of digital inequity on health outcomes?
    • What are the steps for a holistic approach to digital engagement?
    • How can executives adopt an innovator's mindset to digital health?

    Source: Pega
    Today's patients, members and customers expect healthcare organizations to provide the same level of convenient digital experiences as other industries.

    To compete on a level with digital disruptors, healthcare organizations must provide the same connected, frictionless experiences. This requires an overhaul in the standard approach to customer engagement, but it doesn't mean starting from scratch. For HCOs, that means becoming more than just outcome providers. It requires these organizations to become intelligent experience builders too.

    Download this short e-book to learn how Pega's customer engagement platform enables HCOs to quickly adopt digital engagement improvements specific to their goals.

    Key learning points:  
    • Why many tech transformations fail and how to prevent that
    • The key benefits of a customer engagement platform
    • Strategies for seamless implementation

    Source: Verato
    Consumers navigate almost every industry from the comfort of their computers and phones, with just a few taps and clicks. Yet the healthcare industry has always been the exception. Historically, patients have passively relied on primary care physicians for recommendations on all aspects of care and referrals because they have not been empowered to direct their own care. But this is changing.

    The consumerization of healthcare is a paradigm shift—and leading healthcare provider organizations have to shift with it. Having complete and trusted patient data is foundational to your success in this consumer-directed world.

    Source: MobileSmith
    While 2020 will be known as the year of COVID-19, healthcare professionals will also remember it as the year of telehealth.

    During the worst of the initial economic shutdown between mid-March through mid-June, telehealth visits comprised about 30 percent of total outpatient visits. As the pandemic’s grip loosens, providers must continue to embrace new ways of reaching patients as a large and growing number of consumers expect telehealth to be an option in the future.

    The new care paradigm is patient engagement, which encompasses virtual visits, patient education, medication adherence and the ability to monitor and track patients through fitness devices and medical mobile apps that fully involve patients in their care.

    Patients who are more engaged in their health enjoy better outcomes and incur lower costs, which benefits both patients and providers.

    This whitepaper will explore:
    • The use of telehealth during the pandemic
    • The basics and benefits of patient engagement
    • Pros and cons of telehealth when it comes to patient engagement
    • How mobile apps propel patient engagement strategies and enhance the patient experience 

    Source: Concentrix Catalyst
    As a Forrester recognized leader in loyalty services, Concentrix Catalyst, formerly PK, sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity for providers to redefine loyalty in healthcare. Findings from Concentrix Catalyst's 2021 independent research with 1,016 healthcare consumers reveal an industry-wide challenge in earning consumer trust. Shifts in the industry and in the expectations of its consumers are making healthcare loyalty a must-win battle.

    Download this whitepaper and discover:

    • Best practices in loyalty from Mayo Clinic, One Medical, and Baycare that can be adopted by providers
    • How loyalty strategy can impact key metrics such as HEDIS, NPS, and star ratings
    • A new model of connected membership that works to engage consumers before, during, and after care episodes

    Source: Notable Health
    For most health systems, the call center serves as a legacy “front door” for most patient interactions - from appointment scheduling and reminders, to registration, authorizations, financial assistance and payment collection.

    Growing call volumes and worsening staffing shortages have led to call centers that are overworked and unable to meet patient expectations. As a result, today’s leading health systems are designing “digital front doors” that can offload call volume by replacing manual calls with automated digital services.

    Leading health systems are leveraging AI, robotic process automation, and digital patient engagement to automate many of the workflows that previously ran through the call center. By streamlining cumbersome, manual processes with AI and robotic process automation, teams are increasing their capacity and better serving their patients, while reducing the overall cost of care.

    Read this whitepaper to learn best practices from industry leaders on automating common call center workflows with a digital front door, including triage and scheduling, appointment reminders, registration, prior authorization, referral management and payment collection.

    Readers will learn:

    • Best practices for orchestrating cutting-edge automation, patient engagement, and AI technologies to improve call center efficiency.
    • Why digital point solutions for scheduling and appointment reminders require back-end automation to eliminate call center workflows.
    • How to diagnose the root causes underpinning call center capacity constraints in your organization.
    • How to determine which call center workflows are best suited for automation, and which are best left for staff to manage.
    • How Notable partnered with a leading healthcare provider to eliminate over 60% of their call volume through intelligent automation.

    Source: Hospital IQ
    Hospital patient flow initiatives characteristically include a focus on the patient discharge process, setting goals to have discharges occur by a specific time of day. And for good reason: Reducing avoidable delays and managing capacity to ensure beds are available for incoming patients are key goals for implementing effective and sustainable discharge practices.

    In this eBook, we review hospital discharge processes and discuss the challenges. We also outline how intelligent automation is being used in hospitals and health systems of all sizes to achieve three simple steps for consistently managing patient discharges:

    • Identify discharges early
    • Develop both system- and unit-level actions
    • Assign and manage specific items to take action

    Source: R1 RCM
    Between the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and rising demand for nurses and physicians, the already challenging costs of labor are only growing. In many cases, the pressures of the pandemic forces hospitals to offer incentives to encourage staff to pick up additional shifts or hold "bidding wars" with other local providers over talent.

    This white paper examines how eight healthcare executives are adjusting to meet the challenge and drive down labor costs. Through a combination of monitoring operations, leaning into digital care accessibility and leveraging partnerships to develop a robust digital infrastructure, leaders are not just easing labor strains, but creating more efficient workflows.

    Learn how executives are combating rising labor costs by:

    • Adjusting to the new norm of outsourcing administrative work.
    • Investing in digital transformation and workflow automation.
    • Optimizing digital access to care.

    Source: Siemens
    With one person dying from cardiac disease every 36 seconds in the United States, the importance of delivering high-value heart care is clear: patients need and expect it. Cardiovascular surgery is also a major revenue driver for health systems.

    To better understand the current state of cardiac care and how health systems can best respond to growing patient consumerism and value-based challenges, Becker’s Hospital Review and Siemens Healthineers conducted a survey of more than 100 cardiologists and health system leaders. Respondents identified key challenges faced by health system cardiology service lines and the means by which they are working to solve them.

    This special report shares these industry leaders’ insights and perspectives to identify potential solutions that can help transform cardiac care delivery to benefit patients and health systems.

    Source: Workday
    Merger and acquisition activity remains strong throughout the healthcare sector and continues to gain momentum. Organizations across the continuum of care face similar challenges associated with mergers and acquisitions. Embracing lessons learned by peers can help smooth the path to success, even before transactions close.

    Recently Becker's Hospital Review asked three healthcare industry experts to share insights from their M&A-related experience:

    • Joe Gage, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health
    • J. Lankford Wade, CFO, Berkley Heights, N.J.-based Summit Health
    • Shana Graff, MHA, Value Manager for Healthcare, Workday

    This white paper contains an overview of common M&A challenges and 10 best practices for overcoming these challenges. 

    Source: AmWell
    With telehealth here to stay, healthcare leaders are rethinking the role it will play in care delivery and their long-term strategy. What factors and priorities are they weighing? What do they envision for the future?

    To shine a light on how stakeholders across the industry are driving the evolution of virtual care, Amwell teamed up with HIMSS Analytics to ask senior executives at hospitals, health systems, and health plans across the country about their post-pandemic strategy and their planned investments in telehealth. To keep them honest, we also surveyed front-line clinicians caring for patients in a broad range of practice settings.

    The findings suggest that telehealth is entering a critical new phase. As healthcare leaders take stock of the telehealth experience of the past year, the focus is shifting from pandemic-fueled expediency to a “smart-growth” mindset that prioritizes consolidation, integration and purposeful central planning. Based on their insights, we’ve identified three key themes that will define this new phase and the future of virtual care.

    Source: LeanTaaS
    As the healthcare industry continues to recover from COVID-19, a transformation is taking shape. Hospitals are increasingly turning to AI and predictive analytics for fresh approaches to managing constrained healthcare assets such as inpatient beds and operating rooms.

    Growth in patient volume will continue to rise as the nation's population ages and chronic disease rates increase. As a result, hospitals need to be more efficient with their resources than ever before. This means capacity management must become one of the most important areas for hospitals to focus on.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn:
    • Why current methods of allocating and managing capacity are simply inadequate to meet the challenge's growing complexity
    • What mathematical concepts underlie successful capacity management, and what healthcare can learn from the industries that have unlocked them
    • How health systems are using tools to solve their mathematical challenges and achieve stunning improvements in their capacity

    Source: Ingenious Med
    This white paper shares how three leading healthcare organizations — AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center, Community Health Systems, and TeamHealth — are maximizing their margins while streamlining the workload for physicians and other clinicians amid the pandemic’s ongoing challenges.

    Learn how they’re achieving:

    • More efficient charge capture
    • Automated patient attribution
    • Streamlined communication among providers and between providers, coders and billers
    • Greater productivity while reducing physicians’ burden

    Source: Smith+Nephew
    Most U.S. hospitals rely on clinician education, auditing and chart reviews rather than real-time, patient-generated data to remind staff to turn patients in order to prevent hospital acquired pressure injuries. However, these methods have proven ineffective.

    Halting HAPIs in American hospitals demands attention. Recent reports from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicate that the incidence of many hospital-acquired conditions is falling. However, pressure injuries rates continue to rise despite being a top priority for health systems.

    A recent survey conducted by Frost and Sullivan was designed to better understand the persistent rise of pressure injuries and examine potential solutions to the problem.

    This report is based on those survey findings and in-depth interviews with 20 healthcare professionals.

    Source: Ergotron 
    Workflow and process improvements have always been an important consideration for healthcare organizations. But in today's dynamic healthcare environment, factors such as rapidly changing technologies and a shifting disease landscape mean that workflow efficiency is not merely a consideration, but a priority.

    In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:

    • How workflow improvements affect everything from interoperability initiatives to the patient experience
    • Why healthcare solutions designed with the future in mind ensure that caregivers remain prepared to address evolving priorities
    • Why it's so crucial that healthcare equipment is versatile enough to be used in various applications

    Source: NAPA
    Read this case study to learn:

    • How an ASC’s exceptional experience with standardized regional anesthesia protocols for total joint and breast procedures prompted its affiliated hospital to move many complex procedures across multiple service lines to the outpatient environment, with excellent quality, efficiency, and satisfaction results for patients, physicians, and payers. 
    • How providing long-acting nerve blocks with minimal or no opiates provides effective pain management with fewer opioid-related perioperative complications, allowing surgical patients to go home the same day without pain, and eliminating costs associated with inpatient length of stay that average $2,500 per patient day.
    • How leadership and expertise that enabled one ASC to move to a cutting edge regional anesthesia program has been transformative, by expanding its capabilities, expediting operating room throughput, and achieving patient and surgeon satisfaction scores consistently in the high 90s.  

     

    Source: SCP Health 

    Emergency departments have a unique vantage point driven by high-touch interfaces with community and hospital resources, and frequent access to a high volume of key patient populations.

    This whitepaper explains how this vantage point yields crucial insights into much-needed changes in health care and issues a call for transformation.

    In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:
    • What an analysis of more than a million patient encounters reveals about the post-discharge “Care Gap”
    • Opportunities to leverage and impact the emergency department’s unique view of the health care system
    • Ways to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction while increasing health care value for key populations

    Source: Podium
    Online reviews are paramount — 95 percent of consumers read a review before making a purchase or working with a local business, according to research from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Online reviews have not only replacing word-of-mouth referral, but they’ve also become the trusted source for choosing which company to buy from.

    Managing the online reputation for a multi-location healthcare organization is a tall task, so instating an effective online reputation program is critical. Doing so will help build brand awareness, grow revenue by driving more customers and increase an organization’s ability to compete online.

    Read this ebook to learn how to:
    • Build an online reputation program that works
    • Get started with Google Reviews
    • Optimize your review request program

    Source: Notable Health
    Maximize the value of your investments in automation with this guide from The Advisory Board & Notable. The combination of RPA and AI, also known as intelligent automation, has the potential to alleviate administrative burden and drive financial ROI, all while optimizing the care delivery experience.

    Get insight from experts at The Advisory Board, and learn:

    • How providers should be thinking about RPA and AI
    • 4 key pivots health care leaders need to make to reach their strategic goals
    • Strategies from The Advisory Board's latest research on getting the most out of your organization's investments in intelligent automation  

    Source: RevSpring
    Healthcare financial stakes are higher than ever and engaging effectively with patients is critical and complicated. As healthcare organizations evolve their engagement strategies and add channels, it becomes more difficult to understand how each patient interacts, what channels are effective for which patients, and what combination of channels most effectively drives patient action.

    Many turn to data for answers, but overly simplistic data frequently drives organizations in the wrong direction. Instead, methods are needed to help providers understand what's working, what's not and what should happen next. Communication based on an OmniChannel strategy ensures that patient engagement is efficient and effective, whether it's for pre-service preparation, payments or everything in between.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn new strategies for healthcare organizations to:

    • Apply intelligence to every type of patient interaction
    • Reduce waste, save money and increase engagement
    • Seamlessly integrate data science, machine learning and customer engagement to drive better financial results and increased patient loyalty
    • Unify the patient experience for happier, more engaged patients every step of the way

    Source: Vizient
    Many of the changes made to the U.S. healthcare system during the pandemic are anticipated to be permanent or gain momentum. In order to compete and succeed, healthcare providers must to continue to evolve and pivot.

    To learn about these key trends and projections for recovery and growth over the next decade, as well as how to rework your strategies for success, read this executive summary.

    The 10-year forecast includes trend analysis and projections for:
    • Site-of-care shifts
    • Surgical shifts
    • Emergency department volumes
    • Virtual care

    Source: Cardinal Health
    Hospital Acquired Infections remain a key clinical concern, especially among critical care patients. Reducing or eliminating opportunities for pathogen exposure through cross-contamination may be an effective strategy for reducing HAIs. Previously published research suggests that replacing reusable ECG leads with single-patient use ECG leads was associated with reduced SSI risk in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. Using a public database, this analysis explored the broader association between single-patient use ECG leads and HAI rates in California hospitals.

    Learning Points:

    • The inherent vulnerability of the critical care patient
    • The burden of hospital-acquired infections and the benefits of reducing their incidence
    • The role of ECG cables and wires

    Source: Augmedix
    COVID-19 has only made clinicians' lives harder. Adequately supporting clinicians in the ED will require a multitude of resources, support services and initiatives to eliminate inefficiencies that have lingered far too long in their workflow.

    In this whitepaper you will learn:
    • Strategies to mitigate clinicians' administrative burden in the ED while reducing costs and improving the patient experience.
    • Use cases from forward thinking organizations leveraging scribes, hospitalists and telehealth to ease the overload on ED clinicians.
    • How to support clinician well-being in times of crisis.

    Source: Elsevier
    Achieving success under the Star Rating System is a critical part of doing business today. The quest for success has led health insurers, PBMs and retail pharmacies to work together to formulate strategies to achieve top ratings.

    To effectively do this, they need access to trusted information and educational resources to deliver patient-centric care and to engage members in managing their own care.  

    When all involved are using the same knowledge tools for clinical, drug reference and patient education, you can improve efficiency, increase consumer satisfaction, and achieve the best possible health outcomes.

    Download this whitepaper to:
    • Understand the latest star ratings and their impact on health insurers, PBMs and retail pharmacies
    • Learn how accurate, trusted knowledge sources can be an effective strategy in achieving top ratings
    • Understand the value of a trusted knowledge partner in this era of misinformation

    Source: Vida
    In the U.S., social determinants such as race, gender and even the neighborhood you live in can influence your health outcomes — generally to the detriment of already underserved populations. Treating mental and physical chronic conditions requires time, money and perhaps most importantly, access to care — most of which are often unavailable to at-risk populations.

    Equitable care requires innovative solutions.

    Download this whitepaper, titled Why Virtual Care is Key to Overcoming Social Determinants, to discover

    • How social determinants of health impact chronic conditions
    • How virtual care can be an effective and innovative solution
    • Why treating both mental and physical care together delivers better outcomes

    Source: Vituity
    This year, estimates show more than 4 million people with behavioral health conditions will enter an emergency department, but ED staff are not always well-equipped to treat them.

    That's where Emergency Psychiatric Intervention, or EPI, comes in. It's an approach and toolkit designed by Vituity emergency medicine and acute psychiatry physicians that aims to elevate the standard of care for emergency behavioral health patients. EPI brings together front-line physicians and clinical support staff with existing ED teams to optimize workflows and increase staff engagement.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

    • A deeper look into what EPI is and how it operates
    • How EPI helps hospitals improve clinical quality and profitability while strengthening community trust, as well as the other benefits
    • Case studies of EPI in caption at two health systems of care.

    Source: Leantaas
    In the wake of COVID-19, operating room managers have faced unprecedented challenges with optimizing the OR schedule. For those still relying on manual methods such as phone calls and faxes, significant opportunity exists to make the scheduling process more efficient and improve visibility into the historically opaque OR schedule.

    In this eBook, learn to streamline your OR scheduling process, optimally fill open time and increase surgeon and staff satisfaction. Additionally, explore how to address:

    1. Block time left unfilled
    2. Missed connections between clinics and/or facilities
    3. Reallocating surgeon' block time in a more surgeon-centric manner 

    Source: Intrado
    Consumers have been “cutting the cord” on cable TV for years to save money and streamline service. Healthcare's now seeing the same trend. Healthcare organizations can benefit from cost savings and higher patient response rates by "cutting the cord" on manual patient engagement and moving to automated patient communication, especially via SMS-based outreach.

    Those adopting new patient engagement technologies report a better experience for both patients and staff members.

    In this whitepaper you’ll learn more about:

    • The hidden costs of manual engagement
    • How digital solutions address health system needs
    • Improving patient outcomes and resource efficiencies

    Source: Experian
    This white paper compares answers from the first State of Patient Access survey (November 2020) with those in Experian Health's State of Patient Access 2.0 (June 2021).

    Sample findings:

    • 73 percent of consumers want to schedule their own appointments online
    • Improving the patient experience is a top priority for 93 percent of providers
    • More than 50 percent of providers find it difficult to keep track of changing pre-authorization requirements
    • Just 14 percent of consumers felt their final healthcare cost differed significantly from estimates — down from more than 50 percent in the first survey

    These and many other topics were addressed in the survey, making this white paper a useful resource for strategy and planning beyond the pandemic.

    Source: Qualtrics
    Today’s patients judge their healthcare experiences against their interactions with service providers in other industries. While many healthcare providers are hesitant to think of patients as customers, the patient journey has many similarities to what customers experience with retail, banking, travel and hospitality companies.

    In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

    • Embrace the power of omnichannel communication
    • Cultivate a culture of authenticity
    • Personalize the end-to-end journey
    • Capture timely feedback and take action

    Source: Conductiv
    As diversity, equity and inclusion commitments become more commonplace, healthcare organizations large and small are looking internally to see where more equitable strategies could be implemented, including with vendor selection. Organizations are increasingly including supplier diversity as a common decision criteria to select a vendor.

    This guide outlines how healthcare organizations can implement equitable and inclusive sourcing practices to support their diversity commitments.

    Key insights:

    • The definition of a diverse supplier
    • The importance of equitable and inclusive sourcing
    • Roadblocks to implementing more equitable and inclusive sourcing practices
    • Sourcing strategies to increase diverse supplier spend

    Source: Wolters Kluwer
    The volume of data generated within the healthcare industry is staggering with experts estimating that healthcare data doubles every 73 days.

    While this data contains a wealth of patient insights, most healthcare organizations lack the resources, technology and time required to leverage its true value.

    In this white paper we share three steps on the road to semantic interoperability that support optimal performance in value-based arrangements.

    Download now to learn:

    • Why collecting, integrating, normalizing and interpreting data from across care interactions, devices, apps and settings is critical within a value-based care environment
    • The role of natural language processing and machine learning in effectively managing population health
    • Three strategies for creating a "Rosetta Stone" of health language that will equip you to improve care for entire patient populations

    Source: Flywire
    For years the U.S. healthcare system’s affordability crisis has made it more difficult for patients to seek and pay for care. This not only has huge implications for patients but also has a profound impact on the revenue cycle for health systems and other providers.

    Download this E-book to access 11 must-read articles on the patient affordability crisis and how it’s affecting healthcare. You’ll gain insight on:

    • How healthcare’s affordability crisis is negatively influencing patient decisions
    • How providers are handling patients’ inability to pay for care
    • How technology can make it easier for patients to understand and meet their medical expenses

    Source: Cerner
    Health system leaders have prioritized expanding their ambulatory footprints for years amid growing demand for more outpatient services and the need to expand access to care. The pandemic has only accelerated this trend, with more systems actively acquiring clinics and surgery centers while also expanding virtual care offerings.

    Amid acquisitions and expansions, health system leaders must work to ensure staff are strategically unified and the right technology systems are in place to support high-quality care. Without this integration, organizations are vulnerable to unnecessary operational complexities and care variation.

    This white paper offers insights into the integration journeys at three health systems and is derived from interviews with leaders from Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health; Phoenix-based Banner Health; and Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth.

    Source: Vizient
    Costs of pharmaceuticals in aggregate are so high, even lower price increases can have a dramatic effect on financial performance. It is critical for pharmacy leaders to be vigilant observers of all changes that impact medication use and cost.


    Utilizing Vizient's extensive pharmacy analytics, the Vizient Pharmacy Outlook is an industry-leading report providing drug price inflation projections over the next 18 months across multiple classes of trade and therapeutic areas. Health system and hospital financial and pharmacy leaders rely on this report to budget smarter and prepare for future trends that impact their delivery of care.

    Key insights include:

    • Changes in biosimilars for acute care
    • Shifts in non-acute care to outpatient and telemedicine settings
    • Impressions of the FDA Accelerated Approval program
    • Specialty drugs, changes in disease states, and the pipeline

    Source: Notable Health
    In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, investment in population health continues to surge as health systems increase risk-based contracting in response to new incentives created by private and public payers. As a result, leading health systems have turned to intelligent automation as a way to empower their care coordinators and clinicians to identify and engage more patients in need of care, drive patient action, and measure the ROI of their efforts.

    This whitepaper walks through 7 proven use cases for improving population health program impact by automating manual and repetitive workflows, and outlines best practices for automating population health workflows.

    Download our whitepaper to learn:

    • How intelligent automation can eliminate repetitive tasks for clinicians, and enable them to practice at top of license
    • Why common approaches to population health technology, such as implementing digital nudges for clinicians, often fail to realize expected impact
    • How to avoid increasing administrative burden on clinicians through the introduction of new population health technologies
    • How to automate the identification and engagement of patients with open care gaps
    • Best practices for optimizing HCC coding workflows to ensure appropriate value-based reimbursement

    Source: Securelink
    Without a standardized method, vendors move through health system networks with a wide range of methodologies including modems, VPN accounts, desktop sharing tools and more. This disorganized access is insecure and compromises HIPAA compliance.

    At Medical Center Hospital, disorganized vendor access created three significant problems:

    1. Their IT staff had to be heavily involved.
    2. There was no common method of tracking the remote access sessions.
    3. It was impossible to implement a uniform security policy, making HIPAA compliance difficult to determine.


    Download this case study to learn how the hospital was able to implement a uniform security policy and ensure HIPAA compliance by:

    • Strictly defining system access for each vendor.
    • Taking the load off IT staff in administering support connections.
    • Ensuring network security and compliance.

    Source: AMA  
    COVID-19 has introduced unique stressors to the healthcare community, which will likely have lasting effects in the years ahead. National findings from the AMA's "Coping with COVID-19 for Caregivers” survey provided important insights into healthcare workers' experiences over the past year. Nearly 1 in 4 physician respondents said they were likely to leave practice within the next two years.

    Download the summary report to learn more about these insights and discover organizational well-being resources available through the AMA Health System Program.

    Key insights include:

    • What insights have we gained from healthcare workers' experience with COVID-19?
    • Do care teams feel valued by their organization?
    • How has COVID-19 affected the team's sense of meaning and purpose?
    • What organizational resources are available to support physician well-being?

    Source: Cardinal Acute
    The past year and half has tested healthcare supply chain leaders’ strength and resilience, forcing them to reimagine their strategy amid a global public health crisis. Now more than ever, supply chain leaders need to stay on top of the industry’s latest trends in order to ensure success for their organizations and positive outcomes for patients.

    From how to effectively use tracking technology to ensuring the supply chain is clinically integrated to how sustainability can reduce costs, there are key trends of which supply chain leaders must be aware.

    Download this whitepaper to learn how to:

    • Reduce supply chain costs
    • Prepare for the next healthcare crisis
    • Track the supply chain more effectively

    Source: CoverMyMeds  
    Providers and care teams are often searching various sources for multiple types of data to inform medication choice and access conversations with each patient.

    Scattered, often unavailable, information creates frustrating workflows and wastes valuable time that could better be spent on high-level tasks and interactions. This can further lead to care team frustration and poor patient outcomes.

    Patient-considerate and patient-facing technology can help fill in missing data at various points in the patient journey, saving care teams time and giving patients a voice in their healthcare journey.

    In this report, CoverMyMeds explores:

    • The impact of information gaps on quality of care
    • The role interoperable technology can play in providing a single source of care team data
    • How integration and automation could have a positive influence on reducing care team burnout

    Source: Cardinal Health
    Many ASCs are still grappling with pandemic-related supply shortages, rising costs and inventory management issues. To navigate these challenges, supply chain leaders will need to adopt more creative and agile solutions.

    These eight articles are must-reads for supply chain leaders who want to stay ahead of the curve and position their ASC for success. They contain insights on topics such as improving surgery center efficiency, addressing burnout and long-term capital planning.

    Source: 3M
    Because COVID-19 cases have largely declined since the start of 2021, hospitals and health systems have been able to shift more focus back to the long-term goals of driving down costs, improving care quality and enhancing clinician workflow processes.

    3M and Becker's Hospital Review recently surveyed dozens of hospital and health system executives about the ongoing obstacles in the way of those mission critical goals, and the technology they're relying on to make progress.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn:

    • The value of speech recognition technologies in enhancing EHR documentation workflow
    • The tech-driven solutions organizations are using to address denials and enhance clinical care documentation
    • What solutions hospitals and health systems are using to accelerate the shift to value-based care

    Source: AvaSure
    Historically, hospitals and health systems have used “patient sitters” to provide one-on-one monitoring support for patients. Since this approach is costly and inefficient, virtual sitters that can monitor multiple patients simultaneously have become one of the fastest growing trends in virtual care.

    Ochsner Health adopted a centralized patient monitoring model, which allowed the New Orleans-based health system to have eight or nine technicians monitoring 90 to 108 patients instead of using individual sitters for each patient. The model delivered a clear return on investment for the system, while also supporting revenue-generating opportunities.

    In this whitepaper, you’ll learn how centralized monitoring systems like the one used at Ochsner Health can:

    • Improve safety and support for patients and staff
    • Result in a 90 percent cost reduction
    • Potentially integrate with other centralized healthcare services

    Source: Doximity
    The healthcare ecosystem is constantly expanding and evolving. Incumbent participants — such as providers, payers, suppliers and regulators — are now joining new entrants as disruptors to the system.

    To better leverage the new healthcare ecosystem, healthcare leaders must take on four distinct imperatives. To do so, they should consider outside partners who can deliver more: data, access and improved patient experience.

    In this whitepaper, you will gain strategies for:

    • Embracing new technologies
    • Building a customer-centric focus that emphasizes access
    • Adopting non-traditional partners
    • Improving access, quality and affordability

    Source: Intuitive
    With the upsurge of a value-based reimbursement landscape, better surgical outcomes and reduced readmissions are critical. That's why hospitals and health systems around the world have increasingly adopted minimally invasive procedures and built strong robotic-assisted surgery programs.

    For many healthcare executives, cost concerns have made them hesitant to invest in surgical robots. However, when built right, a robotic surgery service line can enhance operational efficiencies and reduce the total cost to treat.

    This ebook explores the value of robotic surgery in a value-based market, as well as the key considerations needed to shape a viable program.

    Key learning points:

    • Financial and operational benefits of robotic surgery
    • 4 steps health systems can take for robotics to enhance economic value
    • Real-world insight on how health systems decreased costs after transitioning to robotics

    Source: Keybank
    Supply procurement and vendor payments have become a complex, time-consuming and costly problem for too many providers.

    A supplier payment platform can help providers understand what's working well in their supply management processes and what could use improvement. While healthcare and hospitals systems have historically lagged in adopting automation for invoices and payment processing, those who have are able to strengthen their supply network and use their internal resources smarter.

    In this white paper, learn how your organization can:

    • Use rebates and bargaining power to work with large medical suppliers
    • Customize your supply procurement approach
    • Implement an automated accounts payable platform

    Source: Cardinal Health
    Amid industry disruption and various challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent natural disasters, health systems have continued to face ongoing financial pressures. To mitigate these challenges, many health systems have turned to new strategies and care models. These initiatives, however, often introduce new operational requirements.

    Health systems are striving to enhance the quality of patient experiences and outcomes, while simultaneously expanding and growing the business aspects of healthcare delivery. This white paper offers an overview of recent industry challenges and insights into new approaches to strategic planning.

    Key insights include:

    • The role of specialty medications in the modern care continuum.
    • The industry pressures affecting all sites of care.
    • Four questions all health system leaders should ask when developing a successful growth strategy.

    Source: Cardinal Health
    Hospitals and health systems responded swiftly. A shift toward more ambulatory care and the value of virtual care solutions are just a few of the trends emerging from the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Earlier this spring, Becker’s Hospital Review and Cardinal Health convened a group of health system leaders to discuss how their organizations responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they’re adapting their strategies moving forward. This whitepaper summarizes insights from that discussion.

    Source: TeamHealth
    Timely clinician-patient communication is already a top priority for every health system. However, special challenges brought on by COVID-19 exposed new truths about the need for an empathetic, relatable information exchange. TeamHealth performed a deep dive into the core elements of patient experience during COVID-19 and beyond, which are outlined in this whitepaper.

    Key learnings:

    • How to address patient experience in a COVID-19 world
    • The benefits of improved patient experience
    • How TeamHealth clinicians are using innovative ways to connect with patients

    Source: Ribbon Health
    As patients increasingly move between care settings, referrals are the most critical influences on healthcare experiences and outcomes. Over half of providers are dissatisfied with their current referral process, and this impacts a third of patients in the U.S. who are referred to a specialist each year alone. It’s no surprise that providers and digital health innovators are seeking to ensure a seamless process — whether it's in-person or virtual care — but the data that these organizations rely on to power this process often stands in the way.

    This whitepaper will cover:

    • Impact of broken referral management on patients, such as 33% of patients not following through on a referral
    • Current provider data and infrastructure barriers to referral management
    • How a patient-first approach to provider data can improve patient care journeys

    Source: VisualDx
    Racial bias is a pervasive issue plaguing healthcare, and industry leaders are unsure how to best address it.

    Health systems’ chief digital officers, chief medical officers, chief quality officers, chief innovation officers and educational deans must reevaluate their digital resources and encourage the use of equitable evidence in medical education and within the exam room. And these actions are needed urgently.

    This whitepaper offers a digital solution to the following three problems:

    • Most clinical knowledge resources are not equitable.
    • Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms are not trained on representative data.
    • Digital medical education tools and training lectures lack equity in representation of skin of color.

    Source: Infor
    As the industry begins to move forward, providers, health plans and technology companies will continue advancing healthcare innovation, aiming to transform patient care and bridge the gap between clinical and business operations.

    These eight articles are must-reads for healthcare leaders who want to pursue successful innovation programs. They contain insights on topics such as interoperability, artificial intelligence, how to build resilient clinical teams and how to prepare for future health crises.

    Source: ProviderTrust
    With the rapid growth in telehealth across the U.S. in 2020, Amwell, a large telehealth provider faced the need to scale quickly, including their compliance monitoring efforts. When the pandemic first hit in April 2020, Amwell was utilizing ProviderTrust, which provides smarter compliance monitoring solutions, for OIG exclusion monitoring and another vendor for sanction screening and Medicare Opt Out list monitoring.

    Source: Ontario Systems
    Between COVID-19-related financial challenges and an increasingly remote workforce, healthcare systems are struggling to navigate this new terrain. Many are taking a hard look at their accounts receivable (A/R) processes, determined to find ways to improve efficiency and productivity for better long-term financial health. By simplifying their A/R operations in one easy step, leading providers across the U.S. are transforming the back end of their revenue cycle.

    Download this eBook to learn:

    • The three pillars of A/R optimization—and your biggest barriers to progress
    • The hallmarks of a high-performing A/R operation
    • Real results leading providers have achieved 

    Source: CareCredit
    Patients are struggling with healthcare’s financial burden, as Americans’ average income has not kept pace with rising costs. Additionally, patients expect healthcare to have the same convenience and transparency they’ve come to enjoy in industries such as retail or banking.

    Seventy percent of hospital executives said they had plans to expand price transparency, but only 25 percent said they strongly agreed that their staff was well-prepared to have financial conversations with patients, according to a survey conducted in early 2021 by CareCredit and Becker’s. This incongruence between priority and ability sheds light on a crucial area hospitals need to improve upon to deliver a consumer-centric, transparent experience to patients.

    Source: Optum 
    Health inequity is costing health organizations and communities over $93 billion in excess cost and over $42 billion in untapped productivity. Millions of people are not able to receive the care they need or achieve good health. Communities are looking for leaders who can address the structural bias that allows health inequities to remain.

    Source: MDVIP
    With the rise of consumer-directed healthcare, discerning patients want choice and are expecting a higher level of service, including more quality time with a physician and less time in the waiting room.

    When their experience in traditional, volume-based medicine falls short, they seek care elsewhere, often outside your hospital system. This is why investigating an innovative primary care model is a valuable strategy to address increasingly savvy patient needs in order to retain current customers and attract new ones.

    Source: ServiceNow
    To remain competitive, healthcare organizations must meet today’s challenges while preparing for the next major crisis. Learn how you can improve outcomes by providing a better experience for both patients and clinicians. Download our ebook on elevating patient care with connected digital workflows.

    Learning points:

    • 10 best practices to solve last-mile vaccine management
    • 5 steps to a safer workplace for everyone
    • How 2.5 million high-risk citizens were vaccinated in Scotland

    Source: Bright.MD
    More than two-thirds of provider executives plan to use more care navigators in 2021. As health systems look for ways to recover after the pandemic, why are so many executives focused on navigation and care coordination? The answer lies in exploring how effective navigation addresses five of healthcare's biggest challenges in 2021 and beyond.

    Source: Molnlycke
    Traditional transactional relationships with suppliers are becoming things of the past. Today, value-analysis professionals (and other leaders responsible for a healthcare organization's bottom line) are actively seeking to blaze new paths forward toward value-based partnerships and contracting.

    In January, Molnlycke assembled an advisory board of value analysis leaders to discuss how suppliers can achieve more meaningful relationships with healthcare organizations. This e-book provides an overview of the main themes that emerged from the discussion.

    Read this whitepaper to learn:

    How healthcare organizations can form meaningful relationships with suppliers
    The qualities of a strong value-based partnership
    The evidence value analysis committees seek to inform their decision-making process

    Source: Elsevier
    During early surges of COVID-19, treatment protocols evolved at a rapid pace. Healthcare leaders had to keep their strained teams up-to-speed on the most recent developments.

    Clinical knowledge is inherently dynamic, but the way healthcare leaders attain this knowledge can sometimes seem static. For hospital leaders, having the ability to track search data within reference tools to understand what clinical information their clinicians need and in what form they need it is crucial both during and after a crisis.

    This research guide includes: 

    • A timeline of COVID-19 research trends
    • A breakdown of how research data can inform continuous care improvement strategies

    Source: Ultimate Kronos Group
    Healthcare needs to more effectively use labor resources and recruit talent. COVID-19 has shown the importance of having the right staff in place. Organizations have realized that without centralized staffing and scheduling they have poor system wide resource visibility. This inhibits their ability to efficiently manage labor resources and meet patient care demands. They are now taking the time to reevaluate current staffing and scheduling processes to ensure that they can match the need for care with the right resources in the right setting.

    Source: Phreesia
    The patient referral process should facilitate effective communication among providers and support coordinated care. However, as it stands today, referrals are often challenging for everyone involved.

    Read this white paper to learn:

    • How providers decide when to refer patients and to whom
    • Referral senders' goals and the challenges they face when communicating with referral receivers
    • Opportunities for technology-based referral solutions that support all providers and eliminate obstacles to high-quality care

    Source: Optum
    Healthcare provider leaders shared their viewpoints with Optum and Scottsdale Institute on how pandemic related disruptions will influence the way care will be delivered, managed and paid for moving forward. Read this report to understand where providers see progress in the digital road forward, putting consumers at the center of care, and challenges they will continue to face.

    Source: Attainia
    Construction and renovation projects in the healthcare industry are complex due to facility-specific demands and the ever-changing nature of medical technology. This guide provides key considerations to help make your next equipment planning project a success.

    In this report you will learn:

    • Why a cross-disciplinary team is critical to success
    • The importance of establishing and driving a medical equipment standards program
    • How the right tools can enhance collaboration and optimize equipment purchasing decisions

    Source: Optum
    Despite COVID-19 adjustments, many health organizations are still not used to treating members or patients like consumers. With safety concerns, cost pressures and competitive threats, health organizations are thinking differently about attracting and retaining customers.

    This e-book highlights innovations and success factors across the consumer health experience, including:

    • Shopping for benefits
    • Staying well
    • Choosing care
    • Receiving care
    • Managing conditions
    • Saving and paying for care

    Source: ABILITY Network
    Nursing shortages and staffing issues threaten your organization’s ability to deliver quality patient care. With those challenges amplified by COVID-19, staffing initiatives that promote nurse satisfaction and engagement need to be a key priority.

    This whitepaper outlines seven staffing strategies that value, protect and optimize nurses.

    • Key learning points:
    • How to make staffing and scheduling a collaborative process
    • Streamline the open shift management process
    • Make it easy to access and act upon critical staffing information

    Source: TeamHealth
    Inconsistent communication within emergency departments can make an already stressful patient experience worse. Based on the company’s work with leading hospitals and health systems, TeamHealth has developed the A-PEX program to ensure outstanding performance in patient experience.

    Source: Podium
    In today's world, patients start researching healthcare decisions online first. From simple health questions to selecting a new provider — patients seek out peer reviews and third-party commentary before they make a healthcare decision. And each of these areas impacts a healthcare organization's perceived online reputation.

    Read this whitepaper to learn:

    • How to impact patient reviews to improve your average star rating
    • What best practices to implement to increase your number of patient reviews
    • Why reviews influence search results and patient growth
    • What to expect in future online presence trends for healthcare

    Source: AvaSure
    In early 2019, the WHO proposed making 2020 "the year of the nurse and midwife" given that 2020 would mark the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth, the woman widely considered to be the founder of modern nursing. 2020 would indeed become "the year of the nurse," testing these crucial front-line providers in unprecedented ways. By year's end, the immeasurable importance of nurses was clear to all.

    Source: ServiceNow
    Healthcare is a 24/7 industry. Yet, many organizations still rely on a shared services operation to provide services and information for employees from just 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This approach is no longer acceptable.

    Download the ServiceNow whitepaper to learn:

    • How the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital strategy development
    • Missed opportunities for digital employee engagement in healthcare
    • Methods and best practices for implementing new tech solutions

    Source: Everbridge
    COVID-19 has tested the limits of the healthcare system for more than a year. Healthcare providers are now juggling the challenges of treating patients with and without COVID-19 while executing mass vaccination campaigns. However, the pandemic has also revealed new opportunities for telehealth, collaboration tools for remote teams and technology applications that improve the patient experience and provider safety.

    Source: Zipari
    Healthcare payers and third-party administrators need digital customer experience (CX) solutions designed specifically for them and their consumers. Use this new guide to quickly initiate a CX strategy that is powerful enough to fuel better outcomes, drive value, and achieve higher ROI.

    Fill out the form to get the guide, "Cut to the Chase: The Simplified Blueprint for Payer CX Success," and read about:

    • The 3 strategies for creating the most impactful consumer experiences
    • The trouble with off-the-shelf customer relationship management systems
    • The one-stop-shop software solution for accelerating speed-to-market and speed-to-value

    Source: TRIMEDX
    Patient safety is a primary concern for all health systems and medical devices play a critical role in supporting the safe and effective delivery of patient care.

    Key Takeaways:

    • Health systems can support medical device availability through optimized preventative maintenance schedules and standardized workflows.
    • Dedicated monitoring and remediation of OEM-reported FDA alerts and recalls can minimize the potential impact on device availability and patient safety.
    • Patient safety should be a key consideration throughout a health system's capital planning process 

    Source: QGenda
    It’s no surprise that capacity optimization is at the top of the list when it comes to healthcare priorities. The capacity problem has been exacerbated by the pandemic and healthcare organizations are searching for the right ways to optimize their use of providers, rooms, and resources.

    Read this eGuide to find out:

    • How lack of capacity optimization affects providers, patients, and revenue.
    • How provider scheduling, room scheduling, and workforce analytics solutions help organizations solve the capacity problem.
    • Strategies you can implement to address capacity challenges.

    Source: Medallia
    The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked dramatic transformations in the patient experience. From a heightened emphasis on safety to the massive expansion of telehealth, one thing continues to remain constant: The importance of the provider-patient relationship.

    Survey finding themes explored in the report:

    • Key aspects of the care experience that have always been central to the patient satisfaction
    • Patients are more attuned to safety
    • Patients are using telehealth services in record numbers
    • COVID-19 patients are straining hospital capacity and reporting poorer experiences

    Source: Bright.md
    Telehealth adoption has skyrocketed due to COVID-19, and the demand for virtual tools is here to stay: Two-thirds of patients plan to continue using telehealth after the pandemic.

    Download this white paper to learn:

    • What an integrated hybrid care delivery model is and how it differs from just adding telehealth care options
    • The risks of not offering a variety of care-delivery options—to both patients and system revenues
    • 4 best practices to get you started

    Source: RingCentral
    Cloud communication technologies can enhance member engagement, support new collaboration-based workflow models, boost employee retention and increase payers’ flexibility, agility and efficiency.

    In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:

    • The kind of personalized experience members expect from payers
    • How cloud-based communication technologies give payers better security and efficiency
    • How analytics from digital member engagement platforms can optimize payer performance
    • How digital engagement tools generate higher employee satisfaction and retention

    Source: AGFA
    Enterprise imaging — or EI — plays an important role in the shift toward value-based care and is the next logical investment for many following the electronic health record.

    In this report you will learn:

    • What are the different technology approaches to managing imaging across the enterprise?
    • How can converging imaging workflow and infrastructure support my business growth initiatives?
    • What are the key financial and clinical care metrics that can be used to measure the benefits of enterprise imaging?
    • How do I build an effective governance team to oversee my enterprise imaging project?

    Source: Philips
    Health systems striving to deliver quality care at a sustainable cost are facing turbulent times. Leaders across the healthcare spectrum are collaborating with strategic partners to co-create innovative solutions.

    In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:

    • Ways long-term strategic partnerships can improve health systems
    • Practical considerations for selecting strategic partners
    • Case studies about innovation approaches and successful outcomes

    Source: Solutionreach
    Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is here, patients have questions. To ensure a smooth vaccine rollout, it's critical to be proactive and deliver clear information to patients via text, email, and other channels. Strengthen your organization's vaccine communication efforts with templates from this booklet.

    The E-book shares key templates on:

    • Frequently asked questions
    • Dispelling common myths
    • The vaccine’s safety and efficacy
    • Vaccine appointment reminder check-list

    Source: Clearwave
    We are seeing a paradigm shift in healthcare solutions following a tumultuous 2020. Finally, the need for patient self-scheduling is aligning with the patients' embrace of its adoption.

    In this ebook, we'll take a closer look at six significant facets of scheduling for 2021 to paint a clearer picture of what's in store for smart scheduling and healthcare operation. Trends include:

    • Personalization
    • Instability and agility
    • Hybrid care
    • And more!

    Source: Podium
    Your health system cannot improve unless you consistently track data on quality of care, patient engagement and internal efficiency. However, with a surplus of data and digital tools, health system leaders can be unsure about what metrics to pay attention to.

    Download this whitepaper to learn:

    • 9 critical marketing metrics for healthcare
    • How to find each metric (with examples)
    • A clear action plan to improve in each area

    Quality and Infection Control
    Source: NextGen  
    As industrywide concerns like inflation, efficiency and quality persist, leaders at ASCs and specialty care practices are carefully assessing opportunities for tapping into value-based care models.

    This white paper highlights findings and an analysis of the 2023 Becker's-NextGen leadership survey, which gathered perspectives on current VBC implementation challenges facing ASCs and specialty providers. You'll find leaders' top obstacles to embracing VBC, as well as expert recommendations for addressing them.

    Download to access insights including:

    Level of VBC adoption among surveyed organizations + the support they need
    ASC and specialty leaders' priorities in shifting away from fee-for-service
    Key areas where technology can help to address obstacles to VBC

     

    Source: Surgical Notes
    Finding the right billing company for your ASC can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. But the process doesn't have to be so overwhelming when you know exactly what to look for.

    There are five key characteristics every good ASC billing company has. This white paper examines each of these differentiators, including how they're defined, how they benefit surgery centers, and what ASCs should look for to ensure the billing partner they choose is right for them.

    Key insights include:

    • The importance of achieving a true partnership with your billing partner
    • What it means to provide best-in-class security and next-generation analytics
    • How a billing company's team structure and expertise are critical to success

    Source: Physician Growth Partners
    Private equity investment has been pouring into medical and dental practices -- with no signs of slowing down.

    Often a big offer comes unsolicited, but is it a fair offer and will private equity partnership be a good fit? The lure of private equity money can be enticing but what are the risks and challenges? What help do you need to navigate this unfamiliar territory?

    A new white paper from Physician Growth Partners answers critical questions for medical practices considering a private equity investment, such as:

    • What are the benefits of working with private equity?
    • Is it better to sell to a private equity group or a hospital system?
    • Can you maintain independence in a private equity partnership?
    • How are deals structured and what is “fair” compensation?
    • What are the advantages of working with a transaction advisor?

    Be prepared when a private equity firm approaches your practice.

    Dental
    Source: Sunbit  

    In recent years, dental practices have faced an increasingly challenging economic climate. Amid inflation and fluctuating interest rates, two particularly persistent challenges have surfaced: the pressure of low insurance reimbursement rates and the demand for higher wages due to staffing shortages.

    However, even in the face of these challenges, there is cause for optimism. Remarkably, many dental practices are seeing significant growth. This annual survey of dental professionals helps provide clarity and understanding around the state of technology adoption, insurance, patient financing and more. Hundreds of dental practices and DSOs were represented in the survey.

    In this report, you'll discover:
     
    • Ways the economy has influenced dental practices' production and treatment acceptance.
    • How dental teams are addressing insurance reimbursement challenges.
    • Lessons from practices on optimizing workflows and efficiency using technology.
    • The unique mindset and strategies that propel high growth practices to remarkable success.

     

    Source: AskNicely
    Many dental practices measure patient experience, though not as many make use of the feedback. Good organizations have a clear understanding of their strengths and key areas for improvement, but the strongest take it a step further by acting on this information to drive operational changes within their practice. 

    This e-book distills the secrets of the world's best front-line teams into seven habits to help dental practices deliver an exceptional patient experience every time. The insights are based on interviews and analysis on what's worked at thousands of prominent experience brands, such as Starbucks and Uber. 

    Learning points:  

    • What daily habits the best and brightest customer experience brands implement
    • How to master a seven-step process to increase repeat visits, strengthen staff retention and get more patient referrals
    • How to introduce and implement habits across teams

    Source: Compliancy Group
    Meeting healthcare compliance requirements is challenging, and even more so when an organization, such as a DSO, is responsible for overseeing multiple locations. In this complex and evolving landscape, leaders must monitor and proactively address regulations as compliance mistakes can lead to fines, penalties, reputational damage and liability for all stakeholders.

    In this guide, you'll find pertinent information and how-to's for navigating regulatory compliance as a DSO. 

    Download to learn more about:

    • What regulatory compliance is and how it can benefit your DSO
    • Common compliance mistakes and how to avoid them
    • How to simplify compliance management, tracking and reporting

     

    Source: RingCentral
    DSOs are growing rapidly with no sign of slowing any time soon. As these organizations' networks of clinics, dentists and patients expand, however, key challenges arise — particularly in operations and communications.

    In this must-reads e-book, you'll find a collection of seven articles that paint a picture of today's current DSO and dental landscape, common challenges associated with growth, and how dental leaders are using technology for streamlined patient engagement and stronger finances.

    Download to learn more about:

    • The role of emerging artificial intelligence technology in dentistry
    • Executives' tips for improving the patient experience
    • What 60% of the largest DSOs are using to strengthen operations + their bottom line

    Source: Henry Schein One
    Achieving same-store growth isn't easy, but innovative technologies can be your dental organization’s ticket to success.

    Same-store growth entails boosting productivity and profitability within your organization compared to the previous year. It's about refining existing systems, adopting innovative technology, and seizing opportunities in an ever-evolving market.

    In this eBook authored by Brian Colao, Director of DSO Industry Group at Dykema, you'll learn:

    • Ways to leverage data-driven insights to assess your practice's health, identify growth opportunities, and optimize operational efficiency.
    • How to boost same-store growth by using technology to enrich the patient journey and provide individualized care.
    • Methods to attract, cultivate, train and empower staff using the latest technologies.

    Source: Solutionreach
    Healthcare is riddled with uncertainty, but one thing is clear: Those who don't embrace technology will undeniably fall behind. This is true across all areas of healthcare, including the dental industry, which has started to embrace tech and automation to address staffing shortages, stagnant reimbursements and other financial pressures. 

    In a recent advisory call hosted by Becker's Dental + DSO Review and sponsored by Solutionreach, industry leaders discussed how technology solutions can and are improving operational efficiency, leading to positive effects on the patient and staff experience. They also shared key opportunities and obstacles they are facing

    This short summary of the call covers:  

    • How DSOs are standardizing systems to maximize efficiency 
    • The type of technology DSOs are using, and for what purposes
    • Using technology to improve patient interactions, including around finances 

    Source: Kleer
    As the subscription economy soars and giants like Amazon explore subscription-based healthcare offerings, it's evident that direct, patient-centric solutions create a financially viable framework that dentists and DSOs can leverage to scale up. 

    In this white paper discover:  

    • Emerging trends in subscription-based care, plus the rate of industry adoption 
    • The ties between patient sacrifice, satisfaction, and profitability
    • How to use subscription business strategies to cut patient acquisition costs and extend lifetime value
    • Top considerations for implementation in your dental practice(s)

    Source: Henry Schein One
    Staffing issues continue to plague DSOs and sometimes it seems as if there is no end in sight. However, there are ways to tackle this problem head on using artificial intelligence.

    AI detection assistance gives practices a way to improve clinical performance without requiring more team members or tools. AI is also a crucial element in attracting and training new providers.

    In this whitepaper, you'll learn six ways to make your DSO attractive to the most talented providers who will help your organization succeed.

    Key learnings: 

    • How to showcase AI during interviews with potential new hires
    • Ways AI can improve diagnosis and care
    • Using AI as a training tool to improve patient education

    Source: Henry Schein One
    Rising operational costs and staffing challenges continue to plague the healthcare industry — and dental service organizations are no strangers to these issues.

    However, technology can help dental leaders effectively navigate these challenges. 

    In this advisory call recap from Becker's Dental + DSO Review, explore how data and analytics can offer operational, clinical and staff support, uncover the best practices in analyzing and reporting data effectively, and learn how data-driven insights can influence not only metrics — but outcomes as well. 

    Key learnings: 

    • DSO financial and operational leaders' approaches to navigating crises and how technology can help
    • How data analytics can help mitigate staff turnover
    • Key metrics to watch

    Source: Solutionreach
    Dental practices and DSO alike have felt the harsh effects of staffing challenges over the last few years. Almost 60 percent of dental organizations are forecasting that staffing shortages will continue to be their biggest challenge in the remainder of 2023.

    Understaffing not only puts a strain on DSOs, but it also has negative implications for the patient experience and care quality. Since staff shortages aren't going away anytime soon, developing a long-term strategy to overcome burnout and do more with fewer staff is critical to DSO success.

    In this guide you'll learn how you can leverage technology to: 

    • Automate time-consuming administrative tasks
    • Shrink practice phone volume
    • Give staff flexibility & support
    • Improve recruitment efforts
    • Keep staff focused on what matters — patients

    Source: E78 Partners
    Investments in the dental space are booming — and for many leaders, navigating the financial ins and outs requires additional partnership and support. In this case study, you'll see how a new, national specialty dental service organization scaled critical back-office services to boost their growth and foster collaboration among clinicians for better patient outcomes.

    Read more to learn:  

    • The DSO's major growth areas, including $150 million in annual revenue 
    • How they tackled key services like accounting, finance, human resources and technology at each practice in the network
    • Analytics used and improvement plans developed, as well as strategies for compliance and risk mitigation

    Source: RingCentral
    The explosive growth and popularity of DSOs over the last year is not without its growing pains. 

    To combat challenges such as maintaining high patient and employee satisfaction levels and managing critical financial KPIs, many DSOs are turning to cloud communications.

    In this whitepaper, RingCentral leaders Lance Mehaffey, Senior Director of Healthcare Industry Marketing, and John Poli, Healthcare Industry Principal, spoke with Becker's Dental + DSO Review to discuss how DSOs are getting the most out of communication tools. 

    Two notable case studies featured in this whitepaper: 

    • How Pacific Dental Services decreased patient no-shows
    • How Heartland Dental turned missed calls into new patient appointments

    Source: Straumann Group  
    Oral surgeons must effectively communicate with payers, keep up with appointment scheduling, and stay on top of patient billing. 

    Juggling these responsibilities on top of providing patients with the care their patients deserve can be a challenge without the right support. 

    In this white paper, you'll learn about the role of technology in oral surgery management and how it can support clinical excellence and practice efficiency.

    Key learnings:  

    • How cloud-based practice management tools can improve workflows
    • Enhancing shared decision-making culture using digital technology
    • Using cloud technology to help transform clinical care and administrative processes

     

    Source: Dental Monitoring
    Not every aligner emergency requires an immediate trip to the orthodontist.

    Through remote monitoring, orthodontists can detect and manage patient aligner emergencies and decrease the need for an in-person visit.

    In this study, you will learn how remote monitoring can be used to benefit both patients and staff by cutting down on in-person appointments and getting patients the care they need in a timely manner.

    Key learnings:

    • How DentalMonitoring can help improve the remote detection and management of emergencies related to complex aligner treatments
    • Understand potential impacts on practice efficiency regarding treatment control and appointment saving

    Source: Sunbit
    The best leaders of dental practices are learning that their patients want — and need — help paying for care.

    Many leading dental practices have partnered with patient financing solution vendors to improve patients' access to care. Providing best-in-class offerings also improves the patient experience.

    In a 2022 survey, 59 percent of respondents from the dental field indicated that fast, safe and secure financing solutions improve the patient experience at their practice.

    Take the first step toward providing this much-needed service by getting the facts.

    This report describes:

    • Trends in patient financing
    • Benefits of patient financing solutions for patients and practices
    • What to look for in a patient financing solution and in a vendor
    • Case studies that highlight the benefits to patients and dental practices of modern, best-in-class financing solutions

    Source: DentalMonitoring
    DentalMonitoring’s AI-driven remote monitoring system for orthodontists and dentists is an essential tool in the modern practice. Our innovative digital solution helps practices grow, improves the quality of provider care and creates a convenient patient experience.

    Key points of interest:

    • Embrace dynamic scheduling to optimize your workflow
    • Improve clinical control and safety by using data and analytics
    • Improved communication with patients leads to improved treatment outcomes

    Source: Podium

    Patients are craving more convenient ways to communicate with their healthcare providers. In fact, 96 percent of patient complaints are linked to poor communication or service by office staff and physicians, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Practice
    Management.

    Increasing demand for real-time communication is leading many dental practices to adopt text messaging instead of relying solely on phone calls, which can be frustrating and inefficient for patients. This whitepaper explores how dental practices can give patients the convenient communication they crave and features insights from Lisa Blair, COO of Inspire Dental Group in western New York.

    Key learnings:

    What patients want from their dental experience
    5 strategies to meet new patient communication expectations

    Source: CareCru
    dentalcorp, one of the fastest growing DSOs in North America, with over 450 practices, advanced its growth through a strategic partnership with CareCru.

    CareCru is the creator of Donna, an AI-driven growth platform for dental practices and dental groups. Donna intelligently automates front office work, thus boosting team productivity, evaluating practice health and providing actionable insights for improvement. This ultimately creates happier employees and an enhanced patient experience.

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