Addressing Healthcare Workforce Shortages Beyond Band-Aids
Solving this problem will require a multi-pronged approach that includes recruitment, technology, and help from lawmakers.
For Community Hospitals, Curing Payment Confusion Requires Patient Friendly Solutions
Strengthening patient financial education with the help of digital payment tools could be key to consumer engagement and cash recovery.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Mount Sinai Medical Center Taps HealthSnap to Improve Chronic Conditions Management
South Florida-based Mount Sinai Medical Center announced a new remote patient monitoring and chronic care management partnership with HealthSnap, a Miami-based virtual care management platform. The partnership is aimed at improving outcomes among the health system’s Medicare population.
What Hospitals Need to Know about Patient Trust in GenAI
Hospitals need to start thinking about ways to build patients’ trust in generative AI in order for the healthcare industry to fully harness the technology’s potential. They can do this through methods like having transparent conversations, asking for patients’ consent to use the tools and training models on internal data, experts said.
SCOTUS Deals a Blow to Medical Debt Collectors
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been targeting debt collection practices, survives a Supreme Court challenge.
Providers Should Do These 3 Things to Improve Access
When talking about increasing access, it’s essential to remember that there is a difference between making healthcare more accessible and simply increasing patients’ access to appointments, pointed out Lee Schwamm, chief digital health officer at Yale New Haven Health System. In this article, he explains three steps hospitals can take to actually boost accessibility.
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
Hospital Operating Margins Are Growing — But Not For All
Hospitals’ finances improved in April compared to both the month prior and the same time frame last year, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. The report also noted that there is a widening gap between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations.
Why the Cyberattack on Ascension Scared 5 Hospital Execs & How They’re Responding
As majorly disruptive cyberattacks continue to make headlines in the healthcare world, hospitals are prioritizing cybersecurity more than ever before. This piece explores reactions from five different health system executives about the recent attack on Ascension — as well as what they’re doing to prevent a similar fate at their own organization and how they want things to change going forward.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions, retirements and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Inside the Tech El Camino Health Is Using to Fight the Nurse Burnout Crisis
Deb Muro, CIO of El Camino Health, explained some of the ways her health system is using technology to make nurses’ jobs easier — including software that flags patients who are at risk of adverse outcomes and a tool that helps frontline nurse managers better engage with their staff.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
The Top 3 Reasons That Hospitals’ Tech Pilots Fail
Justin Brueck, vice president of innovation and research at Endeavor Health, shared three main reasons that technology pilots end up being unsuccessful at health systems.
Why Allegheny Health Network Created Its Own Chat-GPT For Employees
Allegheny Health Network rolled out a large language model designed exclusively for use by its staff members. You can think of the tool as the health system’s own version of Chat-GPT, said Ashis Barad, AHN’s chief digital and information officer.
Next-Generation Nursing
Virtual observation programs can help improve care, help better staff units, and help give nurses the support they need.
Saint Luke’s, Story Health Roll Out New AFib Program
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute launched a new solution on its care platform to help patients who have AFib or are at risk of developing the condition. The program, which was developed with digital health startup Story Health, seeks to engage patients between clinic visits.
Watershed Health Raises $14M For Its Care Coordination Platform
Watershed Health closed a $13.6 million funding round this week. The New Orleans-based company seeks to improve care coordination by connecting providers of all types across the healthcare system.