Strategic Planning
Organizations are each expanding services to address non-medical factors that can have a significant impact on individual and population health.
New research found that 80 percent of the 103 clinical department heads at six major teaching hospitals are men, and almost 90 percent are white.
Executives must address redundant services, lengthy claims processing and reimbursement cycles, among others.
New research found that the length of time after which a patient returns to the hospital reveals a lot about where things went wrong and highlights the need for hospitals and clinics to work together.
AI, Blockchain and visualization are coming to help hospitals make the move to value-based care.
For Inova, which operates on philanthropy, the celebrity visit could translate into needed donations.
Everything from private rooms down to motorized shades and acoustic panels are elements of design that cater to patient comfort and recovery, and boost satisfaction, design expert Rebecca Donner says.
Since not all telehealth tools are created equal and the role of certain technologies remains vague, the time has come for hospitals and vendors to answer a few basic questions.
The lax summer months affords the facility an opportunity to experiment with the staffing option, and it hopes to attract nurses as a result.
The trend even includes Medicare bad debt, which results when hospitals exhaust efforts to collect from beneficiaries and must be paid back.