Strategic Planning
ATM's interoperable functionality has been a benchmark for EHRs and now, they're making progress toward a similar interoperability says Cedars-Sinai chief clinical transformation officer Scott Weingarten.
The health systems touted the benefit of better leverage to negotiate deals with insurers when the proposed merger was announced in August.
The mutual decision to enter into a definitive agreement is the next step toward CNE becoming part of Partners HealthCare.
Health system's marketing team uses data to target higher-paying commercially insured consumers to balance growing Medicare demographic.
As the flu keeps hitting emergency rooms and inpatient stays, hospitals that have reached capacity are using ambulance diversions.
The growth in expenses is attributed largely to rising prices for emergency department visits, surgery and prescription drugs.
The Virginia provider says Anthem is paying significantly lower rates than it is for other hospitals in the area.
The medical associations identified five opportunities to make immediate reform.
The two hospitals located within five miles of each other have been operating at half capacity. Officials said population stagnation in is another reason for the consolidation.
Private hospitals that can offer better benefits and working conditions, as well as higher salaries, are poised to lure fresh graduates as baby boomers exit their careers.