Jeff Lagasse
Thirty-day hospital readmission risk has become an important measure of the quality of hospital care, and is closely tied to reimbursement.
Mental illness and substance use disorder are still the main driver of acute hospitalizations among homeless adults.
At issue were infection control violations, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services described as "significant."
The readmission rates of top performing facilities were similar to, and in some cases greater than, the rates posted by unranked hospitals.
Health systems can improve competitiveness by meeting consumer demand for more timely and accessible care.
Revenue cycle is an EHR-related area of dissatisfaction -- 56 percent of execs said EHR RCM adoption challenges have been equal to benefits.
Cleveland Clinic came in first, and has been in the top 10 in the ranking for the past three years.
The industry is on track to generate more than 1.1 million new jobs by 2026, spurred in part by demand for nurses. But there's also mild trepidation about AI.
Almost three-quarters of C-suite and supply chain leaders say their health systems prioritize value-based contracting, although barriers remain.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be leveraged to improve healthcare outcomes and costs -- here's how to monitor AI.