Jeff Lagasse
Almost a quarter of healthcare security directors at hospitals think their facilities are unprepared for incidents involving a shooter.
Providers were more likely to anticipate savings than were payers, with 75 percent of provider execs foreseeing that kind of return, compared to 44 percent of payers.
Electronic health records play a big part and the problem is especially prevalent in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics.
Although readmissions have fallen by 3 percent, patients discharged from nonteaching hospitals faced a significantly higher risk of readmission.
Among the lesser-known benefits of telehealth are its abilities to help hospitals strengthen a provider's billing and payment collections.
Physicians were less satisfied by the system overall, citing the time it took to enter data, changes to workflow and decreased productivity.
The 2016 median salary for EMTs and paramedics was $40,508, but in 2017 that figure leapt to $51,168, a 26.32 percent jump.
If consumer choice can be leveraged correctly, it forces physicians, hospitals and health systems to maintain a consistent level of care.
The overall health of the population, more advanced medical equipment and a general lack of awareness regarding the best types of treatment can all affect costs.
Average compensation for CEOs at 22 major medical centers increased by 93 percent, while orthopaedic surgeons saw only a 26 percent increase.