Jeff Lagasse

These pros are looking at the year ahead, spotting several trends they think will shape the healthcare landscape.

With a significant rise in the prevalence of the geriatric population worldwide, telemedicine services are expected to go through favorable demand in coming years.

The data is used to judge physician performance and hospital performance, often driving managerial decisions such as compensation and employment.

The demand put pressure on medical labor markets and underscoring the likelihood of increasing physician shortages.

The application platform combines the features of data warehousing, clinical data repositories and health information exchanges and is expected to save on costs.

In a pilot program at the San Francisco Health Network affiliates, coordinating care with basic email lowered readmission rates by 58 percent.

KPMG and Leavitt Partners new survey found that health and life sciences organizations intend to invest in analytics and digital technologies that advance the shift from volume to value-based care.

The 3 to 5 percent of claims hospitals are tempted to give up on trying to collect can generate millions of dollars in what otherwise would be lost revenue.

Hospitals have a few long-term options to reverse the trend of too few nurses.

E4H partners around the country have offered their take on what the future will hold for hospitals and other facilities.