Acute Care
The institutions that were studied added more than $562 billion in value to the nation's economy in 2017, including direct and indirect economic impact.
Launching at HIMSS18 next week, the new software aims to create seamless data sharing between ambulatory and acute care settings.
As of Jan. 1, Anthem said it would always pay for emergency room visits based on certain conditions.
The voluntary Intermountain Partners in Healing program enables patients' family members to perform various tasks both in the hospital and at home after discharge.
As the flu keeps hitting emergency rooms and inpatient stays, hospitals that have reached capacity are using ambulance diversions.
Particularly surprising was the speed at which the improvements took place, with better surgical quality results within two years of the expansion.
Wide variations in hospital performances can have a major financial impact on patients, health systems and surrounding communities, according to researchers at the health system.
Preparation, collaboration and regular disaster drills within trauma systems will save lives, surgeons said.
Report argues that less technically challenging surgeries, such as the removal of a whole kidney, may not benefit as significantly from a robot's help.
Patients who report more intense and numerous physical and psychological symptoms see longer, and often unplanned, hospital stays.