Community Benefit
Visits to the emergency room to treat low-acuity conditions decreased by 36 percent; Use of non-emergency room centers increased by 140 percent.
Be There San Diego focuses on reducing preventable morbidity and hospitalizations for heart attacks through clinical and community action efforts.
Why Asha Strazzero-Wild decided not to become a doctor but, instead, to focus on using tech to improve the patient experience.
Beyond alleviating stress on the back end, the free tuition coups can influence trends in who becomes a doctor, what they practice and even where. And change is needed.
The study found an immediate reduction in the percentage of people hospitalized without insurance, particularly among states that expanded Medicaid.
Almost a quarter of healthcare security directors at hospitals think their facilities are unprepared for incidents involving a shooter.
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.
Hit especially hard were Massachusetts' community hospitals, with median operating margins plunging to 0.9 percent.
Sufficient funding is rare and providers hold back on investing in such programs thanks to inability to quantify benefits, understand delivery of services and insurance concerns.
Hospital giving certain patients a nutrition consultation, two-day supply of fresh produce and a prescription for two refills.