Patient Engagement
As hospitals chase better patient ratings and health outcomes, an increasing number are rethinking how they function at night -- in some cases reducing nighttime check-ins or trying to better coordinate medicines -- so that more patients can sleep relatively uninterrupted.
As the clinical-financial relationship tightens, hospitals may want to consider whether they have appropriately organized their staffing roles and relationships to take the greatest advantage of the trend.
While bottom line impact may be tough to measure when it comes to financial investment, patients just want their own bottoms covered.
Among taxpayers who claimed a subsidy, about 1.6 million, or half of taxpayers who claimed or received a subsidy, had to pay money back to the government because their actual income was higher than projected when they applied for the subsidy.
Over 140 Medicare-certified hospices have been invited to participate in a new five-year model of care that will allow for dual coverage of hospice and curative care.
The Portland-based company is making one of the most audacious forays into healthcare based on a vision of highly personalized, and tech-centered patient-centered healthcare.
The proposed regulations include a section on electronic health records and measures to better ensure that patients or their families are involved in care planning and in the discharge process.
Healthcare Finance showcases its top five most popular videos from the first half of the year.
Grades based on which states have legislation that dictates price transparency portals be set up.
Country music star's the Teammates for Kids Foundation supported the renovation of the Child Life Zone.