Quality and Safety
The health system is giving $10 million in community grants and offering incentives such as trips to theme parks and national parks.
Dr. Volker Amelung, president of the German Managed Care Association, discusses digital health applications in Germany and what the main focus will be for international health systems post-pandemic.
"Methodist Hospital is forcing its employees to be human 'guinea pigs' as a condition for continued employment."
The company will enter into a value-based contract with Cigna and an initiative with CVS Health based on screening and education.
Quality care, affordable coverage and collaboration with insurers are among the new tenets of the organization’s mission statement.
A Declaration of Principles includes psychological and emotional wellbeing, justice and physical safety, says UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso.
About half of the leaders surveyed identified this lack of vision as an impediment to these ongoing digital transformation initiatives.
The companies points to telehealth and virtual care as areas of vulnerability, and sees ransomware attacks as an ongoing threat.
There was no direct link between low-value care exposure and favorable patient ratings.
Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, discusses the importance of universal health coverage and moving from a reactive to a preventative health system.