Quality and Safety
Mount Alvernia Hospital's ground-up approach to innovation and collaboration enables it to keep evolving, says Bruce Leong, the Singapore hospital's director of technology and strategy.
Dr. Nares Damrongchai, CEO of the Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences discusses bringing together different agencies doing advanced work in areas such as genomics and AI to achieve greater goals.
However the research indicates that free-standing emergency rooms can indeed reduce wait times in smaller communities.
Cost savings for pathway patients was estimated on average to be more than $1,500 per patient.
A consistent framework is needed to ensure healthcare quality workforces are efficient, effective and delivering on ROI.
Anthem last year was required to pay $16 million in the most costly HIPAA fine ever, for what remains the largest data breach for the industry.
An estimated 160,000 lives are lost annually from avoidable medical errors, an improvement over 2016, which saw 205,000 avoidable deaths.
A number of clinicians and payers have been enforcing hard limits on opioid doses, regardless of the patient's situation.
Private hospitals are more likely to enact an ambulance diversion if a nearby public hospital is already turning away ambulances.
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Rideshare technology is removing transportation as a barrier to care, assisting the elderly, low-income patients and those who have chronic and complex care needs, says Aaron Crowell, head of Uber Health.