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Hospitals have a few long-term options to reverse the trend of too few nurses.
David Blumenthal, current CEO of Commonwealth Fund also wonders if the recent CVS-Aetna and UnitedHealth-DaVita Medical Group mergers foretell the end of traditional hospitals and nursing homes.
The coming shortage of primary doctors has been well-documented and now new research suggests that many specialists will also be in short supply.
Research firm shares advice about how healthcare organizations can curb turnover.
As new digital skillsets continue emerging, healthcare organizations will have new opportunities to invest. But there are also challenges ahead, too.
Two categories of companies are working to enable hospitals to digitize time-consuming manual processes to save time and money.
The software also helps such specialists operate more smoothly and meet government reporting requirements under MACRA and MIPS.
Study authors say clinicians who practice exclusively in a nursing home could improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs.
Physicians often lack training on how to deal with patient requests, which can impact patient satisfaction survey results that help determine physician payment.
Layoffs for workers in Delaware follow hundreds in Phoenix earlier this month after loss of TriCare contract.