Yearly Archives
By: Isaac Kaplan Source: Artsy.net Hospital patients expect that the medicine doctors give them will improve their health. But it’s possible that the nondescript painting of a country house, or an idyllic landscape hanging on a nearby wall, may also be part of the prescription. When it comes to what style of art should be […]
By: Kelly Gooch Date: November 17, 2017 Source: Becker’s Hospital Review CFOs face various pressures amid federal legislative uncertainty and the shift to value-based care. Given these pressures, they must set top priorities to focus on so they keep pace with industry changes. Three panelists recently discussed top priorities such as budgeting for revenues, controlling […]
The coming year will likely continue to be a tumultuous year for health care providers, suppliers, and payers, as they adapt to meet new challenges and market forces, particularly in light of the open questions as to the viability and continued existence of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and recent comments made by members of […]
By: Todd Ackerman Source: CharlotteObserver.com After Michael Covert submitted his resignation as CEO of the St. Luke’s Health System in June, the initial announcement came not from his Houston bosses, but from the Colorado headquarters of its owner, Catholic Health Initiatives. The Houston Chronicle reports the internal email, sent to Catholic Health CEOs around the nation […]
Source: Modern Healthcare By: Dave Barkholz Hospitals saw a year’s worth of mega-mergers in the first quarter, four in all, as big systems looked to partners to conserve capital, manage populations, tie up referrals and find efficiencies. The trend that gave rise to the large health system deals through March is more likely to accelerate than not, […]
How well does telemedicine work in a safety net healthcare setting? Pretty well, it turns out. Source: MedCityNews.com By: Erin Dietsche A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine analyzed the effect of a teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program on both screening wait times and screening rates in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. The LAC DHS, which […]
By: Heather Landi Source: healthcare-informatics.com The telemedicine policy landscape continues to be complex, as decades of evidence-based research highlighting positive patient compliance, clinical outcomes and increasing telemedicine utilization have been met with a mix of strides and stagnation in state-based telemedicine policy, according to a state-by-state gaps analysis by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). Click […]
