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Technology: A pathway to personalized financial experiences & faster payments — 3 roundtable takeaways
In a workshop at the 8th Annual Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting, David Law, chief client officer at Zotec Partners and Kelly Searle, chief revenue officer at Tacoma, Wash.-based Sound Physicians, discussed the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, specifically in revenue cycle management and efforts to improve patient satisfaction. -
'We're them and they are us': Inside Advocate Health's community engagement strategy
Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, EdD, MSN, RN, began serving as enterprise vice president of community engagement for Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health in September, and she brought more than two decades of healthcare experience to the role. -
The common cause of safe patient care': Leaders share barriers + opportunities for QI within and beyond the OR
Inpatient and outpatient settings — though riddled with staff shortages and workflow challenges — hold key opportunities for quality improvement. To realize potential here, hospitals and health systems must consider support that will drive not only advancements but also innovation across the organization. -
Health systems play long game as populations boom
There's a neighborhood in Salt Lake City that was full of young, growing families 20 years ago. Kids needed sports medicine and pediatric services; new mothers relied on women's clinics. -
Northshore–Edward-Elmhurst Health named exclusive healthcare partner of NBRPA
Evanston, Ill.-based Northshore – Edward-Elmhurst Health has entered an exclusive, multi-year partnership with The National Basketball Retired Players Association. -
Tampa General CEO on the system's C-suite revamp
As Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital set out to ready a new five-year strategic plan, adjusting organizational structure was among the focuses. The goal was a new structure at the highest level to better represent the growth the system has experienced in recent years, John Couris, Tampa General president and CEO, told Becker's. -
How Seattle Children's is reducing anesthesia-related emissions
Seattle Children’s committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2025. But how could they make that commitment a reality? -
Increased quality + financial viability: How one Northwell hospital is advancing bariatric surgery with robotics
More and more, hospitals and health systems are shifting to minimally invasive surgeries to promote better patient experiences and quality outcomes. -
Ozempic and TikTok: When treatment turns trendy
The drug Ozempic, prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, could be in shortage for years to come. As celebrities and influencers race to obtain the drug for its off-label weight loss capabilities, their endorsements — cataloged on sites like TikTok — could be partially to blame. -
Less Burnout, More Patient Care: Time to Improve Operations
We spent the first 1-2 years of the pandemic hailing doctors, nurses and frontline workers as heroes, but not enough has been done to actually address the challenges frontline workers continue to face. -
Healthcare Command Centers – A CNO's Perspective
In an era of rapid healthcare transformation, forward-thinking Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) and Chief Nursing Executives (CNEs) are leveraging Command Centers to redefine patient care. These centers, equipped with real-time data, are evolving into intelligent operations hubs that streamline daily workflows and empower innovative care delivery models. -
Weighing Benefits and Responses to Patient Recordings of Clinical Encounters
Advances in technology, especially the advent of smart phones, have made it easier for patients to record their encounters with healthcare providers. However, physicians often have understandably mixed reactions to the concept of patients recording clinical visits. -
PeaceHealth relocates urgent care amid hospital closure
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is relocating an urgent care center to a more central location in Eugene, Ore., as it takes steps to close a hospital in the city. -
Cleveland Clinic to advise health network in Chile
Cleveland Clinic has established a joint advisory council with the largest private healthcare network in Chile to share best practices and strategic guidance around patient care and growth. -
General Catalyst eyes health system acquisition
General Catalyst is launching a healthcare company with plans to purchase and operate a health system, the venture firm said Oct. 8. Former Intermountain CEO Marc Harrison, MD, will lead the effort. -
Creating unique human understanding with Virtua Health and NRC Health
Data that provide visibility into the patient experience, such as patient stories and metrics that capture patient sentiments, are crucial to understanding the healthcare user and creating compelling, patient loyalty-enhancing internal and external messaging. -
How Presbyterian Health optimized month-end, reduced denials and improved revenue integrity with MedeAnalytics
In recent years, health systems have made huge technology investments, generating massive amounts of data that now must be analyzed to drive effective change. Transforming this data into actionable insights is one of the greatest challenges in healthcare revenue cycle management today. -
What's the plan for hospitals' plans?
There are more questions as of late around one of hospital executives' most customary activities: strategic planning. -
Improving Patient Care and Reducing Costs through Laboratory Stewardship
The Laboratory Stewardship Committee at PeaceHealth, a community-based healthcare system in the Pacific Northwest with hospitals and clinics in Oregon, Washington and Alaska, spearheaded efforts that have delivered savings of $2.25+ million for patients each year after discontinuing procalcitonin testing—and an additional $1.6+ million in gross annual patient savings by changing in-house testing menu to guide providers towards ordering troponin I for acute myocardial infarction. -
Two Leaders in Physician Staffing Unite as AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions
This year, Merritt Hawkins and Staff Care, two leaders in physician staffing, are becoming one. On October 1, 2023, these AMN Healthcare businesses will transition into one brand: AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions.
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