Optum sponsored an executive roundtable at the Becker's 2024 Annual Meeting, facilitated by

Hospitals continue to go bankrupt at an alarming rate.

Automated medication dispensing systems are a staple piece of technology in just about every health system, helping to increase efficiency and improve safety for medication dispensing at the points of care.

With the U.S. healthcare sector spending over $800 billion1 annually on administrative costs, achieving operational efficiency across enrollment and credentialing is crucial for financial sustainability.

The healthcare artificial intelligence space continues to experience, significant growth.

The evolving healthcare marketing landscape requires that organizations pay increasing attention to their brand equity and ensure a healthy balance between brand-building and performance marketing.

Healthcare companies have been finding creative ways to minimize skill gaps through qualified talent for decades now.

In an interactive session at Becker's 11th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, James Miller, CRNA, president of the Northampton Region of Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and senior vice president of the Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, discussed the importance of a robotic surgery program in a competitive healthcare market.

Delayed care is inferior care. 

BJC HealthCare and SSM Health, both based in St. Louis, have formed a new joint venture to build and operate a laundry facility. 

Conventional revenue cycle management (RCM) wisdom used to call for streamlining documentation and billing processes so that claims could be submitted to payers without delay.

AKASA, the preeminent provider of generative AI (GenAI) solutions for the revenue cycle, today launched the first in a suite of AI assistants focused on optimizing revenue cycle management for healthcare providers.

Patient communication has never been more important. It has also never been more complex and challenging. The patient communication landscape continues to evolve, shaped by technological advancements, changing patient expectations and providers' aims for more efficient care delivery. Many tools now enable automated patient outreach. Yet even with these tools, it can be difficult to create an intelligent, coordinated flow of messages centered around a patient's specific needs or preferences.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has expanded its international footprint to Singapore.

Infusion centers, like other complex clinical enterprises, face major operational challenges in managing increasing patient volume, efficient scheduling and resource capacity.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a new warning to healthcare institutions, alerting them to increasing threats on both digital and physical fronts, ABC7 reported March 4. 

Navigating tight margins is a challenge for many hospitals and health systems across the country. While some organizations are adapting to the changing post-pandemic dynamics and seeing an uptick in margins, many still face financial strains.

Healthcare systems today face a variety of challenges, from budgetary constraints to staffing shortages. However, a shift is occurring as leaders turn to on-demand labor for sustainable solutions.

Healthcare leadership is grappling with significant workforce challenges, compounded by financial pressures that make it difficult to address these issues on a grand scale. With the number of individuals entering medical professions dwindling, the urgency to find solutions is palpable. The future is a common topic of discussion, yet few organizations are taking concrete steps to rectify the problem. Success lies in those who are willing to completely revamp their recruitment processes, with the goal of recruiting to retain.

Clinician engagement is linked in the literature to improvements in all four corners of the Quadruple Aim: patient experience, patient outcomes, cost of care, and provider experience.