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Turning unruly data into valuable insights: the holy grail or achievable?
Let’s define "Data Strategy” as the method for effectively using objective facts to make better decisions. In reality, it’s less about the data than it is about the insights derived from that data. This obstacle has significantly challenged healthcare organizations. We’ve all seen the studies showing data-driven organizations grow faster, are more profitable, and have a faster time to market. Why does gaining insights from data seem to take so long? As one executive said to his analyst, “if the data you end up publishing goes against my gut, I’ll probably just go with my gut.” -
Connecting hospital rankings and outcomes: How to leverage rankings to achieve higher quality care
A common managerial expression is, "You can't improve what you don't measure." This is particularly true in healthcare. The focus within healthcare on safety, quality, equity and cost leads to numerous measurements. A challenge that healthcare leaders face is using the data collected through measurement initiatives to drive improved reliability and care. -
States set to lift COVID rules April 3: How hospitals are adapting
States across the U.S. rolled out healthcare worker vaccination and masking requirements since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, three years later, California, Washington and Oregon plan to end certain requirements, effective April 3, allowing hospitals and health systems to develop and implement plans consistent with CDC and other guidance based on their needs and local conditions. -
Novant lays off 50, including executives
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has laid off about 50 workers, including multiple C-level executives, the health system confirmed to Becker's March 29. -
MetroHealth CEO: $1B campus transformation 'not on the back burner'
New MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed, EdD, RN, told cleveland.com in a recent interview that she is supportive of the Cleveland-based health system's $1 billion "hospital-in-a-park" vision as she conducts due diligence on plans. -
How Sharp Memorial Hospital modernized its ED workflows and communications
When inefficient workflows and antiquated communication tools are added to an already-stressful emergency department (ED) environment, physician burnout increases, and both staff and patient satisfaction plummets. -
Solving the DME ordering puzzle: Leading health systems share how ePrescribing improves DME ordering processes, increases clinician satisfaction, and accelerates discharges
When patients need durable medical equipment (DME) such as wheelchairs or oxygen, the required documentation can be immense. -
Health system bucks industry norms, names majority female leaders
The average healthcare leadership team is 25 percent female. But at Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health, women hold nearly 55 percent of the senior leadership roles. -
Deriving more value from the role of strategy in healthcare
Ask any number of healthcare leaders about the role of strategy or the process of strategic planning in their organization and you’re likely to get a wide range of answers. -
6 Strategic Benefits to Advancing Hospital Care at Home
Consumers are settling back into their busy lives, reinforcing their desire for convenient healthcare services and virtual care options. As healthcare organizations contemplate, “What’s next?” consumers may already have the answer. -
The End of the Public Health Emergency: 3 Things on the Health Payments Horizon
During the past few years of the pandemic, we’ve seen considerable changes in the healthcare payments landscape. Now, with President Biden announcing a decision to end the public health emergency (PHE) in May, more changes are on the horizon. -
Missouri system eliminates 5 hospital leadership roles
Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care is eliminating five hospital leadership positions across the organization, spokesperson Eric Maze confirmed to Becker's March 20. -
How health systems can ensure their specialty pharmacy delivers measurable value
The landscape for specialty pharmacy has evolved tremendously, as the number of breakthrough medications approved each year continues to grow. These specialty drugs bring hope for many patients but add cost and complexity for payers and providers. In this increasingly complex environment, health system specialty pharmacies must find ways to measurably demonstrate outcomes and value. -
Age-Related Cognitive Decline in Physicians: Evaluation and Intervention
Many of us have aging family members and friends who suffer from cognitive impairment and its impact on memory, language, thinking and judgment. -
Nevada hospital changes name
Carson Valley Medical Center in Gardnerville, Nev., has changed its name to Carson Valley Health. -
Viewpoint: Health systems need a 'Ford strategy'
It is time for health systems to reconsider their strategy. Cars might offer some clarity, according to Kenneth Kaufman, managing director and chair of KaufmanHall. -
Baptist Health relocating HQ
Baptist Health — a nine-hospital system currently based in Louisville, Ky. — is relocating its headquarters, Louisville Business First reported March 14. -
Penn Medicine eliminates administrative jobs in cost-cutting move
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine is eliminating administrative positions as part of a reorganization plan to save the health system $40 million annually, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported March 13. -
In a world of administrative overload, tech-enabled programs are unlocking continuous CDI improvement + unburdening clinicians
An old adage about clinical documentation states, "If you didn't document it, it didn't happen." Despite the importance of documentation as the data source for quality metrics, reimbursement and continuity of care, clinicians are frustrated and overwhelmed by administrative work. Responding to clinical documentation integrity queries is the last thing that many clinicians want to deal with. -
Using Augmented AI as a Partner in Care to Drive Population Health Management and Value-Based Care
Artificial intelligence (AI), if it hasn’t already, is on the brink of transforming many industries, and based on the significant increase in the number of FDA-approved AI medical devices and algorithms in recent years, this trend is finding a foothold in healthcare too. While embracing artificial intelligence within physician workflows and clinical pathways is a learning curve, it also presents an opportunity to “superpower the data,” driving value in care for patients, physicians and hospitals/health systems, particularly to meet the population health challenges of today.
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