“If you don’t know your inventory, how can you manage your business?”

During Becker's Hospital Review's 13th Annual Meeting, in a roundtable sponsored by Vituity, two Vituity leaders — Imamu Tomlinson, MD, chief executive officer, and Theo Koury, MD, president — facilitated a discussion about conventional and non-conventional approaches that healthcare organizations can adopt to improve the patient experience.

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health is integrating more diversity into its core leadership — beginning with the board of trustees. 

Health systems have been facing significant financial pressures since COVID. Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and coding are key to complete reimbursement, but these functions have been especially impacted by challenges recruiting and retaining talent.

Modern Capital helps organizations grow by retaining, rewarding, and recruiting top-level talent via supplemental benefits & income. We tailor customized designs and strategies to protect human capital, arguably the most important corporate asset.

The disconnected nature of our healthcare system often lets patients down, contributes to physician burnout, and yields subpar outcomes to the point that getting quality, affordable, and timely care can sometimes feel impossible.

The healthcare landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with healthcare at home emerging as one of the fastest-growing segments. To adapt to this shift and offer a comprehensive range of services, hospitals need to enhance their strategies and simultaneously forge partnerships with companies with expertise that successfully extend care into patients' homes.

Patient refunds from providers are on the rise. Unfortunately, refund processes tend to be  manual, complex and time-consuming for both providers and patients alike, with traditional  paper-based methods no longer matching the  needs of consumers.

Digital transformation is well underway in healthcare. But this transformation has brought an increase in number and type of cyberthreats, which pose significant risk to an organization's revenue, brand, patient safety and more. These threats have in turn led to an increased focus on cybersecurity. 

With technology-driven innovation having become routine and expected across the healthcare ecosystem, a human-focused approach to innovation can be a great differentiator.

​Ensemble Health Partners (Ensemble) announced it has welcomed more than 650 new associates to its team from expanded full revenue cycle outsourcing partnerships with Adena Health System, Valley Health System and Roper St. Francis Healthcare in the first quarter of 2023.

Hospitals, especially those serving rural areas, are facing major economic challenges and labor shortages. The current cost of contract staff is unsustainable. In addition, analysts anticipate that by 2025, 47 percent of the healthcare workforce may leave the profession.

Hospitals evolved into health systems over the last several years with multiple care sites and expanded focus on health and wellness. Millions of dollars were spent in rebranding and strategy to become "health systems."

The two companies will collectively drive outcomes and efficiency to help health systems achieve and sustain peak performance in the dynamic U.S. healthcare market.

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.”

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 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.

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. 

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.

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.