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Contract Labor is Here to Stay: Three Strategies for Long-Term Success
As clinical leaders and administrators, we often find ourselves on both sides of a contract labor seesaw. Perhaps you can relate. A mitigating event occurs (such as a global pandemic), which increases the need for contract labor positions. Budgets for the following year include room for these positions but carefully outline a plan to ramp down. -
Good Samaritan Hospital gets new name
After 60 years, Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., has rebranded to Good Samaritan University Hospital. -
No Surprises Act: How providers are solving for incongruencies in well-intentioned legislation
The No Surprises Act took effect on January 1, 2022, and establishes federal protections against surprise medical bills. While the legislation serves a legitimate patient protection purpose, it has many providers puzzled and technologically unprepared to comply. -
How the AMA's Recovery Plan is helping provider organizations reduce clinician burnout and improve organizational well-being
Clinician burnout is a major health care issue. It affects both clinician and organizational well-being as well as patient care. Although reducing burnout is a top priority for many healthcare organizations, a more strategic approach is needed to increasing wellness for the long run. -
GE files Form 10 as next step in spinning off its healthcare business
GE has filed Form 10, a form used to register securities for possible trading, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its process to spin off GE Healthcare. -
Beaumont, Spectrum have new name for combined system
After going by the temporary moniker BHSH System, Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health rolled out a name for their combined system Oct. 11: Corewell Health. -
Walmart launches healthcare research institute
Walmart's new Healthcare Research Institute gives customers the chance to enroll in healthcare research, aims to improve diversity in clinical trials and support interventions and medications for underrepresented communities. -
Preparing for all Contingencies During a Pandemic Event: A Primer for Success
Preparing for unforeseen pandemics like SARS-CoV-2 is now more imperative than ever. If there’s one thing that COVID-19 taught the healthcare community, it’s that preparation for a variety of contingencies is essential for success in areas such as healthcare staffing and workforce solutions. -
NYC health system sees success with plant-based, diverse food options
NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City's public hospital system, has switched to primarily plant-based meal offerings at three of its hospitals — with a 95 percent satisfaction rate, Food Management reported Oct. 6. -
UPMC pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50%
UPMC intends to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent within the next eight years, according to an Oct. 4 news release shared with Becker's. -
Cleveland Clinic saves $180M with employee wellness initiatives
A wellness initiative at Cleveland Clinic has effectively improved its employees' health, saving the system $180 million in healthcare costs over the past few years, according to Michael Roizen, MD, the clinic's emeritus chief wellness officer. -
Health system get serious about whole-person care
Health systems are focusing on becoming a whole-person healthcare provider, a break from the historic emphasis on acute care. -
New Summit Health, CityMD branding connects care
Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based Summit Health and New York-based CityMD unveiled a new brand refresh to highlight their partnership following a 2019 merger. -
Finvi expands healthcare functionality to better support post-acute healthcare providers
Finvi, a leading provider of enterprise workflow automation software built to accelerate revenue recovery and simplify the payments process, announced today expanded functionality of its Artiva HCx solution to better support post-acute care providers including home health, skilled nursing facilities and long-term care hospitals. -
Mission statements of top 10 U.S. hospitals
Mission statements are central to a hospital or health system’s vision, identity and strategy. -
How AI technology supports marginal thinking for optimized infusion scheduling
Facing frequent reductions in resources and staffing, combined with the increasing needs of their patient population, infusion centers must grow their patient volumes despite limitations and make the best use of what they do have. -
Intermountain Healthcare to change its name
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare will change its name to Intermountain Health in 2023. -
'Keep it simple' — Tips for streamlining the patient access and intake process with connected pre-service technology
Processes between the patient access and patient intake departments are often disparate — as are differing technology solutions that only serve one group well. -
Accuracy and the patient experience: improving health and financial outcomes
Conversations about the patient experience and healthy outcomes tend to focus on the clinical aspects of the experience. -
HCA facilities brace for hurricanes
As Hurricane Ian nears Florida, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare — which has facilities in a number of East Coast and southern states — is putting storm preparedness plans into place to protect patients and employees.
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