Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare officially changed its name to Intermountain Health on Jan. 23. 

Executives from some of the largest companies across the world gathered in Davos, Switzerland Jan. 16 to 20 for the World Economic Forum.

FlowHawk is Industry’s First and Only Clinical Workflow Automation Solution for Transplant

Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana — both based in New Orleans — have agreed to establish a joint medical college. 

Cleveland Clinic expects to report a $200 million operating loss for 2022, according to President and CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, but the health system still has an eye on growth for the future and expanding access to patient care.

Value-based care means something different to patients, to providers and to payers. Understanding these differences and working closely with all these stakeholders is the key to successful adoption of value-based care.

The patient payment experience is an inseparable part of the overall patient experience.

The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and its medical school announced a new strategic plan Jan. 12, which includes taking back ownership of healthcare facilities from Fairview Health Services in addition to possibly building a new hospital.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health plans to go from five divisions to three in an effort to flatten management and become more efficient, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Jan. 12.

Current economic pressures — most notably inflation — are having a significant impact on consumers and health systems. But there are strategies and actions that health systems can take related to patient financing and the patient financial experience that drives lasting, positive impact.

Between 46% and 60% of inpatient records are missing documentation that would reflect a more severe and complex patient1. Those are big numbers with big implications for health care providers. Inpatient records with missing documentation cloud the view of hospital leadership trying to understand their hospitals’ performance and can have a trickledown effect on industry measures utilized to evaluate quality and performance.

Real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) have the potential to answer clinical questions and identify interventions that can help improve health outcomes.

External frameworks like HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS have promoted adoption of cybersecurity measures. Yet, the number of cyberattacks continues to grow each year — even in industries with strong regulatory compliance, including healthcare.

VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, completed its acquisition of Summit Health-CityMD Jan. 3, adding more than 2,800 providers to its ranks. 

The healthcare supply chain is under enormous pressure.

Finvi, a leading provider of enterprise workflow automation software built to accelerate revenue recovery and simplify the payment process, announced that it has enhanced its industry-leading Artiva HCx® solution to better support organizations as they manage complex claims, including worker’s compensation, motor vehicle accidents, and third-party accident liability.

In an era marked by technological advances that significantly streamline access to a service across consumer industries —from food delivery to travel to eCommerce—healthcare has found itself struggling to deliver the same type of transformative change through healthcare automation.

The Veterans Affairs hospital in Atlanta is to be renamed in honor of late Sen. Max Cleland.

Big questions tend to have no easy answers. Fortunately, few people would say they went into healthcare for its ease.

Since the first ambulatory surgery center opened in 1970, ASCs have increasingly gained traction with both payers and patients, gaining ever greater shares of surgical patients for certain types of procedures. Trends like reimbursement structures and consumer preferences indicate that ASCs are likely to continue to gain market share, making it imperative that health systems have an ASC strategy.