Patient care still lies in the hands of healthcare practitioners, but now via AI solutions, they can be empowered to fight the growing burden of chronic conditions, more easily act on incidental findings, and most importantly, improve patient outcomes.Americans struggle with chronic disease, with six out of 10 living with a chronic disease, and four out of 10 living with two or more.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas launched BuyLocal, an online platform that aims to make it easier for local businesses to work with the health system, according to a July 11 press release shared with Becker's.

A number of forces are driving the trend toward healthcare at home, from consumer preferences to market realities and workforce patterns. Moving care into the home can be a triple threat: decompressing acute facilities, alleviating our burnt out healthcare workforce and preserving acute care margins.

For years, the potential of minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery has been reflected in the headlines.

OSF HealthCare, Carle Health and Christie Clinic are healthcare organizations partnering with the University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign to fight violent crime in the Champaign region.

We are living through the "Great Reshuffling" in organizations, and hospital supply chain teams are no exception. Managing through change is top of mind for healthcare supply chain leaders.

Despite being controversial, vaccine mandates in the private sphere proved a successful strategy in the U.S. for increasing vaccination rates and reducing health disparities, Nature reported July 6. 

Personalizing customer service encounters with intelligence and technology is common in industries like financial services and automotive.

Twelve years into offering direct-to-employer products, Cleveland Clinic is adding two specialties to its centers of excellence: musculoskeletal and bariatric care.

HHS will distribute $155 million for primary care or dental teaching health centers.

Advanced technology driven by artificial intelligence (AI) can drive meaningful improvements in healthcare delivery, but it must be used in concert with an empathetic human touch to deliver a personalized and attuned healthcare experience.

Here’s How Hospitals Can Fix That

Representatives from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, New York-based Mount Sinai and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente were among the 61 organizations present June 30 at the White House where they pledged to join President Joe Biden's decarbonization initiative, according to a press release. 

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans has launched the Center for Social Determinants of Health Innovation, according to a June 30 press release. 

The Organ Procurement and Transportation Network has voted for transplant hospitals to remove race from their calculations of kidney function, the group said in a June 28 news release. 

Officials at all U.S. hospitals should be looking deep into their unique positions, paying attention to their financial situations, mix of patients and distinct geographies when assessing how the end of the public health emergency, whenever that may be, finally comes. This is according to McKinsey consultants Stephanie Carlton, a Dallas-based partner at the firm focusing on health system reform, and Pooja Kumar, MD, a Philadelphia-based senior partner. They discussed what changes might be coming for hospitals when the public health emergency does end.

Ambulatory surgery centers help drive down healthcare costs, but to stay viable, ASCs must work hard to protect their revenue. Wasting minutes, failing to understand rates and payer mix and having compliance oversights can be costly.

The global pandemic brought a tsunami of logistical complications for hospitals and health systems. And while the height of

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System has teamed up with hospital-at-home company Contessa Health to provide home-based healthcare, according to a June 24 press release. 

Learning to lead through uncertainty, tapping into the creative side of strategy building and experimentation can all help build company strategy in unstable environments, The Harvard Business Review reported June 27.