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In this e-book, revenue cycle management experts outline four areas where ASCs can flip challenges into strategies for a stronger, simpler revenue cycle by uncovering data and reviewing important trends.
You will learn:
- A legislative update on hospital price transparency
- A three-step plan to shore up security
- Critical checkpoints to prevent denials now
- Four questions to help quality check your technology
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Based on increasing revenue cycle work and a shortage of skilled workers, it is impossible to hire enough people or ask current employees to work harder.
It’s time to work smarter, not harder. What does working smarter in the revenue cycle mean? It means finding innovative ways to do more with less.
Download for best practices on:
- Developing a smarter revenue cycle and administrative strategy
- Cutting down on outdated manual processes
- Streamlining existing processes with intelligent automation
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This report examines those challenges in detail and offers a look into how Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health reduced its spending on contingent staffing.
Key learnings include:
- The staffing tools that give health systems a strategic advantage.
- How Bon Secours Mercy Health reduced its average contingent nursing bill rate by more than 18%.
- How health systems can adjust staffing models to meet the demands of emerging models of care.
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In a recent advisory call, hosted by Becker's Healthcare and sponsored by Huron, executives at several health systems across the country shared their innovative approaches to talent management. Learn how they're meeting the needs of multi-generational teams, responding to flexibility demands, and leveraging digital technology to support these efforts.
Key learning points:
- Meeting the needs of multi-generational teams
- Non-traditional approaches systems are embracing to boost recruitment and retention
- How systems are using digital technology to enhance employee engagement
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Find out in this comprehensive guide, which outlines benchmarking data on starting salaries, signing bonuses, production bonuses and other incentives. The report also includes a detailed analysis of trends shaping the competitive healthcare market for recruiting physicians and APPs.
Download the report to learn:
- Key market trends affecting physician and APP recruiting
- Strategic insights to refine recruitment packages
- Best practices for establishing recruiting programs and parameters
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With this context, it's clear that now is not the time for healthcare leaders to take their foot off the gas when it comes to reducing burnout. CareCredit’s whitepaper, Recognizing Burnout in Healthcare Staff and Ideas for Addressing it, offers insights and potential strategies that can help improve job satisfaction and retain healthcare employees.
Key learning points:
- A high-level overview of the current state of burnout in healthcare
- Survey results that assess what employment factors staff value most
- Best practices to consider to help reduce burnout & retain employees
1. CareCredit Staff Burnout Survey, May 2023. CareCredit is a Synchrony solution.
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How hospitals and health systems are navigating this challenge was the subject of a recent summit of senior healthcare leaders from around the country convened by Becker's Healthcare & Bright Horizons. This report summarizes the key takeaways from the event.
Organizations represented at the summit included:
- Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)
- NewYork-Presbyterian (New York City, N.Y.)
- Ascension Wisconsin (Glendale, Wis.)
- Riverside Health (Newport News, Va.)
- OSF HealthCare (Peoria, Ill.)
Learnings include:
- An assessment of the current healthcare talent market
- How to tailor benefits packages to specific organizations
- How to embrace flexibility in the workforce
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But what strategies are nurse leaders leveraging to attract and retain talent?
A new industry survey asked 115 nurse leaders representing 95 health systems about their clinical recruiting and retention approach– including what’s working for them, their priorities, and what challenges they face. Their answers are summarized in this e-book.
Download to review key findings from CNO respondents who shared perspectives on clinical staffing, including:
- The top-three most difficult things to offer or change in retention strategies
- A tool nearly 90% of CNOs are considering using to enhance flexibility
- RN characteristics that CNOs are prioritizing over qualities like attention to detail and clinical competence
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An ever-changing regulatory landscape makes this balance even more daunting, but HR leaders play a significant role in mastering workforce compliance, top-tier care and better outcomes for all stakeholders. This tip sheet shares five strategies to guide hospitals in successfully managing concurrent priorities.
Key learning points:
- 5 key steps to ensure a healthier, safer and more compliant workforce
- Streamlining critical employee data into HR systems
- Empowering employees to take charge of their compliance
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These leaders are working to determine what combination of technologies and innovative staffing models will best help their teams deliver high-quality care without creating additional administrative burden.
This report examines healthcare workforce trends and examines how health systems are navigating emerging staffing challenges.
Key learning points:
- The top financial pressures exacerbating staffing shortages and affecting care
- The types of technology revolutionizing health system staffing and improving outcomes
- Creative solutions to foster a resilient workforce, including staffing models and unique partnerships
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Even with this significant step, health systems remain at a key strategic crossroads — stay the course with hospital-based reimbursement or create a value-based network of freestanding imaging centers outside of the hospital campus? This whitepaper outlines key considerations and strategic questions executives should ask themselves about both approaches.
Key learnings:
- The consequences of patient leakage and how imaging plays a role
- Key trends in a competitive imaging landscape
- The importance of imaging in relation to patient leakage
- How to decide which outpatient imaging path is right for your system
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But research shows most plans lack the sophisticated digital technologies necessary to leverage more of the data they already have. Better tech can help health plans scale care management programs to better support high-risk members and proactively engage rising-risk members before they become high-risk.
Read the whitepaper to learn more about:
- How health plans can build strategic extensions of care management programs with digital tools to reach more members across all risk profiles and increase their participation.
- Why it's critical for health plans to strategically leverage more data types and harness advanced analytics to create contextual awareness that enables personalized care management.
- How health plans can optimize medical costs, reduce administrative expenses and improve outcomes with digital care management.
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In response, leading payers are modernizing their portals — shifting from antiquated self-service tools to advanced, personalized platforms that enable their organizations to deliver on new non-negotiables and drive actions that matter.
This white paper offers key insights from leaders at Highmark Health, SCAN Health Plan, Santa Clara Family Health Plan and tech organizations, who outlined the benefits of modern member portals and how they improve member experiences while advancing key business objectives.
Key takeaways:
- The growing limitations of existing member portals across the payer industry
- New, non-negotiable features of a modernized portal and how it benefits businesses and members
- Strategies to quickly and effectively transform your organization's member experience
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Partnering with ProviderTrust allowed the client to fully automate their exclusion monitoring and primary source verification processes. By switching to an automated solution, the client could quickly identify and address gaps in their prior manual monitoring and verification efforts.
Download this white paper to learn how partnering with ProviderTrust allows this client to:
- Break down silos between departments with a centralized hub for credential and exclusion data.
- Consolidate vendor usage with a single solution for credential verification and exclusion monitoring.
- Fully automate their monitoring processes, eliminating partial or inaccurate matches.
- Prevent payments to ineligible providers or vendors with immediate alerts and ongoing sanction and exclusion monitoring.
- Ensure audit-readiness with organizationwide compliance oversight.
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In this whitepaper, we examine how a connected network can bridge the gap in data flow and align care approaches with the shifting needs of an aging population.
Key learnings:
- The biggest barriers to effective care transitions
- How to improve data visibility and simplify patient transitions across care settings
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The good news: Many falls are preventable. In this short guide, you'll gain insights on root causes and the multifaceted consequences of patient falls, how they could be prevented at your hospital, and ways technology and data insights are helping organizations improve outcomes.
Key takeaways:
- Preventable patient falls are incidents that could and should be avoided.
- Enhancing existing tech to improve staff response times to unassisted exits can help hospitals prevent falls that are currently unpreventable.
- There is no one-size-fits-all solution for fall prevention; hospitals require tailored strategies to address their unique needs and challenges.
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Becker's Healthcare and North American Partners in Anesthesia recently hosted an advisory call where executives from several health systems across the country discussed how market disruption is redefining the scope of their work, and the shifts they're making to ensure success and sustainability into the future.
We compiled key insights from the discussion in this brief report.
Key learnings points:
- How top health systems are responding to staffing shortages, and what they're bracing for next
- How leadership roles are evolving amid increasing consolidation
- Leveraging culture as a strategy
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In this white paper, you'll access key insights from an exclusive discussion with hospital and health system executives, who shared how their organizations are using RPM tools to assess patient health data from outside clinical settings, bridge gaps in care and improve outcomes for patients in underserved areas.
Key points:
- Health system strategies to bridge care gaps
- How they're navigating challenges in reimbursements, patient education and uptake
- The path ahead for telehealth and VBC
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This whitepaper comprises a seven-stop tour of a modern patient journey. You'll learn how hospitals and health systems are leveraging a single technology platform to enhance patients' care experiences across all settings, as well as save costs, reduce burden and drive innovation.
See how this approach enables:
- Value across each step of the patient journey, from at home care to the patient room
- Improved daily workflows with apps and integrations
- Innovation with new technologies like artificial intelligence and more
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This whitepaper details how artificial intelligence-powered weapon and contraband screening can improve safety for staff, patients and the community. You'll learn how this approach enables screening consistency and fidelity with key processes and controls.
Download to learn more about:
- Elements of an innovative weapon detection system and how to identify one that meets your organization's operational requirements, needs and culture
- How to leverage data points generated by weapon detection systems to maximize value
- Considerations for cost and return on investment
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U.S. policymakers are pivotal in realizing this potential. This white paper explores the intersection of digital health and public policy, presenting considerations to tackle national challenges and enhance patient care and outcomes, such as:
- Correcting misaligned payment incentives to drive digitally enabled value-based care
- Bolster innovation to increase efficiencies and enhance patient care
- Facilitate interoperability and the equitable use of enabling technologies
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Increasingly, hospitals are embracing on-demand workforce models as a way to do so, delivering on the flexibility and well-being support today's nurses crave. This whitepaper covers actionable solutions on how hospitals can gain a competitive edge in an era of chronic labor pressures.
Key learning points:
- 5 key strategies to retain top talent and encourage nurse well-being
- How to keep your facility at the top of the 'best places to work' list
- Tapping into a flexible, pre-qualified clinical talent on-demand
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At Becker's 14th Annual Meeting in Chicago, top AMC and academic health system leaders from Rush University System for Health (Chicago), UNC Health (Chapel Hill, N.C.), University Hospitals (Cleveland) and more convened to discuss the crucial challenges and opportunities they're seeing as their organizations grow in reach, influence and complexity.
This e-book outlines the five key elements that characterize the AMC evolution. Download to see leaders' candid insights, strategies and proven approaches for navigating change and common barriers in:
- Growth
- Patients and community
- Sustainability
- Reputation
- The workforce
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In this e-book, you'll learn how some health systems are optimizing workforce management to promote profitability, with five best-practice strategies your organization can implement to control costs, increase efficiency and drive revenue.
Learnings:
- How optimizing scheduling can reduce labor costs and eliminate costly payroll errors
- Why systems are prioritizing clinical space utilization for cost-efficient growth
- Ways to secure more complete reimbursements from improved payer enrollment and credentialing
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Learnings in this report include:
- How a successful partnership of people and technology generated millions of dollars in revenue from contract provider care.
- How contract physicians can integrate into a seamless workflow.
- How better vendor management ultimately yields benefits for patients.
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With the belief that "automation is where healthcare is trending," Wellstar has implemented automatic identification and data capture solutions and plans to implement autonomous robots throughout its consolidated service center. This shift has resulted in overall improved efficiency, enhanced quality of service to clinical customers and reduced costs. Specific results include a 220% picking/packing productivity increase, 99% stock supply fill rate and a 30% per pick cost reduction.
Read Wellstar's success story to learn:
- How to lower costs by automating tasks and streamlining processes.
- How to right-size inventory levels and improve clinical service support with accurate, real-time data analytics.
- How to plan for scalability to accommodate an expanded service area.
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While no one solution will solve these issues, an interoperable and connected ecosystem is key in mitigating common challenges. This whitepaper explores the top challenges EDs are navigating today, and how closing the gap between disconnected systems enhances overall operations and enables the delivery of higher quality emergency care.
Key learning points:
- What an interoperable, connected network looks like in the ED
- Solving common challenges through increased connectivity
- Improve patient throughput, anticipate violence & reduce staff burden
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Health insurance, paid time-off and access to a retirement savings plan top the list of benefits valued most highly among healthcare employees, with no other benefit coming close. That is according to the TIAA Institute's new report, Toward an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) in the Healthcare Sector. The report looked at registered nurses, physicians and surgeons, as well as other medical and non-medical professionals.
The report identifies:
- The benefits and workplace attributes that are most important to healthcare employees when seeking new employment or deciding to remain with their current employer.
- How an EVP can be a strategic tool to position organizations as employers of choice by responding to the needs and expectations of the workforce.
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This new report provides a framework for high-quality leadership development, empowering top executives to make workforce development investments that will deliver a meaningful ROI and help organizations meet their goals.
Learnings include:
- A four-phase leadership development roadmap
- The program elements necessary to ensure success and drive buy-in
- How to avoid the most common missteps that abound in leadership development program design and delivery
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The report breaks down data according to demographic groups and type of licensure and reveals trends related to nurse salaries, benefits and job satisfaction. It also explores the prevalence and impact of workplace violence, as well as mental health challenges nurses face.
Nurses also shared which of their skills they thought were underutilized by their employers and their intentions to change employers or relocate for job opportunities.
Key points
- Salaries for RNs have increased by 2.6%, compared to the 2022 report
- Across all licensures, nurses shared the goal of continuing their education, which for many, resulted in higher salaries
- Workplace violence from patients, patients' family members, and even colleagues remain a pressing concern for nurses
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Give this, how can rural healthcare organizations find, engage and retain physicians and advanced practice clinicians? It all comes down to a deep understanding of your ideal candidate and putting a strong recruitment plan in place that speaks to them holistically.
Key learning points:
- Understand how the goals and priorities of physicians seeking placement in rural settings differ from urban environments
- Get actionable tips for recruiting and retaining top talent in a rural organization
- Learn how to build an effective, data-driven physician and APC recruitment strategy
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Read the case study to learn how using EngageCare self-service technology to transition administrative and financial tasks to patients helped Wayne improve patient safety, reduce no-shows and increase staff efficiency.
Download a copy of the case study to learn how Wayne:
- Reduced denials 80 percent
- Decreased no-shows and cancellations, saving revenue
- Reallocated staff and eliminated need to fill 5 vacant positions
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At the Becker's Supply Chain Leadership Virtual Forum, six healthcare supply chain experts discussed their systems' supply chain transformation efforts and shared how supply chains can become a strategic asset when bolstered by the power of data, standardization and process efficiency. This report offers seven takeaways from the discussion.
Key learnings:
- How labor challenges are affecting supply chain teams
- Top priorities for healthcare supply chain leaders in 2022
- The key to successful supply chain transformations
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Results include:
- A coordinated experience across conditions for people living with both diabetes and hypertension Multiyear impact on clinical diabetes measures, including reduced HbA1c levels and a fewer hypoglycemic readings
- Measurable impact on systolic and diastolic blood pressure rates among those with uncontrolled hypertension
- Reduced spending incurred through medical care, emergency room visits and pharmacy costs associated with managing chronic conditions, resulting in a positive ROI
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Learn how eight organizations across the country have used technology and collaboration to achieve the following:
- 61 percent reduction in opioid prescriptions
- 32 percent reduction in opioid deaths
- 50 percent decrease in emergency department visits for patients with high utilization patterns
- $34 million in cost savings
This downloadable whitepaper will cover:
- Four proven strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic on an organizational and community level
- Statewide efforts to reduce opioid prescribing and use, including implementation of seven best practices for prescription opioids
- How collaboration helped achieve measurable results outside opioids — including decreased ED visits and significant cost savings
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In 2021, they partnered with Notable to unify the system’s patient experience.
Since then, they have expanded their use of AI across the system to improve healthcare operations, including care gap closure and referrals. In doing so, they have transformed staff productivity, improved the quality and experience of care, and secured the financial health of their organization.
This case study explores their two-year automation journey and learnings along the way, including:
- Real patient and staff outcomes, like creating 13 FTE capacity
- Driving $2M in annual gross value through revenue capture and cost savings
- How they proactively engaged patients to scheduling overdue care, closing - more than 14% of care gaps
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Innovative technology that leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics and more have shown that it's possible to improve capacity and patient flow without hiring additional staff or building more space. The results are greater efficiency, higher levels of patient and provider satisfaction, reduced costs and increased access to care in the communities health systems serve.
These were among the overarching themes during two recent virtual summits: Transform Hospital Operations and Transform Infusion Center Operations, hosted by Becker’s Healthcare and sponsored by LeanTaaS on June 4 and 5.
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In a recent series of interviews with marketing and C-suite leaders from Academic Medical Centers and Mid-Sized to Large Health Systems, Healthgrades sought to understand healthcare leaders’ biggest organizational challenges, concerns, and opportunities.
We heard firsthand from leaders about the real issues they face daily, such as the impact of chronic turnover on health system growth strategy and whether AI has entered the discussion. Staff shortages, tight budgets, and increasing patient volumes are also some of the many themes that emerged from our interviews.
Healthgrades gathered diverse perspectives spanning a range of functions and senior levels — and they face many similar challenges. Learn what's keeping these hospital leaders up at night, and how you can face these hurdles for better operational success and patient outcomes.
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However, leading health systems are demonstrating that it's possible to hyper-personalize engagement with patients, suppliers and other stakeholders at scale.
This whitepaper covers how a connected platform drives improved outcomes, productivity gains and personalized engagement.
Key learning points:
- Defining what CRM is and what it actually means for healthcare
- Building a health engagement platform
- What to choose in a CRM & answers to FAQs on integration
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But concerns around AI tools persist, as do untapped opportunities for additional use cases. To learn more about how health systems are leveraging AI and its impact on patient engagement, Becker's Healthcare and Zoom recently conducted a survey of healthcare leaders. In this whitepaper, you will learn:
- How both healthcare providers and patients are actively using AI-based engagement tools.
- Why healthcare organizations say AI has been a "win" for providers and patients alike.
- How AI can be applied to health and wellness education for patients.
- Which concerns about healthcare AI continue to persist.
- How to chart the path forward with AI and patient engagement.
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This white paper details how Dr. Arora founded Project ECHO, a tech-enabled learning model that facilitates clinician training and mentorship in under-resourced areas to scale clinical best practices, amplify scarce resources and engage in case-based learning.
Download the paper to learn how this health equity initiative has:
- Grown from a single hepatitis C program to a learning framework that spans multiple disciplines with 1,200 partners in nearly 200 countries
- Demonstrated significant strides in care quality and access
- Is expected to evolve given developments in AI
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To learn more about where innovation ranks among hospital and health system leaders' current concerns and strategic initiatives, Becker's Healthcare and T-Mobile for Business conducted a survey among senior healthcare leaders. This report assesses the findings.
Key learnings include:
- A breakdown of health system leaders' innovation priorities
- Why a lack of resources is hampering advancement in innovation
- Why most health systems want to enhance connectivity
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During Becker's 14th Annual Meeting, hospital and health system executives from across the country discussed the need for innovation, challenges that hinder these efforts and best practices to foster necessary advancements within their organizations.
This report contains key takeaways from the session. Areas of focus include:
- The most prominent constraints hindering innovation and how to overcome them
- The new models health systems are embracing to drive and fund innovation
- The areas of healthcare operations most primed for transformation
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However, before AI can be widely implemented and fully embraced, the significant ethical, social and legal challenges this technology presents must be addressed. During a recent virtual fireside chat hosted by Becker's Healthcare, David Rhew, MD, global chief medical officer for Microsoft, discussed how responsible and trustworthy AI health networks can offer an objective and transparent assessment of AI models.
Learnings include:
- Why ethical AI is an imperative in healthcare
- How AI can help address healthcare's most intractable challenges
- New guidelines for the ethical AI from the TRAIN consortium
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This guide will serve as a resource for your organization as you start the telehealth implementation journey.
Key learnings:
- Tips for defining your RPM program goals, including a financial plan and patient outcomes
- An overview of different care delivery models
- 15 questions to ask your telehealth partner
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Download the guide to learn:
- Top 3 use cases for a virtual care platform
- CIO’s checklist for choosing a virtual care vendor
- The virtual care adoption model for a successful rollout and future proofing
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This whitepaper explores the multiple ways AI can help generate net new revenue for hospitals and health systems with a careful, strategic approach. It offers use cases and best practices, and breaks down whether to consider novel pricing structures, such as contingency-based pricing, to increase ROI.
Download to learn more about:
- Improving RCM efficiency, including pre-bill review
- Identifying and remediating claims errors
- Innovative pricing models
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This eBook delves into the challenges of poor data quality and offers insights on how to overcome them with natural language processing and normalization.
Key learning points:
- The potential of AI-powered autonomous coding to improve data reliability
- The effect of data inaccuracies on analytics and revenue cycle management
- How quality data underpins effective reporting and healthcare delivery
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This whitepaper contains real-world lessons in AI vendor selection from Cooper University Health Care (Camden, N.J.).
Key learning points:
- Why internal stakeholder engagement is key
- Why selecting the right AI vendors requires careful evaluation
- How healthcare organizations aim to leverage AI responsibly
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Executives from Houston Methodist, Berlin, N.H.-based North Country Healthcare and Elsevier, a scientific publishing and data analytics company, discussed current challenges within digital health and AI as part of a panel session at Becker's 14th Annual meeting.
This report features key lessons from the session, including:
- Determining the best governance approach when adopting digital technologies
- Best practices for interdisciplinary collaboration & change management
- Keeping the workforce engaged as AI's role in healthcare grows
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Since then, they’ve integrated automation into their entire digital front door—everything from patient access to population health—and they’ve learned a lot along the way.
In this whitepaper, you’ll learn:
How NKCH and Meritas Health has approached automating workflows across registration & intake, authorizations, and population health to augment Oracle Health
How automation has helped them maintain their independence in a competitive market
The real patient and staff outcomes they’ve achieved over the past two years
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To adequately meet the healthcare needs of this patient population — while managing capacity and keeping costs down — hospitals and health systems are embracing remote patient monitoring technology.
Learn what two experts have to say about deploying remote patient monitoring technology and how RPM can help patients manage cardiac-related conditions, while reducing care costs for health systems.
Key learnings:
The costs of heart disease and related comorbidities
How remote patient monitoring can help to reduce hospitalizations and healthcare utilization
How using remote patient monitoring leads to clinical efficiencies and improved health outcomes
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In the complex world of healthcare, where every decision affects patient safety and privacy, navigating the maze of regulatory compliance isn't just essential – it's a critical lifeline for maintaining trust, safeguarding data, and ensuring the highest standards of care.
In today's world of constantly changing and complicated regulations, technology stands out as a reliable ally, offering efficiency and effectiveness. Gain insights into the benefits of centralized platforms for showcasing compliance evidence, transforming how healthcare organizations demonstrate adherence to regulatory standards and cultivate a climate of outstanding patient care and data protection.
What to expect:
- Unlock a practical five-step checklist for effortless compliance.
- Gain a deeper understanding of the dynamic healthcare regulatory changes, including pivotal standards like HIPAA and their impact on compliance efforts.
- Gain insights into the benefits of centralized platforms for showcasing compliance evidence, revolutionizing how healthcare organizations demonstrate adherence to regulatory standards.
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This eGuide will help you understand:
- The key concepts behind ML and common applications
- How it’s becoming more useful to people at all levels of organizations
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In this eBook from Keysight Technologies, you will discover
- How automation can improve workflow management to help physicians and patients alike
- How AI-driven test automation helps your EMR become more interoperable and user-friendly
- Six critical tasks that can be optimized with robotic process automation
- The importance of testing both on-site and wearable medical devices
Please fill out the form to download the eBook.
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Inside, you will learn:
- The different types of AI tools and how best to apply them to the beginning, middle, and end stages of your RCM workflow.
- Plus, the key insight many hospitals miss when attempting to integrate AI—and how it can lead to a significant boost in yield.
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Download this case study to learn more about the system's financial recovery strategy, which has helped them achieve:
- 30% increase in da Vinci procedure case volume from 2022-23
- 90% increase in colorectal surgery volume since 2018
- $3 million increase in operating margin
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Co-authored by Johns Hopkins Health System's vice president of revenue cycle management, this research-based whitepaper delves into the groundbreaking role of generative AI and large language models in revolutionizing the revenue cycle.
You will access Johns Hopkins Health System's compelling use case that highlights why this technology is so critical for healthcare and the revenue cycle, and how it has the ability to improve operating costs, enhance productivity and drive revenue by:
- Deeply analyzing and understanding patient records
- Increasing accuracy and speed of completed tasks
- Improving workflow efficiency
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This whitepaper contains insights and best practices from financial experts on how to effectively manage costs associated with a growing real estate portfolio, as well as promote financial health.
Download to learn more about:
- How the healthcare landscape has shifted amid expansions, integrations and other growth strategies
- The "side effects" of expansion, including increasing complexity in facilities management
- Actionable steps to address operational and financial barriers
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Health systems have traditionally turned to technology for help, though most existing tools have distinct limitations that result in lower accuracy or inflexible service-line viability. But where old rules-based tech stumbled, generative AI runs.
This whitepaper outlines six things medical coding solutions should offer teams — and how generative AI can contribute to each of them. Learn how this new technology can help systems:
- Enhance coder productivity and accuracy
- Achieve more comprehensive coding coverage
- Rescue burned out staff members
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Revenue cycle leaders from hospitals nationwide discussed key challenges surrounding the patient payment experience and how they're working to address them during a recent advisory call hosted by RevSpring.
This report offers key takeaways from the discussion, including:
- 4 top payment collection challenges
- 6 strategies to improve collections and boost financial outcomes
- Opportunities to incorporate data and intelligence
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This report outlines key opportunities for health systems to improve billing experiences, increasing the likelihood of patients paying — all while lowering costs, easing strain on staff and delivering a positive patient financial experience.
Get the report to learn:
- What 2,000+ healthcare consumers want from billing experiences
- How to create an actionable AR strategy
- How health systems can address rising costs and staff shortages
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To better understand how financial performance is affected by the management of multiple vendors, The Health Management Academy partnered with Waystar to conduct a study.
Leaders from systems with over $2 billion in total operating revenue were either surveyed or interviewed for deeper insights on what contributes to a winning RCM strategy.
We compiled their insights in this report, which covers:
- Why leading healthcare systems are moving toward RCM software consolidation
- Key lessons on how to win with a platform strategy
- What to look for in a new RCM platform and how to choose the right partner
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VMG Health's report offers a comprehensive look at the healthcare M&A landscape in 2023 — and the outlook for 2024 — across 12 healthcare settings and specialties, including hospitals, post-acute care, behavioral health and private equity.
Key topics coverage for each setting include:
- M&A trends and notable transactions
- Regulatory shifts
- Reimbursement trends
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- Fundamental pathways to follow for financial success
- Tactical approaches to ensure ongoing compliance
- Proven methods to maximize reimbursement potential
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Key learnings:
- How practice owners can best position themselves in the market with a strategic buyer or private equity (PE) platform
- The value that an investment banker-led marketed process brings vs a non-marketed process
- Strategies to maximize personal wealth for physician owners through pre-sale and post-sale wealth planning
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This report uncovers findings from a survey of 200 employees responsible for staffing the revenue cycle function at provider organizations, demonstrating how chronic staff shortages of non-clinical staff affect the revenue cycle at their organization. Before the pandemic, the situation was concerning. Now, it's unsustainable.
Download the report to learn where there are opportunities to address top challenges and position your organization for long-term stability.
Sample findings:
- 96% of respondents indicated that payer reimbursements, patient collections -- or both -- were affected by staff shortages
- More than 8 out of 10 respondents say the patient experience is worse due to staffing shortages
- 92% of respondents say new staff members make errors that negatively affect claims
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But there are different reasons for pursuing RCM partnerships and very different approaches to partnership. Which approach and partners are best for your organization?
Here are insights from new research conducted with the Health Management Academy:
- 4 key reasons health systems pursue RCM partnerships
- 2 primary approaches to RCM partnership, and the key differences between them
- Factors to consider when vetting and evaluating RCM partnerships
- Why so many leading health systems are considering enterprise RCM partnerships
The key takeaway: RCM partnerships are necessary but they're not all alike. Understand the differences to make the best RCM decision for your health system.
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Consumers, on the one hand, need increased support to understand their bills and figure out how to pay them. On the other hand, patients with more skin in the game are becoming more demanding about the quality of their customer experience.
These changes necessitate a new patient payment model that focuses on delivering convenience and clear communication to patients, driving both quicker payments and increased patient satisfaction.
Download this whitepaper to learn:
- The current state of patient collections, with data
- How to help patients take charge of their new responsibility
- How to identify hidden coverage
- How to increase the likelihood of quick, easy payment
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Download the e-book to learn more about how health leaders can ready their organization for growth with forward-thinking strategies that include:
- Meeting the consumer on their terms
- Adapting to new competition
- The growing role of strategic partnerships
- Mastering the new indicators of growth
- Tracking the spend of the health care dollar
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We asked physician management and healthcare organization leaders to share their strategies for overcoming the considerable challenges of this altered landscape. They offer 10 strategies for using data and analytics to better manage capacity, coordinate care and optimize revenues, including:
- Tracking real-time practice COVID-19 volumes
- Managing productivity and modifying physician incentive compensation
- Capturing charges efficiently and accurately at the point of care
- Improving throughput across the continuum
The white paper features expert views from:
- Dennis Deruelle, MD – Executive Director of Hospital Medicine, American Physician Partners
- Andrea Funk, RN, MEd, CPHQ – Vice President of Integrated Acute Care Operations, US Acute Care Solutions
- Derick D. Perkins – Founder and Managing Partner, Metis Advisors LLC
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Before the arrival of COVID-19, specific environmental trends were challenging the healthcare industry, such as acquisitions of smaller health systems by larger health systems, clinician shortages and burnout. These trends had already created an urgent demand for clinical communication platforms (CCP) that would work securely across growing networks of diverse care provider organizations. The arrival of COVID-19 has applied untold new pressures to already strained systems.
In this white paper, you will learn about:
- The impact and cost of COVID-19 on healthcare
- How clinical collaboration platforms improved communication during COVID-19
- Where you will see cost savings from leveraging clinical collaboration platforms
- What to look for in a clinical collaboration platform in order to achieve savings
- How clinical collaboration platforms can help your organization increase efficiency and achieve return on investment
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This report details the challenges and unique opportunities in rural cardiovascular care. Healthcare leaders will gain strategies on how to harness emerging technologies to support greater access to care, early detection and personalized treatment.
Key learning points:
- Top contributors of cardiovascular health disparities in rural areas
- Enable primary care physicians to play a greater role in diagnosing & managing the disease
- How advanced diagnostics and remote-first technologies are closing gaps in cardiac care
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The 2024 State of Healthcare Collaboration survey — conducted by Becker's Healthcare and TigerConnect — aimed to better understand the communication landscape in healthcare by surveying nearly 200 clinicians and clinical leaders (including chief nursing officers and chief medical officers). This report offers a nuanced breakdown of the survey findings and includes the cumulative survey data.
Key learnings:
- What the seven types of communication inefficiencies are, and how they create communication noise
- Why many c-suite leaders are unaware of the negative impacts of communication inefficiencies at their organization
- How health system leaders can improve care delivery by identifying and addressing communication inefficiencies
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Becker's Healthcare recently conducted a survey with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to learn more about the treatment of rare diseases and the role of health systems' pharmacy operations.
Respondents said when it comes to identifying and treating rare disease patients, it is important for health systems to recognize there is more than one "right" approach to care. It is essential to look beyond the lens of the specialty pharmacy alone and consider more broadly what is best for patients, as well as the health system.
The results of the survey are summarized in a short but comprehensive whitepaper.
Key topics covered in this whitepaper:
- Increased education is key to improving rare disease diagnoses
- A flexible approach to administering rare disease therapies
- How the buy-and-bill model for rare disease treatments supports the Quintuple Aim
- Key requirements for optimized operational care pathways for patients with rare diseases
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Key lessons:
- Objective, reliable performance data is key for benchmarking, quality improvement + more
- Culture forms the foundation of high-quality healthcare delivery
- With shared governance, team members at all levels play a role in quality initiatives
- Systems and tools help to 'hardwire' the change around new quality processes
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During a Becker's Healthcare advisory call sponsored by symplr, hospital and health system leaders shared their organization's top challenges and opportunities related to credentialing and privileging, as well as how they are leveraging data to improve quality and safety.
Learn these lessons from this whitepaper:
- Many healthcare organizations are data rich, but knowledge poor. How do health systems remove the "empty calories" from their datasets?
- Organizational alignment is critical for effective credentialing and privileging. The need for data literacy can't be overlooked.
- Many organizations struggle with attribution. Health system leaders must learn how to hold providers accountable for the care they deliver.
- Standardized credentialing and privileging is essential. Strike the right balance between system- and industry-level standardization.
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This whitepaper provides an in-depth review of upcoming regulatory changes for pulse oximeters, along with strategies health systems can implement to improve the accuracy of patient readings and promote equitable care.
Key lessons:
- Common challenges with pulse oximeter readings
- Differences between current devices on the market
- The role of provider education
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A tiny, wearable monitoring device has demonstrated a 94% reduction in the risk of pressure injury, compared to the standard of care. This brief summary covers findings from a meta-analysis of nearly 4,000 patients.
Key learning points:
- An overview of the LEAF◊ Patient Monitoring System
- Why traditional, manual turn reminders are falling to the wayside
- Results from sensitivity analyses
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Becker's ASC Review recently spoke with three experts about women's health procedures in the ASC and how innovative pain management products are transforming the patient experience. This whitepaper offers a summary of the conversation.
Key learnings:
- ERAS protocols for women's health procedures
- The benefits of same-day discharges for patients and providers
- Upcoming reimbursement changes for non-opioids like EXPAREL
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Health systems must embrace these shifts to maintain their competitive edge now and in the future.
Learnings contained in this e-book include:
- The primary factors patients consider in selecting healthcare providers
- What the next generation of patient care means for security and compliance standards
- The reliable technology solutions health systems need most in this environment
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The research is based on an analysis of de-identified Optum claims data on patients who were hospitalized for ischemic stroke between 2017 and 2020. Download the full findings here.
Key findings:
- Patients monitored with Philips Mobile Cardiac Telemetry - MCOT were at 38% lower risk for emergency readmission for ischemic stroke than those monitored with ILR at 18 months.
- Patients monitored with MCOT following stroke had $27,429 lower average cost of care than those monitored with ILR.
- In the 18 months following the incident stroke, patient survival favored those monitored with MCOT compared to those monitored with ILR.
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In this whitepaper, neonatal experts will share their experiences with feeding challenges for preterm infants and infants in the NICU, and they will recommend preventative measures that can be used in the NICU to address some of these difficulties.
Key discussion topics and takeaways:
- Why infants admitted to the NICU often present with underdeveloped sucking skills and the importance of developing strong non-nutritive sucking abilities.
- How underdeveloped sucking skills affect health or developmental outcomes for an infant.
- What challenges families or caregivers may face once an infant with feeding difficulties is discharged from the NICU.
- Resources, tools and preventative measures for hospitals and caregivers to address challenges with infants and feeding difficulties in the NICU.
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These key insights outline how consumers are most likely to seek mental healthcare, their preferences in delivery models and their expectations and desired outcomes in receiving care.
Key points:
- Consumers rely on a mix of the healthcare system and digital tools to guide them in mental health decisions
- Consumers want choice in how they participate in mental health, and they want covered services
- Consumers demand high quality care and are prepared to shop for best fit
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To make personalized cancer care more accessible, organizations may consider effectively leveraging genomic testing, which can help identify potential clinical trial options and inform treatment alternatives.
This brief report outlines some ways organizations may make genomic testing more accessible to physicians and patients keeping cost-effectiveness and patient outcomes top of mind.
Key learning points:
Designing a comprehensive genomic testing program that could expand patients' access to cutting-edge care & improve financial results
Persistent challenges that prevent change and potential ways to address them
Good practices to integrate genomic testing into care pathways
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Key learning points:
- Risks of inadequate nutrition and malnutrition in patients
- Challenges of determining a patient’s nutritional adequacy
- How tracking feeding history supports adequate feedings at home
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Key points that readers will learn include:
- The clinical and financial impact of alarm fatigue and these adverse patient conditions
- How continuous clinical surveillance is different from patient monitoring and alarm management and focuses on mitigating non-clinically actionable alerts and notifications
- Published results that hospitals have achieved with continuous clinical surveillance
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Becker's Dental + DSO Review recently spoke with Sadiye Akturk, global solutions ambassador at Straumann Group DSO Global, to explore how cloud-based dental practice management technology can address the pressing challenges facing these organizations.
Learn how a cloud practice management system can:
- Make it easier to monitor performance across multiple locations and view real-time analytics.
- Increase production at your dental organization.
- Help reduce day sales outstanding.
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One multispecialty DSO with more than 180 locations was able to save about $3 million annually by executing a strategic procurement initiative that drove savings towards their bottom line and increased ordering efficiencies among their practices in the process. This was all done while maintaining physicians' and clinicians' autonomy regarding clinically sensitive items they have access to.
Download the case study below to learn how SourceClub helped this multispecialty DSO save millions and achieve success
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Regardless of how you built the processes in your DSO, MSO, or Group, DentalRobot provides a custom-fit automation solution that matches your current context and vision for operations and growth. We understand each specialty and its journey. We impact your organization's outcomes by rapidly automating every process from insurance verification or EOB posting to Accelerated Patient Scheduling or Customized Treatment Plan Follow-Ups.