Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 36 Current page 37 Page 38 … Next page › Last page Last 2017 State of Consumerism in Healthcare Benchmarks for how well America’s hospitals and health systems are prioritizing consumerism and building consumer-centric capabilities. Research Report What We Mean When We Say “Digital” “Digital strategy” is the phrase of the moment in healthcare. That’s no surprise, with 95 percent of Americans owning a cell phone, 88 percent using the internet, and 72 percent using services of the digital economy. Yet the focus of a truly successful digital strategy transcends what we usually think of as digital. Article A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Clinical Care and Reducing Costs Start the critical cost-reduction phase and take an in-depth look at clinical care, using data analytics. Article How Online Expert Opinions Could Change Traditional Healthcare As more patients turn to their laptops, tablets, and other devices for the expert advice of oncologists, cardiologists, radiologists, and other specialists in distant locations, local demand ultimately will diminish for those physicians, and/or their roles will change. It is not difficult to envision a future in which care diagnosis across the country, and perhaps even the world, is concentrated in a relatively limited number of “National/International Diagnostic Centers.” Article Opening Pandora’s Box The changes proposed in the Senate and House healthcare bills would affect a large and highly vulnerable population: poor children, people with disabilities, elderly people whose resources have been depleted, and adults suffering from short-term or long-term poverty. Yet, the House and Senate bills contain no direction on how to implement the proposed changes in a way that would not hurt the millions of people the program serves or the many others touched by Medicaid. These high-stakes effects would be left to states and providers to remedy and for these populations to absorb. Our nation’s healthcare system is a large and complex web system of interdependencies among individuals, providers, governments, employers, payers, and many other stakeholders. Any change to one part of that system could cause multiple, hard-to-predict effects on any and every other part. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Diverse Activity Showcases New Rationale Many healthcare providers are seeking the ability to form—or the opportunity to join—an integrated system or delivery network. Article Vital Voices on the Future of Healthcare Overhauling the Mayo Clinic business model, digital solutions to the healthcare cost crisis, and other insights from recent articles. Article Don’t Be Stuck in the Middle Paul Crnkovich shows how Kroger's position as a grocery store suggests challenges and opportunities for healthcare providers. Article Managing the Cost of Quality Learn four key steps healthcare leaders can take to successfully integrate quality measures with cost accounting data to improve patient care outcomes and financial performance. Article Partnering in the New Health Care Environment: 5 Questions for Boards Learn five questions that trustees and healthcare executives should be asking to help ensure partnerships that will best position their organizations for success in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Article Industry Flash Report: Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2017 The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) sector is comprised of about 5,600 Medicare-certified centers nationwide. Overall, the sector is expected to continue modest volume and revenue... Research Report Refocus Treasury Functions for Continued High Volatility Disruptive forces are shifting the appropriate focus of the corridor of control from financial health to the balancing of risk against the resources available to offset or carry risk. Article Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 36 Current page 37 Page 38 … Next page › Last page Last
2017 State of Consumerism in Healthcare Benchmarks for how well America’s hospitals and health systems are prioritizing consumerism and building consumer-centric capabilities. Research Report
What We Mean When We Say “Digital” “Digital strategy” is the phrase of the moment in healthcare. That’s no surprise, with 95 percent of Americans owning a cell phone, 88 percent using the internet, and 72 percent using services of the digital economy. Yet the focus of a truly successful digital strategy transcends what we usually think of as digital. Article
A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Clinical Care and Reducing Costs Start the critical cost-reduction phase and take an in-depth look at clinical care, using data analytics. Article
How Online Expert Opinions Could Change Traditional Healthcare As more patients turn to their laptops, tablets, and other devices for the expert advice of oncologists, cardiologists, radiologists, and other specialists in distant locations, local demand ultimately will diminish for those physicians, and/or their roles will change. It is not difficult to envision a future in which care diagnosis across the country, and perhaps even the world, is concentrated in a relatively limited number of “National/International Diagnostic Centers.” Article
Opening Pandora’s Box The changes proposed in the Senate and House healthcare bills would affect a large and highly vulnerable population: poor children, people with disabilities, elderly people whose resources have been depleted, and adults suffering from short-term or long-term poverty. Yet, the House and Senate bills contain no direction on how to implement the proposed changes in a way that would not hurt the millions of people the program serves or the many others touched by Medicaid. These high-stakes effects would be left to states and providers to remedy and for these populations to absorb. Our nation’s healthcare system is a large and complex web system of interdependencies among individuals, providers, governments, employers, payers, and many other stakeholders. Any change to one part of that system could cause multiple, hard-to-predict effects on any and every other part. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Diverse Activity Showcases New Rationale Many healthcare providers are seeking the ability to form—or the opportunity to join—an integrated system or delivery network. Article
Vital Voices on the Future of Healthcare Overhauling the Mayo Clinic business model, digital solutions to the healthcare cost crisis, and other insights from recent articles. Article
Don’t Be Stuck in the Middle Paul Crnkovich shows how Kroger's position as a grocery store suggests challenges and opportunities for healthcare providers. Article
Managing the Cost of Quality Learn four key steps healthcare leaders can take to successfully integrate quality measures with cost accounting data to improve patient care outcomes and financial performance. Article
Partnering in the New Health Care Environment: 5 Questions for Boards Learn five questions that trustees and healthcare executives should be asking to help ensure partnerships that will best position their organizations for success in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Article
Industry Flash Report: Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2017 The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) sector is comprised of about 5,600 Medicare-certified centers nationwide. Overall, the sector is expected to continue modest volume and revenue... Research Report
Refocus Treasury Functions for Continued High Volatility Disruptive forces are shifting the appropriate focus of the corridor of control from financial health to the balancing of risk against the resources available to offset or carry risk. Article