By Chris Tackaberry – Health systems are facing significant headwinds as they approach the start of a new year. Rising labor costs and acute clinical staff shortages are straining financial margins, while also threatening affordability and ease of access to care.
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By Anne Dabrow Woods – In the not-too-distant past, patients primarily received care at a brick-and-mortar provider’s office for their primary healthcare needs, for sick or prevention visits or chronic condition management. But a number of economic and societal factors have caused a real revolution in where patients receive care.
By Dave Bennett – Digital transformation is about more than just technology; it provides new ways to deliver value. Patients today want personalized experiences that meet their individual needs and provide better outcomes; digital transformations meet this demand.
By Mike Brandofino – Over 60% of consumers said they would prefer to continue using a hybrid care model for healthcare services – even as the pandemic begins to wane, according to a recent GoodRx survey.
By Mike Hodge – Often a patient’s healthcare journey doesn’t end at discharge from the hospital. Moreover, medically complex patients require long term acute care outside of the hospital setting. The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated this need in two ways:
By Laura Breedlove – Healthcare data is a powerful tool that can reveal critical trends across multiple demographics. With more use of EHRs, data has become more readily available across health systems including lab tests, treatments, diagnoses, genetics, environment and lifestyle.
By Chun-Ju (Janey) Hsiao PhD & Chris Dymek EdD – AHRQ has released a new guide on increasing the use of patient-generated health data (PGHD), one that provides practical tools for ambulatory care practices to implement PGHD programs and improve patient outcomes.
By Dan Matthews – Technology and medicine have always gone hand-in-hand, but the connections between bioengineering and healthcare have perhaps never been more important or apparent than now. Bioengineering solutions are innovating patient care.
By Ruchi Medhekar – Improving data capture to form a more complete patient record. Creating true and measurable workflow efficiencies. Filling process gaps to recover lost revenue. All these priorities are essential to operating a successful hospital, and automation offers a solution to address each of these objectives.