Hospitals & Providers

The latest research from PwC’s Health Research Institute has shown that U.S. health leaders are making building a better customer experience for patients a top priority instead of a “nice to have.”

To build trust, health insurers need to demonstrate their value to customers. That means offering a convenient, satisfying customer experience. Here’s how.

An innovation director at Independence Blue Cross explores how small workspace changes can cultivate creativity at healthcare organizations.

How would the FDA proposal to reduce the amount of salt in people’s diets affect healthcare costs? Find out.

In early 2017, Allegheny Health Network began offering same-day specialty appointments. Here are three lessons it learned. 

There’s surprising findings in Numerof & Associates’ study about healthcare executives’ population health management objectives.

While there are different ways that healthcare organizations can nurture emerging leaders, most incorporate these five critical aspects.

For the first time, Managed Healthcare Executive has selected 10 emerging healthcare industry leaders, working in the areas of pharmacy, health plans, health systems, and technology.

Here are five ways healthcare organizations can be more proactive about patient payments.

A new study has exciting findings about costs and hospital admissions for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries participating in certain food delivery programs.

Apple brings health records to the iPhone. Find out what it means for EHR interoperability and patient engagement.

Oncology experts shed light on progress of genetic testing and targeted therapies in lung cancer.

Hospitals who have deployed a smartphone-based communications platform, surveyed by Spyglass Consulting Group identified five forward-looking opportunities to expand their existing deployments.

Here are five strategies managed care organizations and healthcare providers can use to support chronic patients and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of chronic care.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects women differently than men. Here are some of the biggest variations.

CEO of a Pennsylvania-based oncology group shares how participating in a new value-based model is changing the care approach.

A new CAQH CORE report has the inside information to streamline the exchange of value-based payment information.

A new survey from PNC Healthcare sheds important light on patient-centered care among various age groups, especially millennials.

Here's how one federally qualified health center in southcentral Pennsylvania is tackling the opioid crisis in its community.

HealthKonnect, a subsidiary of Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance Group developed a personal health-risk prediction model that has the ability to predict at individual patient level future healthcare risks measured by total medical costs. Here’s how.

A study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute has shocking findings about certain blood pressure medications and mortality outcomes.

A new Private Exchange Research Council study shows why decision support and educational tools are necessary to help employees navigate the choice in benefits.

Healthcare systems stand to lose $6 million if burned out physicians choose to resign or work elsewhere. Here are some ways to curb burnout and its associated costs.

In the shift to value care, value-based purchasing guidelines reward positive quality metrics with bonuses and levy fines and assessments on institutions that are unable to demonstrate quality of care. Often however, it’s not the care itself that’s at fault, but the reporting. Here’s an approach to capturing those crucial metrics.

Successful health systems share their tips.

ECRI Institute names diagnostic errors the number one concern on its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations. Here’s how technology tools can help.

There are a host of causes for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be hospitalized, ranging from pneumonia to infection.

A revealing study shows what happens when urban Medicaid patients are offered complimentary rideshares to their primary care appointment.

A new study has eye-opening findings about home hospital care cost and patient experience.

Eye-opening analysis from TransUnion Healthcare reveals patients continue to see rising costs.