Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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EHRs can help identify med nonadherence

The addition of written-prescription data to measures of adherence identified nearly twice as many nonadherent patients and markedly improved prediction of changes in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, according to a study published in the October issue of The American Journal of Managed Care.

OIG leadership talks fraud, enforcement

The Office of the Inspector General posted a video on its website covering the top priorities of its healthcare activities for 2013.

IBM debuts analytics software

Business intelligence and clinical analytics collide

Advanced health information systems provide the big data necessary to merge healthcare business intelligence and clinical analytics in support of dual needs to reduce costs and improve the quality of care, but organizations are just beginning to realize its value. Representatives from Lakeland Regional Medical Center and Broward Health shared their early experiences during an Oct. 10 webinar hosted by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation.

Brown to offer new healthcare leadership master's program

Brown University has launched an Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program, to begin in August 2013. The 16-month program targets high-level, experienced clinicians, executives and senior administrators who have significant responsibility in the healthcare industry.

Public Reporting Put to the Test

Public reporting initiatives have multiplied and expanded at the local, state and national levels to include virtually all acute care facilities, as well as many ambulatory clinics.

NCQA updates standards for ACO designation

New guidance provides accountable care organizations (ACOs) with the ability to collect and report their quality performance data in standardized ways: The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCAQ) has published Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) 2013 Technical Specifications for Accountable Care Organizations.

J-Co recognizes more top performing hospitals in 2011

The Joint Commission has recognized 620 hospitals as top performers in quality and patient safety, up 53 percent from 405 hospitals designated as top performers last year. The designation is based on hospitals' performance during 2011 across 45 accountability measures in areas such as pneumonia care, heart failure care and inpatient psychiatric services.

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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