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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Internet searches about heart disease track geographical, seasonal hospitalization trends

Internet searchers of common heart disease symptoms closely resemble geographic and seasonal trends of coronary heart disease hospitalizations, according to a study to be presented at American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.

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Shared decision-making decreases rates of LVAD

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found shared decision-making making between patients and providers could improve the quality of final decisions made in high-risk situations. Findings were published online Feb. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Stress harms staff ability to deal with disasters

Lack of motivation and increased levels of clinical staff stress could lead to hospitals shutting down during major incidents like a flood or earthquake, according to a study published in Procedia Engineering.

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30% of physicians meet criteria for burnout

Over 30 percent of physicians working at the Cleveland Clinic Health System were found to meet the criteria for overall burnout, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Bright idea: LED lighting may improve healthcare settings

Researchers from the Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with the Illumination Engineering Society (IES) have released a white paper on their workshop that explored pathways to promote the adoption of lighting systems in healthcare environments.

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Digital scanning technology halves need for liver biopsies

Researches from the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh have cut the number of liver biopsies performed on patients with fatty liver in half by using a non-invasive digital image scan. Findings were published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

4 marketing strategies to improve patient engagement

Improving patient engagement by utilizing Google products and engaging on social media could lead to improved outcomes, according to a blog post by DocASAP.

3D holographic measurements meet gold standard

Measurements taken from projected 3D holographic models were able to match “gold standard” measurements in accuracy, according to a study set to be presented at the ARRS 2018 Annual Meeting.

Around the web

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.

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.

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.