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Reimbursement
Analytics could prevent unnecessary helicopter rides for hospitals
Analytics could prevent unnecessary helicopter rides for hospitals
Revenue Cycle Management
Hospital CEOs focus on revenue growth over cost containment, according to new survey
CEOs are focused on revenue over cost
Strategic Planning
Ascension announces updates to several key leadership positions
Ascension updates its leadership team
Capital Finance
Precision medicine: Barriers to investment
Precision medicine: Barriers to investment
Supply Chain
Group purchasing organizations reduce supply costs by 13.1 percent
GPOs reduce supply costs by 13.1 percent
Accounting & Financial Management
Community Health Systems sees major drop in net losses over 2017, reporting $328 million for Q4 2018
CHS reports major drop in net losses for Q4 2018
Budgeting
New clinical pathway for cancer patients leads to better outcomes, lower healthcare costs
New clinical pathway lowers healthcare costs
Quality and Safety
Quality standards framework can improve both clinical and financial performance in healthcare
How a healthcare quality workforce can better care, costs
Billing and Collections
Medical costs create hardships for more than half of Americans
Medical costs a hardship for most Americans
Claims Processing
BCBS Institute and Solera partner, pay SDoH organizations through outcomes-based medical claims
BCBS Institute, Solera, to pay organizations through outcomes-based claims
Workforce
Acquisitions, partnerships with academic medical centers an emerging workforce trend
Academic medical center acquisitions a potential throughline to talent
Operations
Humana to integrate IntelligentRx into Epic's e-prescribing workflow
Humana to integrate IntelligentRx into Epic's e-prescribing workflow
Medical Devices
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is developing custom health chips
Hospital/physician relations
Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender, minority status, revealing potential bias
Gender, minority bias revealed in med student evals
Construction & Facilities Management
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7 million joint lab to help hospitals focus on emergency testing, cut costs
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7M joint lab
Compliance & Legal
Chinese nationals indicted for Anthem hack from 2014
Chinese nationals indicted for Anthem hack
Policy and Legislation
U.S. Supreme Court sides with DSH hospitals on payments
Supreme Court sides with DSH hospitals on payments
Community Benefit
Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts
Kaiser Permanente commits $1.65 million to California wildfire relief efforts
Accountable Care
Texas Hospital Association partners with Caravan Health in statewide accountable care organization
Texas Hospital Association partners with Caravan Health for statewide ACO
Acute Care
University of Chicago Medicine study shows need to enhance patient rest, evaluate overnight interruptions for better patient experience
University of Chicago Medicine study shows how to help patients rest for improved experience
Ambulatory Care
Medical schools, teaching hospitals account for 3% of US GDP, report shows
Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP
Analytics
Survey: 9 of 10 payers say they have a role in reducing physician burnout
Survey: 9 of 10 payers say they have a role in reducing physician burnout
Business Intelligence
While the price of healthcare is growing, utilization is dropping and price variations persist, report says
HCCI: Price of healthcare is growing, utilization is dropping, price variations persist
ICD-10 & Coding
Physician practices examine risk adjustment coding in wake of federal lawsuits
Practices keeping close watch on risk adjustment coding
Meaningful Use
CMS overhauls meaningful use EHR program, renames it 'Promoting Interoperability'
CMS overhauls meaningful use as 'Promoting Interoperability'
Medicare & Medicaid
Drug makers sue HHS over rule mandating they post the list price of drugs in TV ads
Drug makers sue HHS over posting of prices in TV ads
Patient Engagement
Why health professionals need to be cautious on social media
Caution on social media important for providers
Pharmacy
IBM, KPMG, Merck and Walmart to evaluate the use of blockchain in pharmaceutical product integrity
IBM, KPMG, Merck and Walmart to collaborate on blockchain for pharmacy
Population Health
Screenings for social determinants of health need to be tailored to clinics, BU finds
SDOH screenings need to be tailored for clinics
Risk Management
Hospital employees are clicking on phishing emails, and that's a problem, JAMA study shows
JAMA: Hospital employees are clicking on phishing emails
Telehealth
Telemedicine market expected to account for more than $38 billion by 2029
Telemedicine worth $38 billion by 2029
Mergers & Acquisitions
AHIP wants more oversight over consolidation of hospitals and physicians
AHIP wants more oversight over provider vertical mergers
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Videos

HITECH Act causing confusion, risk as hospitals move to EHRs
Apr 17 | HIMSS TV
HITECH Act causing confusion, risk as hospitals move to EHRs
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Lessons learned from DoD's Cerner EHR deployment
Apr 16 | HIMSS TV
Lessons learned from DoD's Cerner EHR deployment
Three Department of Defense executives discuss the giant change management problem and infrastructure needs for ...
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11Health adds sensors to medical bags to monitor patients
Apr 16 | HIMSS TV
11Health adds sensors to medical bags to monitor patients
Michael Seres, 11Health founder and CEO, talks about putting intelligence and sensors into medical bags ...
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Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS Patient Experience Summit: Focus on empathy, innovation
Apr 15 | HIMSS TV
Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS Patient Experience Summit: Focus on empathy, innovation
The 10th annual event, which runs May 13-15, will delve into ways health systems ...
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Project HEAL gives those with eating disorders the online support they need
Apr 15 | HIMSS TV
Project HEAL gives those with eating disorders the online support they need
Project HEAL CEO and co-founder Kristina Saffran discusses how the organization is giving ...
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Co-op values patients for time, expertise
Apr 15 | HIMSS TV
Co-op values patients for time, expertise
Savvy Cooperative founder and CEO Jen Horonjeff discusses connecting innovators directly with patients so they can work ...
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Mount Sinai: From innovation to transformation
Apr 12 | HIMSS TV
Mount Sinai: From innovation to transformation
Mount Sinai Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Ashish Atreja explains how the system's patient design group flipped the ...
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Using IT to re-engineer care for people with chronic disease
Apr 12 | HIMSS TV
Using IT to re-engineer care for people with chronic disease
Ochsner Chief Clinical Transformation Officer Dr. Richard Milani explains how his company's system ...
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Healthcare consumerism giving patients a strong voice
Apr 11 | HIMSS TV
Healthcare consumerism giving patients a strong voice
Colin Hung, CMO of HealthcareScene.com, says improving care for patients with chronic disease is about more ...
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New Mexico's Medicaid population creates opportunity to rethink care delivery
Apr 11 | HIMSS TV
New Mexico's Medicaid population creates opportunity to rethink care delivery
Beth Landon, director of policy, New Mexico Hospital Association, discusses ...
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