Healthcare Transformation

Amid daunting challenges, three health system leaders stress the importance of taking care of their teams and making everyone feel valued.

The assistant U.S. secretary of health called on health systems to tackle climate change, saying it’ll improve health outcomes and can help hospitals lower their own costs.

Stevenson, the author of “Just Mercy” and inspiration of the film, has spent his adult life representing the disadvantaged in the criminal legal system. He urged hospital leaders to fight to end disparities in healthcare.

The president of the hospital association said the group will press for federal aid and the continuation of waivers implemented during the pandemic.

The electronic health records giant says it will join TEFCA, a new national health information exchange framework. With records and data more easily available, patients and providers will see the benefits, Doyle says.

The organization named Heather O’Sullivan as the system’s first president of home-based care. A key leader says “the future of healthcare is in the home.”

The number of transactions in the second quarter was the lowest in years, Kaufman Hall reports. But the small number of deals involved some big players.

Health equities cost Americans $320 billion, and could surge to $1 trillion by 2040. Deloitte’s Andy Davis talks about ways healthcare leaders can make progress in addressing disparities.

In an interview with Chief Healthcare Executive, Hu discusses the challenges for hospitals and post-acute providers, the potential of data and how health systems need to collaborate.

Deepa Kumaraiah spoke with Chief Healthcare Executive about using data to provide better care, new approaches from the COVID-19 pandemic, and caring for staff.

The organizations make a case for combining physical and behavioral health, but they say policymakers and insurers must step up to make it a reality.

The FDA has given authorization, with some limitations. The American Medical Association says only doctors should be prescribing the drug used to treat COVID-19 patients.

Advocates for mobile clinics say they can reach patients in underserved communities and help keep some from requiring costly hospital stays.

The two organizations announced a partnership to develop cutting-edge innovations that can improve healthcare around the globe.

Some members of minority groups had increases in life expectancy, but wide differences are seen among Americans. The COVID-19 pandemic may have erased those gains.

More than 60 hospitals and health groups said they would strive to reach the Biden administration’s target of reducing emissions by 50% by 2030.

The former health and human services secretary offered lessons for healthcare leaders in a forum with Kevin Sowers, president of the Johns Hopkins Health System.

Only 2% of the nation’s hospitals earned recognition from the Lown Institute. Some were singled out for their success even with a high concentration of COVID-19 patients.

The high court struck down Roe v. Wade, and with some states already enacting laws to prohibit abortions, health systems face some difficult decisions.

Healthcare professionals should be asking young people if they are being bullied or harassed online, the authors wrote.

The president has chosen Arati Prabhakar to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Science advocates say her experience could be invaluable in helping establish a new health research agency.

The high court’s ruling leaves abortion access in the hands of the states. Almost half the nation’s obstetrics and gynecology residency programs are in states that are expected to ban abortion.

The Department of Veterans Affairs said some facilities won’t get the new system until next year. The delay comes amid reports of problems with the system harming patients at a veterans hospital in Washington state.

The Kentucky-based system is partnering with Biofourmis, a digital health company, to serve patients and participate in a study of acute care at home in rural areas.

The Office of Inspector General said the inaccurate and incomplete data makes it harder to improve health equity, a major goal of the Biden administration

True interoperability of patient data has been a goal for decades. But any enthusiasm must be tempered by the security and privacy issues healthcare companies continue to experience.

Black women are more than three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications as White women. Doulas are one way to improve these outcomes for Black women.

A study of more than 1,200 patients identifies significant gaps, but researchers also offer practical ways health systems can do better for patients.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block HCA Healthcare from acquiring five Steward Health hospitals in Utah. The commission has taken action against other deals, saying reduced competition will hurt consumers.

An athenahealth survey found most physicians say the inability to easily exchange information adds to their stress levels.