Management

Joe Polaris, senior vice president of product and technology at R1 RCM, discussed how price transparency can increase hospital revenues and address patient concerns regarding exorbitant healthcare costs as well as the impact that CMS’ new price transparency rule could have on hospitals.

Hospitals and health systems cannot afford to lose any more of their crucially important staff due to lack of planning, lack of insight, or lack of proactivity.

Solving operational challenges starts by looking at operating models and staffing from a new perspective.

The number of patients presenting in the emergency department (ED) with alcohol and substance use disorders is on the rise, but hospitals are not equipped to treat addiction.

An increase in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among unvaccinated individuals cost nearly $3.7 billion August, according to report from the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.

California is poised to face a significant shortfall of registered nurses over the course of the next five years, according to 2 surveys.

Ira Tauber, president of Triose, discussed the supply chain issues that emerged at the beginning of the pandemic, as well as potential upcoming supply chain issues as hospitals and health systems care for an aging U.S. population.

Scientists warn against a severe upcoming flu season and a continued possibility of a twindemic, in which COVID-19 and flu epidemics overwhelm hospitals.

More expensive patients and higher expenses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to drive hospital and health system losses in 2021.

Although New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency because of staffing shortages due to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, 92% of hospital and nursing home staff had received their first dose by the Monday deadline.

Most healthcare revenue cycle teams use productivity standards or quotas to meet goals, which requires insight into how long these tasks can take.

Developing a direct-to-employer product means fully understanding the market. What gaps in care or access can be filled? Is the health system brand and reputation recognized in the employer community?

Craig Newman, the chief strategy officer at HealthChannels for ScribeAmerica, discusses how technology can be used to help reduce the amount of time and energy providers spend doing administrative tasks.

While the main healthcare organizations expressed effusive support over President Joe Biden’s new mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations among millions of healthcare workers and private-sector employees, there are concerns about the current healthcare workforce shortage.

A tool that can accurately measure hospitals’ medical surge preparedness can be beneficial when responding to future crises and large-scale emergencies.

Ransomware attacks tend to increase around holiday weekends, like Labor Day weekend. Here is a look at some recent healthcare data breaches.

The responsibility to offer employees both a safe and fair place to work remains paramount, and leads to the inevitable question—what are the legalities surrounding businesses requiring vaccinations in order to return to work?

The pandemic caused a jump in healthcare-associated infections in hospitals, highlighting a need to return to infection prevention and control practices that were standard before the pandemic.

Larger hospitals are associated with more resources for emergency general surgery patients.

Vaccinated people should quarantine if they are exposed to household members who tested positive for COVID-19.

Barry Sample, PhD, director of science and technology at Quest Diagnostics, discusses the rise in drug positivity rates among healthcare employees, the reasons behind the rise, and what can be done to combat them.

Tides are changing a year and a half after the COVID-19 onset, as health systems accelerate hiring.

AHA wants to meet with federal departments and agencies to discuss the benefits of healthcare mergers.

Automation helps drive efficiency and is cost-effective.

Pandemic fuels burnout, stress, and thoughts of leaving the workforce.

The owner of multiple telemedicine companies is facing prison time.

Hospitals with a higher share of Medicare patients performed worse financially and were more likely to face closure or acquisition.

As hospitals’ and health systems’ key performance metrics begin to bounce back from the devastating effects of the pandemic, a surge in COVID-19 cases may threaten their progress.

Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, infectious disease specialist at Washington University and BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, Missouri, discusses the COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccine mandates in healthcare settings.

As infections and hospitalizations rise across the country, groups led by the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association called for mandatory vaccinations of staff.