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Learn MoreIn order to maintain their reputations for integrity and impartiality, medical associations for all kinds of specialties have to be vigilant about avoiding and identifying conflicts of interest among their members.
While it is difficult to draw conclusions based on the year to year fluctuations in data from the Open Payments Database, we can begin to see trends by analyzing the data over three years.
It has never been more important for your Human Resources Department to know the business and to step up as an integral component to the success of your healthcare organization. HR leadership must be able to validate their value and be able to speak in quantitative, objective terms.
Revenue cycle roles such as Patient Access reps, CDI Specialists, and other revenue cycle roles are either short in supply or limited on what they have available for qualified professionals in their market. The Transitions Program from nThrive can help solve this problem.
Hospitals have been granting clinical privileges for approximately 40-50 years, but for much of that time period, privileging systems have not addressed current clinical competency in any meaningful way. In recent years this has been changing, by necessity.
The Joint Commission has found inadequate safety culture to be a significant contributing factor to adverse outcomes. To support this finding, it recently emphasized the need for healthcare leadership to create an effective culture of safety.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its plans to implement the sweeping payment reforms called for under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.
BJC’s story of operating a single database is not unheard of, but their system is more advanced than what most healthcare organizations use, making them stand out as a leader in the industry.
Public safety is a particularly pointed issue for orthopedic trauma surgeons. Any solutions that can be tried in an effort to reduce the awful impact of bad decision-making should be considered.
Competencies ensure the right people at the right level of your organization are equipped to achieve optimal performance outcomes. Successful competencies align with the organizational goals and individual performance evaluations, and are used to build a coaching culture.
Why is it important to focus on OB risk reduction education? By 2013 the Lancet estimated that our maternal mortality rate was as high as 18.5 per 100,000, thus dropping us to 60th in the world.
Interviewed physicians indicated they were willing to have conversations with patients and their families around healthcare cost and coverage, but felt inadequately prepared to do so due to the vast array of plans and provisions that exist today.
Looking at healthcare in 2017 and beyond, it’s likely that the worlds of physicians and post-acute care are going to be seriously disrupted.
There’s a growing need for providers to have meaningful conversations with patients and their families about out-of-pocket costs for care and service. But many providers find themselves unprepared to have such discussions.
As a top leader at Mercy Health, Linda Knodel spends a good deal of her time preparing her organization for the healthcare industry of the future. She sees a need to better manage patient care, especially what is increasingly being delivered in the non-acute or home environment.
The number of topics to cover when on-boarding new employees can be dizzying, but a changing healthcare environment makes it increasingly important to make sure that patient safety and quality expectations remain an important part of the on-boarding process.
What started [the move to patient advisors and patient-centered care] was a story from a staff member whose family member, her younger brother, had been a patient in our hospital.
Another thing that we have done is to implement safety rounds, where we have our patient advisers make safety rounds in the hospitals with our hospital presidents or the quality directors.
I remember during the last couple of years of my grandmother’s life her independence greatly diminished—especially as her Alzheimer ’s disease became worse. Eating, and especially certain foods like tomato soup—one of her favorites—became difficult.
Here are some current issues and industry changes as well as some solutions that will continue to be big challenges in nursing facilities (SNFs), from HealthStream.
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