Atul Gawande: A World of Promise
The appointment of Atul Gawande to lead the Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPM Morgan Chase healthcare venture could be an important step toward finding effective solutions to the deficiencies of the nation’s healthcare system.
Fostering Innovation in Healthcare Finance
HFMA's 2018-19 Chair, Kevin Brennan, explains that fostering innovation while also maintaining daily operations is a challenge, but that when innovation starts at the top it can grow a culture where change is not feared.
Innovating to Improve Health Equity
Many Americans are unable to achieve their full health potential because of socioeconomic disparities, addiction, or even their address. To tackle these health inequities, health systems and health plans are testing innovative approaches that could bring financial benefits as well.
Innovating to Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Providers and health plans need to broaden their views to find and implement approaches that deliver greater value to the patient while ensuring the financial sustainability of the system.
Healthcare Innovation in an Age of Contradictions
Trends in four key areas—consolidation, value-based care, Big Data, and generational differences—are disrupting the U.S. healthcare system and promoting innovation, according to surveyed healthcare executives.
The Five C’s of Innovation
A recent HFMA study of healthcare organizations in nine markets considered the factors involved in organizational change.
Speeding Up Innovation to Keep Pace With Evolving Demands
In adapting to new payment and care delivery models, healthcare organizations are finding that innovative approaches are more vital than ever. The first step is to identify and address barriers to innovation.
April 30-May 4 Policy Watch: How Policymakers Aim to Support Healthcare Innovation
April 26—Senior Trump administration officials are likely to tout their efforts to support innovations in healthcare delivery during presentations next week at a Washington, D.C., health policy event. Some of the areas they still need to address came up in Congress this week.
Amazon in Health Care? Yawn . . .
The recently announced Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPMorgan Chase affiliation has been widely discussed an important development in health care, but it would not likely have enough control and leverage to bring about meaningful change.
The Future of the Hospital
Reduced utilization of hospitals has many calling their future usefulness into question.