Around the World in 40 Weeks: Maternity Care Outside the U.S.
Olakunle Olaniyan, MD, MBA, FHFMA, president of Case Management Covenants, discusses what the United States can learn from other countries when it comes to maternity care. Also: an interview with Matt Houston of GHX about adoption of automated payment processes and five fast facts about hospital mergers and acquisitions. Sponsored by GHX.
An inside view of hospital disaster preparedness
In this full-length interview, a Houston-based hospital CEO shares memories of Hurricane Harvey and his organization’s strategies for successfully maintaining operations.
How Providence St. Joseph Health used variation analysis to engage physicians
Kevin Fleming and Caleb Stowell from Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health talk about how their system addressed clinical variation. Also: Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany debut Beyond the News, a deep dive into a current hot topic in healthcare.
Utilization Review: 5 Reasons Hospitals Lose Revenue
Hospitals can gain significant revenue by implementing an effective utilization review program.
Address risk factors to bend the cost curve in chronic care
To effectively manage the costs of care for patients with chronic conditions, healthcare organizations should look at social and behavioral factors to identify patients who could benefit from care management.
Reducing Clinical Variation to Drive Success in Value-Based Care (Part 1)
Engaging physicians and implementing risk adjusted analytics are two of the strategies that healthcare providers can use to address clinical variation in efforts to improve the value of care.
Drivers of healthcare cost growth, and commercial health plans’ responses
Efforts to control the growth of healthcare costs nationwide have focused on reducing variation both in utilization and price.
Hospitals Save When They Reduce Food Waste
Addressing food waste can help the environment and hospitals’ bottom lines.
Reducing clinical variation to drive success in value-based care (part 2)
Physician scorecards and evidence-based protocols are key mechanisms for reducing clinical variation.
Where health systems are finding areas for innovation
Health systems have found some effective innovations to improve productivity, outcomes and consumerism.