Key challenges hospitals must address to improve supply chain team effectiveness
To improve cost performance around physician preference items, hospitals must address challenges posed by the sheer volume of supplies and cost transparency, among others.
How a physician scorecard helps a clinically integrated network drive value
Mary Washington Health Alliance uses a scorecard to rate participating physicians on activities that promote value.
BSW Health: ‘Women Leaders in Medicine’ program prevents burnout
Baylor Scott & White Health has implemented a program to provide support for women physicians with a goal of reducing burnout and preventing attrition.
How pharmacists can play a role in curtailing the rising cost of drug therapy
Evidence shows improved collaboration between clinical pharmacists and prescribing physicians can help mitigate problems with selection, adherence and overutilization of pharmaceuticals, which cost the nation hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
IMPACT: The qualities required to promote engagement in change initiatives in any organization
Philadelphia-based Main Line Health attributes the success of its Performance Excellence 2020 initiative in large part to the conceptual framework it used to design and implement the initiative.
Health system obstacles can prevent the elimination of low-value services
Health system processes — not just physician practice patterns — can create obstacles to eliminating low-value care, value-based payment advocates have found.
7 keys to engaging physicians for success under BPCI-A
Physician engagement is a critical success factor for health systems that are pursuing bundled payment initiatives.
Physician pay increased but productivity remained stagnant in 2018
Medical specialties saw an increase of 1.9% in median wRVU production over last year’s survey.
Medicare reopens deadline for providers to signal interest in direct contracting
Primary care physicians will have another chance to apply and participate in the delayed Direct Contracting model with Medicare.
Analysis: Private equity interest in orthopedics increases
Demographics and payment policy are the main drivers of the surge in private equity deals involving orthopedics practices in 2019.