How Is Your Hospital Managing Costs Across Its Physician Enterprise?
Several factors have challenged achieving a more comprehensive view of costs at the physician enterprise level, including governance, data sharing, and financial performance expectations.
How Co-Investment in HIT Can Accelerate Value-Based Care
L. Patrick James describes how providers and health plans can partner up to use health IT for value-based care.
Is Health Care Ready for the Next Big Data Breach?
Doug Buan explains how adopting a “security first” mindset can help provider organizations protect patient data.
The Future of the Hospital
Reduced utilization of hospitals has many calling their future usefulness into question.
Hospitals, Health Plans Should Treat Information as a Prime Asset
Healthcare leaders should optimize information via a systematic framework of policies and procedures that are continually reinforced and updated so they become part of the culture.
Real Time Location Systems: An Underused But Valuable Source of Data
Systems that track the movement of equipment throughout a hospital also can be used to collect data on compliance, physician time, and other key areas that affect finance and patient satisfaction.
Low-Cost Strategies to Strengthen Cybersecurity
The growing sophistication of hackers and their tools make healthcare organizations a prime target for cyberattack.
CHRISTUS Health Revamps Denials Management
The health system boosted productivity by 25 percent by focusing staff time on the accounts with the greatest potential return.
Extending the Care Team Through Technology
Stephen Lawless, MD, of Nemours Children’s Health System describes the organization’s Clinical Logistics Center, which provides critical backup and decision support for clinicians on the floor.
hfm Magazine: February 2018
hfm Magazine: February 2018