The younger the patient, the more likely they are to opt for nontraditional healthcare treatment options, such as yoga and telehealth.
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Providing follow-up care after heart attack helps reduce readmissions, reimbursement penalties
Nurse navigators in particular can be important tools for both patients seeking better care and providers seeking more consistent reimbursement.
Northwell Health, NYC Health + Hospitals open new $47.7 million joint lab to help hospitals focus on emergency testing, cut costs
The new lab brought additional jobs to the area. The lab is forecasted to save NYC Health + Hospitals more than $20 million annually, improve lab performance and efficiency.
New ambulance payment model will reimburse for on-site treatment, use of telehealth
The 5-year model is testing for treatment in place of and for emergency transport to an alternative destination, such as a 24-hour care clinic.
Information sharing, widespread collaboration on education, outcome vigilance can help curb the opioid crisis
Marcia Conrad-Miller of CGI said if payers, providers, pharma work together on oversight and create data store, progress could be made.
How poor provider communication can result in negative Yelp reviews
As consumers become more powerful in healthcare, online reviews have become a more prominent tool by which to gauge brand quality.
When EHRs lack interoperability, investing in big data analytics can help smooth the path toward value-based care
Pumping cash into a single, unified EHR can be cost prohibitive, so it helps to get a broad, macro view of the data through automation.
Aligning stakeholders’ incentives in the shift to value-driven health
Singapore’s bundle system has encouraged the shift to community-based care and prevention, with strong results.
Providers aren’t talking to patients about costs and it’s affecting patient satisfaction, VisitPay study shows
A third of respondents also said growing healthcare costs impact their ability to seek care, study says.
Healthcare has so much data but we’re ‘probing in the dark,’ expert says at HIMSS19
AI will spur innovation in technology that comes from sources other than healthcare that will help the industry to adapt, expert says.
