Majority say they face increases in their labor budgets and staffing shortages are worse this year than last, execs said.
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Simple EHRs help with physician retainment, while advanced ones drive them away
The EHR systems that caused the most headaches, and drove physicians away in certain instances, typically featured computerized order entry or physician documentation.
Patient safety demands more robust testing of EHR usability, says Pew
Absent more rigorous federal regs, Pew Charitable Trusts, MedStar Health and AMA offer model test cases to help vendors and providers detect potentially dangerous usability risks.
Digital health adoption is rising, but data security, wearable use are barriers and facetime still matters
Online health information and provider reviews were most used, and providers, payers need to be prepared to prove a patient’s health information will be safe with them.
Why hospital rating tools should allow patients to customize rankings
It’s possible to move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach to hospital ratings and toward one that takes into account individual needs and preferences.
Consumerism in healthcare: 8 things you can do to meet patient’s expectations
As costs rise and patients shoulder an increasingly greater share of the financial burden, pressure has grown for healthcare to be more consumer friendly.
Moody’s data shows expenses continue to outpace revenue for nonprofit hospitals
Fueling the trend are lower reimbursement rates, a shift to outpatient care and growing merger and acquisition activity.
How Mosaic Life Care strengthened their revenue cycle by retraining staff on patient financial communication
Mosaic just started the third year of a five-year plan, and is already seeing improved collections and revenue en route to a projected $9 million ROI.
NYU’s free tuition move called precedent setting, will open doors for primary care, rural health
Beyond alleviating stress on the back end, the free tuition coups can influence trends in who becomes a doctor, what they practice and even where. And change is needed.
Uninsured hospitalizations for cardiac events declined following implementation of the Affordable Care Act
The study found an immediate reduction in the percentage of people hospitalized without insurance, particularly among states that expanded Medicaid.
