Category: ROOT

How the costs of an EHR install can add up, according to 3 health IT execs

Electronic health records have a multitude of benefits for health systems, such as interoperability, improving physician efficiency and easy access to patients’ medical history, but the cost of implementation is just one of the barriers of adoption for…

NSPC CEO: Mission-based organizations with competitive wages, respectful work environments can always land new talent

Douglas Wisor, MD, is the CEO of Rockville, Md.-based National Spine & Pain Centers.

West Coast Surgery Medical Director on ‘overseeing every aspect’ of an ASC

Sana Khan, MD, is Medical Director at West Coast Surgery in Palm Desert, Calif.

How hospitals can help their future leaders succeed

Planning for future leaders to take the helm has long been part of hospital and health system strategies. And it has become increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly amid an aging workforce, staffing challenges and an increasing…

6 ways to nurture the hospital-physician relationship

When physicians and hospitals are misaligned on decision-making, their performance and resiliency declines. As the majority of physicians in a recent Medscape survey report having no say in management decisions and burnout continues to deplete the work…

HCA says it will ‘vigorously defend’ itself against 3 antitrust lawsuits

Antitrust lawsuits are mounting against Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health and its parent company, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. 

Advocate Aurora Health says ‘pixel’ data breach may affect 3 million patients

Advocate Aurora Health said it installed “pixels” on its website that may have breached the medical data of as many as 3 million patients.

Atlas Healthcare Partners dives deeper into ASCs with physicians, health systems

From a joint orthopedic ASC venture to a Banner Health investment, here are five updates on Phoenix-based Atlas Healthcare Partners that Becker’s has reported on this year: 

Many physicians hesitant to treat patients with disabilities, study finds

Twenty-two physicians offered candid insights on the difficulties of treating patients with disabilities in anonymous focus groups conducted for a study published this month in Health Affairs.

California physicians plan November strike

Members of Valley Physicians Group are set to begin a multi-day strike in early November in Santa Clara (Calif.) County.