Report Examines C-Suite Priorities For 2024-2025
A new report from healthcare consultancy firm Sage Growth Partners polled health system and hospital executives on their strategic prioritization for the years ahead—and finds that there is an even more immediate need to reduce costs and operating expenses in a world that has weathered a global pandemic.
How Point of Care Ultrasound Can Impact Access and Care
The report looks at the emerging use of handheld ultrasound as a method of expanding access to care and diagnostics not only in the hospital setting, but in remote or rural locations or even at home.
Flattening the Curve of Care with At-Home Diagnostics
Programs involving at-home diagnostics are becoming more prevalent in the area of biopharma. According to one study, the at-home testing industry is projected to be worth over $2 billion by 2025.
Key Strategies for Sustaining an RPM Program
HealthSnap over the past two years to build out RPM and chronic care management (CCM) programs that now collectively serve more than 25,000 patients through 94 primary care clinics and involving more than 400 physicians.
Boost Communication to Improve Hospital Patient Throughput
Hospital patient throughput is a key metric for hospitals. Weak throughput can lead to boarding in emergency departments and patient safety concerns such as hospital-acquired infections when patient lengths of stay are extended beyond medical necessity.
NIOSH Looks at Homecare Worker Injuries
Over a five-year period (2015 to 2020), 117,000 homecare workers were treated in emergency departments for work-related injuries, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced February 6 in the latest edition of its eNews publication. The recently completed research found that nearly all injured workers (93%) were female.
Congress Eyes Expansion of Hospital at Home Care Model
The At Home Observation and Medical Evaluation (HOME) Services Act, if passed, would give the strategy some life beyond the planned December 31, 2024 expiration date for the Medicare waiver that supports the program.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 98 – Reducing Physician Burnout with Technology
On episode 98 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dael Stewart, Lead Product Strategist and Digital Health Vertical Lead at TXI, talks about using technology to reduce physician burnout.
A Healthcare Headache: New Tech Often Means New Cybersecurity Concerns
With the healthcare sector seeing data breaches and ransomware attacks on an almost daily basis, the federal government is making a push to strengthen security standards.
New Technology Addresses Maternal Health Monitoring in Healthcare Deserts
Two organizations have partnered together to offer a new remote patient monitoring and advanced analytics option aimed at improving access and adherence to clinically recommended testing, especially for at risk populations using a portable solution that facilitates earlier identification of complications.