Hospitals are focusing on promoting healthy communities by addressing social drivers of health. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles engaged young people in assessing their community’s health through a photography project. Community Health Improvement Week celebrates…
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Nijay Patel, Chief Technology Officer, AmplifyMD
The shortage of physicians in America is a growing concern, with serious consequences for our nation’s hospitals. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates a shortage of between…
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Teri Gatchel-Schmidt, VP, Consulting at SYNERGEN Health
Healthcare systems driven by insurers fronting most of their members’ healthcare bills have allowed hospitals to be relatively immune to economic downturns in the past. However, this dynamic…
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Health systems can reduce costs by providing their employees homegrown telemedicine services, according to new research.
Penn Medicine recently published a study in the American Journal of Managed Care on the economics of providing telemedicine…
By Hannah Nelson
June 12, 2023 – Medical oncology EHR customers rank Epic highest for overall performance, according to a KLAS report.
KLAS interviewed 158 organizations to explore the performance of medical and radiation oncology EHR vendors.
As…
Hospitals and health systems are facing financial challenges, while legislative proposals could further strain their resources and impact patient access to essential care. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is actively advocating against these proposals,…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) in the domain of healthcare is increasing in prominence. Acceptance is an indispensable prerequisite for the widespread implementation of AI. The aim of this integrative review is to explore barriers and…
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Researchers at New York University’s Langone Health academic medical center developed a large language model, now deployed at three of its hospitals, that predicts a patient’s risk of 30-day readmission and other clinical outcomes.WHY…
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Health system executives agree that burnout and labor productivity are their foremost concerns. There are dozens of startups on the market that produce technology designed to mitigate these problems, but hospitals are still struggling…
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Patients throng to communities where they can get practical life advice in a depth that only fellow patients can offer. Belong.Life is an online community and app designed to combine many forms of support…
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