Patient access – or the ability of individuals to receive healthcare services whenever they need them, regardless of factors such as location, socioeconomic status, language barriers, or administrative complexities – is a crucial aspect…
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Years ago, I was gifted a laser measuring tool. Want to know the distance from one wall to another? Simply hold this tool at one wall, press the button, and voilà – measurement. At…
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Patient care is my passion. But it also made me crash and burn.
Anybody who knows a nurse has an idea of how difficult the job has become. The pandemic was rife with horror stories…
Even though roughly 300 million people worldwide menstruate on any given day, a lack of resources for, education about, and attention to menstrual health continues to create serious challenges for menstruating individuals. This is particularly true for…
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In 2022, President Biden re-ignited the Cancer Moonshot with a call to cut the cancer death rate by half and “improve the experience of people and families living with and surviving cancer.” Both goals are ambitious…
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The goal of value-based care (VBC) is to create financial incentives for providers to improve patient outcomes while controlling costs of care. Unlike the traditional “fee for service” (FFS) model, under which providers are…
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Specialty medications are often used to treat complex diseases, many times in life-saving situations. But the robust process to onboard a patient on a specialty medication highlights an urgent need to modernize healthcare technology,…
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Few industries are as complex today as healthcare. The pace of disruption is unrelenting as new entrants, new discoveries, and new technologies are emerging nearly every day. Category leaders are being challenged to deliver…
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By their very nature, hospitals are “always on.” Through tornadoes and hurricanes, multi-car pile ups, and other emergencies, hospitals and health systems are on the front lines of healthcare, ready to triage, evaluate and…
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While healthcare organizations have primarily focused on the benefits of virtual care for patients, it is increasingly evident that telehealth can also be advantageous for the clinical workforce. Facilities across the country are experiencing…
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