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…
Patients have plenty of gripes with the U.S. healthcare system — from feeling rushed and unheard during visits to having to wait weeks to schedule an appointment to being blindsided by surprise bills. They…
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Eating disorders affect nearly one in 10 Americans and have the second-highest mortality rate of all mental health disorders after opioid addiction. A new partnership aims to bring additional support to patients struggling with eating…
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The healthcare and life sciences industries have entered new stages in their growth fueled by private equity (PE) investment acquisition. The pace of new platform formation and consolidation has begun to see the increase…
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We’re all familiar with the stories of Blockbuster Video, Radio Shack, and Kodak—business school case studies on failing to anticipate future market needs—but are we effectively preparing our own companies to avoid the same…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to have all Medicare beneficiaries in a value-based arrangement by 2030. But achieving that will be a difficult undertaking, with just 12% of providers ready to…
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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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The impact of clinician burnout has been a top story for years, heightened by the extra stress and burden of the pandemic, costing the U.S. healthcare system about $4.6 billion annually. And, by some estimates, 47%…
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Musculoskeletal conditions impact more than half of adults in the U.S., and is the second highest driver of costs for employers. A new partnership aims to address this.
Last week, virtual health provider Transcarent announced…
In the more than three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, hospitals across the country are still feeling the negative financial effects. On top of this, inflation is adding additional pressure on hospitals to…
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