MD Anderson Shares Positive Social Media Experiences
MD Anderson finds the use of social media to benefit not only the organization and its employees but also the community at large.
Unintended Consequences: Patient Privacy in the Age of Social Media
Although a valuable tool for clinical treatment, patient education, and marketing, social media can easily violate hospital legal and ethical confidentiality standards. Seemingly innocent actions such as referring to patient cases or posting videos or photographs that include patient faces can be problematic.
A Population Health ‘A-Ha’ Moment: Focusing Care Coordination on the Right Patients
Predictive data models can point to who will be hospitalized next year with accuracy that frequently surprises health practitioners.
Video: Participating in Bundled Payment Initiatives
Tamira Harris, PhD, MBA, MSN, business adviser for Change Healthcare, takes a look at how healthcare entities can get started with bundled payment initiatives, including care design and delivery.
Leading Change Effectively
Healthcare organizations implementing changes, whether driven by outside or inside influences, must consider how such change will impact employees and organizational culture.
High Discount Health Plans: Right for the Consumer, but What About PFS?
Organizations writing off more and more patient debt may want to explore new avenues for collaboration.
Benchmarks Are a Starting Point, Not the Goal
Nick Vennaro makes the case for a standardized benchmarking framework as a basis for improvement.
Improving Satisfaction with MOON
Tim Kelly describes how following a new CMS rule can lead to higher patient satisfaction.
Trendsetter: Embracing New Technologies to Reimagine the Revenue Cycle
By partnering with all stakeholders, exploring and advancing new technologies, and fostering collaboration, Change Healthcare helps providers and payers navigate the transforming healthcare marketplace—aiming to enable a new paradigm in which health care is more efficient, effective, and patient-centric.
The Next Frontier in Consumerism
Over the years, healthcare interoperability—or the lack thereof—has not been an issue for consumers. Those days are coming to an end.