4 strategies to reduce ED overcrowding
Recent studies are quantifying what news reports tell us: Americans are waiting longer than ever to get seen and treated in the ED. Several factors contribute to this trend: patient volumes are increasing while ED and inpatient bed capacity decline; individuals without a regular primary care provider often turn to the ED as their first…
Fatal shooting at Pa. hospital renews calls for legislation to enhance security
A deadly shooting at a hospital in Pennsylvania prompted additional calls for steps to increase the security of healthcare settings. On Feb. 22, a gunman took hostages in the ICU at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. During the standoff, local police officer Andrew Duarte was shot and killed, while three hospital staff members and…
New tariffs are expected to strain the healthcare supply chain
March 3 update: Trump says the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico will begin March 4 as scheduled, while the tariff on China is doubling to 20%. Tariffs implemented by the Trump administration will affect costs in the healthcare supply chain, and the impact would be expected to grow if the original plan for the…
Premier’s ERP solution addresses unique needs of the healthcare industry
How do you help healthcare organizations navigate the biggest challenges in healthcare? Premier provides a truly healthcare-native, enterprise resource planning (ERP) cloud-based SaaS solution, integrating supply chain, contract management, financial reporting and human resources (HR) capabilities end-to-end. Unlike traditional ERPs built to support multiple industries, Premier’s solution addresses healthcare’s unique needs as follows. When issues…
Susan Dentzer: Do we need a Department of Healthcare Sanity to eliminate low-value healthcare?
Zoe Chance, who teaches at Yale’s School of Management, tells students that they should ask a “magic question” when they are faced with a difficult situation: “What would it take?” That question can open their thinking “to ditch conventional ideas and consider a new approach,” Chance writes in her book, Influence is your superpower.a I…
Real-world solutions in primary care
Zeev Neuwirth, MD discusses the challenges in primary care and potential strategies to address them.
Commitment and path required in change management to create a sustainable impact
In 2021, Carilion Clinic, a $2 billion revenue, eight-hospital integrated health system in Roanoke, Va., was facing a problem familiar to many health systems around the country: stubbornly high average length of stay (ALOS) that was hurting Carilion’s efforts to serve its community. The pandemic had exacerbated operational challenges and mitigated the effectiveness of previous…
AP automation can help alleviate healthcare workforce shortages and optimize cashflow
Labor shortages will not abate anytime soon, and healthcare leaders must have a strategy in place to leverage automation to generate savings and promote operational stability. AP automation is one area ripe for opportunity.
Providence’s Deepak Sadagopan on value-based care and health system sustainability
Deepak Sadagopan of Renton, Wash.-based Providence has highlighted the ongoing labor crisis in healthcare, and the need for healthcare systems to reduce agency and increase network caregivers, while also focusing on reducing administrative needs in value-based care.
What the site-of-care shift for joint replacement means for hospitals
Hospital patient volumes mostly have been on an upswing since the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but certain trends represent cautionary tales for long-term finances. For example, the latest report (registration required) from Strata Decision Technology shows a year-over-year decline in August of more than 21% for inpatient primary knee replacement procedures. A shift to…