The Blurring Boundaries of Elder Care: Implications for Providers and Patients
Healthcare providers are planning to invest in home health, palliative and end-of-life care, and geriatric caretakers in the coming years.
Preventing Readmissions with a Personal Touch
An in-depth look at how one organization is preventing chronic care readmissions through in-home monitoring, patient education, and counseling.
Key Factors in Cath Lab Financial Performance
The average cath lab program generates a negative profit margin on Medicare patients, and that population is growing. Analyzing cath lab care pathway design can help hospital leaders bend the cost curve back to operating profitability.
Regional Hospital’s Focus on Rapid Results Reaps $6M in Savings
Henry Ford West Bloomfield uses 100-day productivity cycles to improve operations and reduce waste. Over a three-year period, the hospital saved $8.7 million contributing to a financial performance turnaround.
Marshfield Clinic Finds Success with Home Recovery Care
Marshfield Clinic’s home-hospitalization program is replicating the results that other hospital-at-home initiatives have shown: high patient satisfaction, good clinical outcomes, and significantly lower costs of care.
Pediatric Mental Health Should Be Everyone’s Concern
Heather Huszti describes the approaches used at CHOC Children’s to ensure that children with mental health conditions get the care they need.
Better Blood Management Helps Johns Hopkins Reduce Length of Stay, Save Nearly $3 Million
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions saved money and improved on quality metrics by implementing a blood management program.
Improving Patient Experience May Reduce Readmissions
Providers should ask high-risk patients about their care experiences before discharge to help reduce costly readmissions.
NewYork-Presbyterian Curbs Costs with a Structured Redesign Approach
By pairing project management professionals with operational leaders on key initiatives, the organization achieved $96 million in cost savings in 2017 while maintaining high-quality care.
Getting to Know Patients in Their Homes
Joe Shen describes EmblemHealth's collaboration with an independent physician association to conduct in-home visits for members, boosting patient engagement and member satisfaction.