Benefits of Close Relationships Between Hospital Systems and Post-Acute Care Providers
By developing close relationships with post-acute care providers, hospitals can ensure patients receive five important benefits.
Optimizing a Health System’s Post-Acute Care Network
Health systems should develop strong networks of post-acute care providers as part of strategic efforts to deliver high-quality service across the care continuum, from wellness to end-of-life care.
Physician Recruiting Challenges in Army Medicine, and the Takeaways for All Health
Dustin Mullins describes the unique recruitment challenges experienced by Army clinics.
The Business Case for Fighting Physician Burnout
Mitigating physician burnout may help to reduce turnover and the many costs that come with it, and industry leaders are taking steps to quantify the ROI.
Reimagining Cross-Continuum Relationships
This article examines how DHG Healthcare partnered with a health system to improve care coordination for hip replacements due to fracture.
Ask the Experts: CJR Physician Gain Sharing Agreements
Are boilerplate CJR physician gain sharing agreement templates available or should agreements be created from scratch?
Top 5 Factors Essential for Pharmacy Revenue Integrity
Maintaining pharmacy revenue integrity requires accurate, longitudinal data; physicians who understand how their prescribing decisions affect revenue integrity; and real-time data. With that information, finance leaders can determine the ROI of various drugs.
Independent Orthopedists: Arm’s-Length Relationships Are No Longer Enough
Michael Rovinsky and Sean Looby describe the importance of a strong relationship between healthcare organizations and their orthopedic surgeons.
Smarter Tech Tools Battle Physician Burnout
March 19—About half of all U.S. practicing physicians experience burnout, and several recent studies have placed the blame squarely on the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), which require data entry and other click-based tasks.
Debunking MACRA Myths: Hospitals’ Vital Role in Physician Success
Time is running out for physicians participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment system to submit the minimum data required for 2017.