Operations and Other Technology

What Finance Leaders Should Know About Cybersecurity Risks

IT security breaches can be costly: The average cost of a breached medical record is $158. Fortunately, finance leaders can help IT security teams protect against these unforeseen costs.

Laura Ramos Hegwer June 1, 2017

Best Practices for Securing and Protecting Patients’ Financial Data

When we think about data breaches, attacks on major retailers often come to mind. Yet, between 2010 and 2015, criminal attacks on healthcare data increased by 125 percent. In 2016 alone, there were 329 significant data breaches exposing more than 16 million records.

Gary Word May 19, 2017

What’s Behind an Innovative Tool?

A specialized department to help clinicians and researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital get their innovative ideas to market.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 15, 2017

Henry Ford Health System Builds a Population Health Management Platform

The health system’s plan for value-based care involves centralizing core population health management functions and integrating data from multiple sources.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 11, 2017

A Cost-Effective Solution for Strengthening Cybersecurity

Mary Chaput suggests captives as an underutilized solution to cybersecurity risks.

Mary A. Chaput March 30, 2017

Progress Via Collaboration

Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine have collaborated with a venture accelerator to launch a slew of healthcare startups, learning key lessons along the way.

Laura Ramos Hegwer March 22, 2017

Trending Solutions for Rising Drug Prices

Understanding the efficacy of high-cost drug across large patient populations will help providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies to understand the value of certain drugs and offer patients their life-saving value.

bett February 16, 2017

Achieving Dramatic Healthcare Savings With a 140-Year-Old Innovation: The Telephone

Mary Jane Konstantin discusses how the telephone provides a fast, cost-effective way for nurses to provide patient care.

Mary Jane Konstantin February 13, 2017

Combining Data Across Care Sites Specialties and Provider Types for More Complete Cost Accounting

Adding professional services data to department-level costs can help hospital leaders understand all relevant costs in an increasingly value-focused environment.

Dan Seargeant, DrPH February 6, 2017

Augusta University Health System Leverages Decision Support for Costing and Planning

By integrating case cost data with financial data in their decision support system, the health system can now gain a clear picture of the true cost of a single patient case.

Laura Ramos Hegwer February 6, 2017
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