Case Study: Increase Patient Engagement with Inspira Health

Sponsored by
Patientco

Many patients struggled to understand the charges on their billing statement and found the medical terminology confusing. When it was time to pay their bill, patients found the experience difficult, even with an online payment option available.

In this case study, find out how Inspira Health improved their patient experience to offer their patients easy-to-understand bills and provide a more intuitive online bill pay portal, resulting in revenue growth of more than $1.5 million across its hospital and physician groups in less than two years. 

Hospitals Feel Greater Responsbility for Employee Financial Wellness During Pandemic

Sponsored by
Bank of America

COVID-19 has taken a serious toll on hospital employees of all ages, impacting their wellness in numerous ways that go deeper than some organizations may initially realize. While hospitals have demonstrated incredible resilience and an innovative mindset since the start of the pandemic, gaps have begun poking through when it pertains to employee financial, physical, and emotional wellness.

A HealthLeaders Buzz Survey recently asked over 100 healthcare leaders about the harsh impact of COVID-19 on the current financial state of their health systems and the growing need for robust wellness programs.

In this exclusive report, learn the results of this survey and gain insights from healthcare’s top leaders in the following areas:

  • The most consequential non-COVID-19 health effects
  • Pandemic changes to overall business models
  • Level of employee outreach to EAP services

Meeting Today’s Complex Pulmonary Needs through LTACH Expertise

Sponsored by
Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services

Compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and flu season, providers and payors have sought new strategies to address respiratory failure. For patients experiencing respiratory failure conditions, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), specialized acute care after the initial hospital stay is proving to play a critical role in improving patient outcomes, reducing readmissions, and decreasing the severity of long-term effects.

Long-term acute care hospitals are often the most appropriate recovery setting for complex pulmonary patients, as they are licensed acute-care providers, with physician-directed teams specializing in the care and rehabilitation of patients on mechanical ventilation. LTACHs can provide the optimal level of care for lasting patient recovery and for reducing STACH readmissions.

Community Hospital Supply Chain Best Practices: Planning for Supply Chain Efficiency and Resiliency

Sponsored by
Community Hospital Corporation

Supply chain leaders face a complex situation. COVID-19 made it clear that supply chain efficiency and resiliency depend on many other factors beyond cost.

This white paper draws from pandemic lessons learned to help community hospitals.

Healthcare Consumerism and the Patient Financial Experience

Sponsored by
ClearBalance

During the last decade, more than 20 million Americans have gained access to health insurance due to policy changes for private and government insurance, along with the availability of insurance on the healthcare exchanges. This monumental shift brought to light the need for healthcare organizations to get reimbursed for services quickly, while helping patients manage their rising out-of-pocket costs.

Looking to the future, capturing the confidence of the patients will be critical for the health, and growth, of providers. The questions for providers though, is how is that accomplished?

Download this latest research report to:

  • Assess the ten-year toll of high deductible health plans (HDHPs)
  • Identify the importance of jockeying for patient loyalty
  • Assess the evolving consumer-based healthcare ecosystem
  • Identify market forces driving healthcare consumerism

Risk of readmissions, mortality, and hospital-acquired conditions across hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) stages in a US National Hospital Discharge database

Sponsored by
Smith and Nephew

Pressure injuries are one of the most common and costly complications occurring in US hospitals. With up to 3 million patients affected each year, hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) place a substantial burden on the US healthcare system.

In the current study, US hospital discharge records from 9.6 million patients during the period from October 2009 through September 2014 were analyzed to determine the incremental cost of hospital-acquired pressure injuries by stage. Of the 46 108 patients experiencing HAPI, 16.3% had Stage 1, 41.0% had Stage 2, 7.0% had Stage 3, 2.8% had Stage 4, 7.3% had unstageable, 14.6% had unspecified, and 10.9% had missing staging information. In propensity score-adjusted models, increasing hospital-acquired pressure injury severity was significantly associated with higher total costs and increased overall length of stay when compared with patients not experiencing a hospital-acquired pressure injury at the index hospitalization.

The average incremental cost for a hospital-acquired pressure injury was $21,767. Increasing HAPI severity was significantly associated with greater risk of in-hospital mortality at the index hospitalization compared with patients with no hospital-acquired pressure injury, as well as 1.5 to 2 times greater risk of 30-, 60-, and 90-day readmissions. Additionally, increasing hospital-acquired pressure injury severity was significantly associated with increasing risk of other hospital-acquired conditions, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and venous thromboembolism during the index hospitalization.

By preventing pressure injuries, hospitals have the potential to reduce unreimbursed treatment expenditures, reduce length of stay, minimize readmissions, prevent associated complications, and improve overall outcomes for their patients.

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