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Clinical Care
The Exec: 'Business as Usual Is No Longer a Successful Model'
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare organizations must be nimble in identifying needs and be able to pivot...
Payer
In the 'Wild West' of Outpatient Vascular Care, Doctors Can Reap Huge Payments as Patients Risk Life and Limb
CMS data suggests that from 2017 to 2021 90 physicians billed for more than a third of all procedures and...
Technology
Iowa Health System Sees Benefits from Data-Driven Surgery
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is using technology in the OR to study how surgical procedures are done, with...
Clinical Care
Patient Experience Week: Rising to Outpatient Surgery Center Challenges
Communicating with patients is a key to success in achieving a positive patient clinical experience at surgery centers.
Payer
KHN Podcast: A $229K Medical Bill Goes to Court
In 2014, Lisa French had spinal surgery. She was told she would have to pay $1,337 in out-of-pocket costs and...
Technology
Automated OR Scheduling Addresses a Key Hospital Pain Point
Allina Health is seeing immediate results with a technology platform that automates the OR scheduling process and helps match surgeons...
Clinical Care
Transplant Surgeon: 'I Do Not Believe in a Top-Down Approach'
Pediatric experts from 15 different specialties and departments collaborate to make teen's fourth liver transplant a success.
Innovation
AR, VR Technology Gives Clinicians a New View of Complex Surgeries
Lehigh Valley Health Network's chief of neurological surgery is using the innovative technology to educate his patients and improve surgical...
Marketing
UPMC Will Pay $8.5M to Settle False Claims Allegations; Separate 'Sordid Vendetta' Defamation Suit Continues
The settlement is the latest development in an ongoing, bitter feud between former colleagues who've traded accusations of drug abuse...
Pharma
Peptilogics CEO Jonathan Steckbeck Targets Deadly Prosthetic Infections
Personal tragedies involving family and friends motivated this CEO to launch Peptilogics.
Telehealth
Vanderbilt Study Finds Value in Pre-Surgery Telehealth Consults
The study found that virtual visits have the same value as in-person visits for communication and shared decision-making. And they're...
Strategy
More Orthopedic Physicians Sell Out to Private Equity Firms, Raising Alarms About Costs and Quality
Private equity investors have rolled up orthopedic practices in at least 12 states.