We spend 18 percent of our national gross domestic product on health care. As health care spending continues to grow and as we appropriately drive the health care system toward a payment system that ...

It probably doesn’t surprise anyone that patient assessment is a crucial skill set when it comes to evaluating and treating patients at all levels of EMS care. Perhaps less recognized but just as ...

The healthcare landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with health information exchanges (HIEs) and health data utilities (HDUs) playing a pivotal role in facilitating the secure ...

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), has established a robust health technology assessment strategy for engaging patients so that the entire process is informed by the patient ...

The Pennsylvania health system has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores. Patient discharge can be ...

Operating revenue cycle and patient experience in separate silos doesn't make sense in an era when the patient is responsible for more of a hospital's revenue. For many healthcare organizations, ...

Hospitals can learn several lessons from the discharge planning process, according to a new case study from the American Hospital Association (AHA). The AHA case study incorporated five healthcare ...