A Medscape poll published October 2, 2017 reports that he majority of healthcare professionals said they have been experienced and been the victims of verbal and physical violence in the work place. This study surveyed nearly 2400 healthcare workers, including nurses, physicians, pharmacists and other providers, about workplace violence following the death of Tracy Sin-Yee… Read More
Another company is entering the physician direct to patient or “housecall” market in California. It is surprising how much money is being thrown at this and how unfortunately, the business model is still not sorted out. Excerpts from the MSN article include California-based Heal is betting that housecalls can not just make you healthier, but… Read More
From Modern Healthcare Psychiatric patients wait disproportionately longer in emergency departments before receiving treatment and experience longer stays compared to other medical patients, according to reports released Monday by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The three separate studies examined how emergency rooms care for patients with psychiatric conditions compared to other patients by looking… Read More
A study in Journal of Hospital Medicine, hospitalist Daniel J. Brotman, MD, and his colleagues examined nearly 4,500 acute-care hospitals’ hospital-wide readmission rates and compared them with those hospitals’ mortality rates in six areas used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: heart attack, pneumonia, heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and coronary… Read More
Over the past decade hospitals have increasingly decided to employ physicians. In 2003, hospitals employed about 29% of physicians and that has dramatically increased to 42% of hospitals in 2012. Hospitals argued that this would increase productivity and was needed to coordinate care and improve quality. A study in the September 20, 2016 issue of… Read More
Becker IT report written by Akanksha Jayanthi August 26, 2016 reports that Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center reported a 76.9 percent drop in adjusted income for the 10 months ended June 30, a downfall it largely attributes to its Epic EHR implementation project.In its agenda book and schedule of events for the University of Texas… Read More
This story from the May 2, 2016 Chicago Tribune discusses Eugene Litvak’s theory that managing the OR is the key to decreasing hospital overcrowding. The former Soviet mathematician and system engineer believes that managing the predictable nature of elective surgeries can better control the unpredictable nature of emergency medicine. Some hospitals have reportedly reaped millions of dollars… Read More
Everyone wants to be like Kaiser. Many people saw this as a potential issue that I think will increasingly become the norm. The consolidation of the healthcare industry will move to more and more entities controlling all aspects of the healthcare delivery financing model. A report y McKinsey and Company as reported in Modern Healthcare… Read More
A study published in the August 2011 issue of US Journal of Social Science and Medicine by Amanda Goodall, found a strong correlation between high-performing hospitals and leadership by physicians. Physician-led hospitals had quality scores some 25% higher then non-physician led hospitals. Goodall took the top 100 hospitals three specialties – cancer, GI disorders… Read More
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