The care delivery times are 'a-changin': The need for competition in a consolidating hospital industry

"It's important to have policies in place that enable and support competition so healthcare markets can work as well as they possibly can," Martin Gaynor, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University, recently told Healthcare Dive.

By Jeff Byers • May 3, 2017

Cleveland Clinic, University of Utah Health announce CEO departures

Outgoing Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove will remain as an advisor.

By Meg Bryant • May 2, 2017

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Provider burnout

Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.

By Healthcare Dive staff

CHS completes sale of 9 hospitals

The Franklin, TN-based hospital company has been struggling to shed about $15 billion in debt.

By Meg Bryant • May 2, 2017

Tenet sells 3 hospitals to HCA as it beats Q1 earnings expectations

The for-profit system has been among many companies looking to improve financials by offloading assets and easing debt burdens.

By Shannon Muchmore • May 2, 2017

CHS, Tenet both divesting assets

CHS is divesting a total of 11 additional hospitals and Tenet is selling three of its acute care hospitals to HCA Healthcare. 

By Ana Mulero • May 1, 2017

Brigham and Women's to trim 1,600 jobs

The hospital cited lower reimbursement rates in offering voluntary buyouts for workers 60 or older. 

By Meg Bryant • April 28, 2017

NYC Health + Hospitals plans management makeover

The beleaguered health system is looking to recover from a $776 million operating loss in the first half of FY 2017.

By Meg Bryant • April 28, 2017

University of Kansas Health System looks to buy struggling Topeka hospital

Fewer patients and rising uncompensated care costs contributed to St. Francis Hospital reportedly losing $117 million over the past five years.

By Les Masterson • April 28, 2017

Kaiser Permanente, other heavy hitters call for value-based healthcare model

Several key health leaders announced pilot programs beginning with a value-based plan to treat heart failure in the Atlanta area.

By Les Masterson • April 27, 2017

Report finds flaws with hospital, health system call centers

Kyruus found three-quarters of call center agents could not find an available appointment with the appropriate provider within a three-week timeframe.

By Les Masterson • April 27, 2017

How patient portals can improve patient engagement

“There are a lot of workflow challenges, and the low bar within Meaningful Use hasn’t motivated a lot of practices to try and promote [portal] adoption and use,” says Chilmark Research’s Brian Eastwood.

By Meg Bryant • April 27, 2017

The newest faces in hospital C-suites are focusing on patient engagement

“We still see gaps in people recognizing the importance of front-line voice and the importance of patient and family voice,” says Liz Boehm, research director for Vocera’s Experience Innovation Network.

By Meg Bryant • April 27, 2017

Partners Healthcare, Persistent Systems to develop open-source platform

The digital platform will be based on SMART and FHIR specifications.

By Meg Bryant • April 26, 2017

MN officials still concerned about Mayo Clinic CEO's patient preference statements

Dr. John Noseworthy recently walked back comments from an internal meeting where he said the health system would prioritize patients with private insurance over Medicaid if they seek care at the same time for similar conditions.

By Les Masterson • April 26, 2017

ATA17: 6 takeaways on the state of telemedicine

Several trends took center stage at this year's American Telemedicine Association conference, from high patient satisfaction with telemedicine to a growing push for standardized practice guidelines.

By Shannon Muchmore • April 26, 2017

Compensation report highlights pay disparities based on gender, geography

Rural and lower cost cities tended to have higher physician compensation than higher cost areas, Doximity's Physician Compensation Report found.

By Jeff Byers • April 26, 2017

Report: Physician assistants' salaries average more than $100K

Physician assistants in specialties like dermatology, emergency medicine and critical care medicine command the highest salaries, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants reported.

By Meg Bryant • April 25, 2017

Kaiser Permanente CEO reports strong use of telehealth

The integrated health system invests about 25% of its $3.8 billion annual spend on health IT.

By Meg Bryant • April 25, 2017

Hospitals could lose $250B from MACRA, study finds

“If successful APMs are not available to physicians, there could be unintended consequences for patients," authors of a study published in Health Affairs wrote.

By Les Masterson • April 25, 2017

How hospitals can prepare for an influenza pandemic

A pandemic could put a strain on the healthcare system, sicken hospital staff and stretch hospital resources to their limits.

By Les Masterson • April 24, 2017

Wake Forest Baptist to transfer billing services to nThrive, affecting up to 650 jobs

The move will allow the integrated health system to focus more resources on clinical, academic and innovation efforts.

By Meg Bryant • April 21, 2017

Study: Impact of price transparency in EHR unclear

“Price transparency alone may not lead to significant changes in clinician behavior,” a report published in JAMA Internal Medicine concluded.

By Meg Bryant • April 21, 2017

Healthcare leaders crown employee cybersecurity awareness as primary threat concern

Most healthcare organizations use a variety of methods to mitigate cybersecurity risks, a survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics for Level 3 Communications found.

By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017

Healthcare deals this week show M&A activity continues to percolate

One of the multiple healthcare M&A possibilities includes Partners Healthcare in Boston and the second-largest health system in Rhode Island.

By Les Masterson • April 20, 2017

Q&A: How Sansoro Health can enable the exchange of health data in real-time

The EMR data integration startup puts a "great deal of time and effort" into ensuring that its software "installs very quickly and requires very little maintenance," said co-founder and CEO Jeremy Pierotti.

By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017