Investing in Friction-reducing tactics such as community building and providing benefits, training, and personalized support to employees will yield compounding long-term benefits while reducing churn rate.

Patients are looking for a quick, seamless and simple payment experience from their medical providers.Here are four trends to follow that are impacting the patient payment experience today.

The next wave of Medtech innovation must deliver truly smart connected care—not only building on our progress in collecting and integrating information about a patient, such as vital signs, diagnostic results and health history—but also using software to prioritize this information, streamline care delivery and provide actionable insights.

The last few years, both during and after the pandemic, have been turbulent times for healthcare providers and patients alike. For now, although it appears that healthcare staffing shortages will continue, providers are not without practical strategies for attracting and retaining talent.

By combining AI with human expertise and oversight, we have the potential to revolutionize the clinical trial process—and most importantly, extend and save lives.

The ultimate challenge for the broader adoption of AI in medical imaging remains the same: demonstrating to healthcare institutions that it provides a clear ROI.

Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have faced their share of challenges, but a combination of research advances and a market ripe for innovation is setting this drug class up for a resurgence. Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)—a class of drugs that works by targeting RNA to alter gene expression and control aberrant proteins in ways that traditional drugs can’t.

The most successful implementations of digital solutions offer value propositions on both sides of the equation — they create value for the patient and family, while also making the clinician’s job easier and more enjoyable by saving time and eliminating ancillary duties.

Propane can provide reassurance during this time of strain on the electric grid. It can keep hospitals and other critical facilities powered so that patients receive the care they need, and allow emergency responders to do their jobs effectively.

The world is slowly aging, and by 2060, around 94.7 million older adults will be in the U.S. Without the proper care tactics in place, healthcare providers risk losing people at an earlier age and burning out family caregivers.

As we navigate the challenges of drug shortages, especially vital medications like Adderall, it’s crucial to be proactive. Predictive analytics, coupled with a deep understanding of alternative drugs, can guide our path forward.

In response to the urgent need for support, the federally funded National Maternal Mental Health […]

While it’s easy to be consumed by the latest technology and the potential influence it could have, it’s important to remember the ultimate role these platforms should play when it comes to improved patient outcomes. 

Policymakers must work to increase access to the Medicare Kidney Disease Education Benefit and expand the Medicare annual wellness benefit to include kidney disease screening. These reforms will catch disease at earlier stages and equip patients to better recognize their risk.

Weaving companionship into health care as we would a blockbuster drug can help us circumvent expensive healthcare services like emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

It’s critical that we address these examples of institutionalized bias and racism in how we approach clinical trials for drugs and devices. While it’s a daunting task, the path forward is surprisingly clear, and AI can be instrumental in the next step of overcoming unconscious biases inherent in clinical trial processes.

It makes sense that when care navigation prioritizes the patient and better links them to care by reducing barriers and smoothing out the road to seeing a provider, the patient experiences better outcomes. Better outcomes also translates to fewer hospital readmissions, saving money for both patients and their employers.

Right now, manufacturers are thriving. Hospitals are failing. And patients are suffering. We must stop this trend in its tracks by becoming better stewards of hospital resources and supply chains.

C-SNPs are Medicare Advantage plans formulated to meet the desired needs of people living with chronic diseases. These plans are different from traditional Medicare plans because they’re only available to people who fit the special needs category that the plan serves.

The Supreme Court’s recent summer decision in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, et al. v. Talevski has raised the stakes for nursing homes by ruling that private litigants may bring civil claims against facilities to recover damages for violations of certain provisions of the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA). This decision provides powerful incentives for nursing homes and other facilities subject to the FNHRA to enhance their monitoring and compliance processes.

As value-based care models take hold, the time is ripe for rehab therapists to position themselves as primary players in the movement toward delivering optimal quality and value in the broader healthcare ecosystem.

Providers, administrators, health insurers and other healthcare-access gatekeepers can learn, train, change policies and remove barriers facing vulnerable groups so they can receive the long-overdue opportunity to pursue their best health and well-being.

The next generation of senior living searchers are markedly different from their predecessors, and they will challenge us to work together to reshape their search experience.

This article explores the benefits of implementing RFID in healthcare settings and how hospitals can gradually transition from barcode to RFID-enabled medication systems, leading to substantial cost savings and improved patient care.

With conscious and ethical use of Generative AI we can forge a future that is empathetic, innovative and can meet all our needs at the right time and place.

For the gridlock in mental healthcare to be resolved, 100% of mental healthcare providers must practice measurement-based care, utilizing validated rating scales to monitor and measure longitudinal outcomes for every patient. And payers then must offer reimbursement that appropriately rewards providers for delivering high-quality, effective care, and incentivize proactive mental health management.

Postpartum Depression has been a recognized — but stigmatized — possibility during the so-called “fourth trimester of pregnancy” for generations. However, it is now being firmly addressed through femtech innovations.

For the past 30 years, even with the various headwinds over time, consistent winners in MA have adapted and adjusted to new standards required for success. Now is no different. Short-term headwinds are just that – short-term.

The healthcare industry is sitting on a wealth of data gathered from electronic health records, commercial pharmacies, health systems and payers, and health tech companies. So much that it makes up one-third of the world’s data. Pharmaceutical companies need to tap into this type of data to build inclusive clinical trials,

It is no longer a question of whether we should use automation for care orchestration. The technology for intelligent automation of care coordination is available now and can help providers reduce costs, generate revenue, and overcome understaffing.