Webinar – Personalize Patient Engagement by Integrating Your Innovation and Digital Strategies – September 22
Pivoting to patient-centered care is a major step towards improving health outcomes, but barriers exist that stop or slow implementation. To achieve a truly patient-centered approach, these barriers must be addressed. In an upcoming webinar on September 20th, speakers from industry and healthcare will share their insights into digital strategies that can help personalize patient engagement.
Whitepaper – Engaging the End Prescriber: A Practical Guide to Working With Physicians
Adapting pharmaceutical marketing to the changing healthcare landscape requires understanding the perspective of physicians. However, there is often a big divide between clinicians and marketers that must be bridged in order to achieve market success. In a new whitepaper by flipMD, learn why you should include physicians in your planning and how to do it.
Stopping the Next Big Healthcare Crisis
Healthcare is facing an impending crisis due to healthcare inflation, nursing shortages, and widespread healthcare worker burnout. Solving this problem before the bottom falls out will require quick action. While systemic changes are needed, Robert Pearl, MD, offers 3 strategies that can be implemented now.
Doctors Looking for Answers on Long COVID on Their Own
Healthcare practitioners are having to take long COVID treatment into their own hands, with dedicated clinics popping up to meet this growing need. Unfortunately, the federal government has yet to devote the resources to tackling the issue, releasing no official guidances for treating the chronic condition. Some clinicians are collaborating on treatment methods, but more support is needed for patients and their providers.
First Half of 2022 Sees 62 US Hospital CEO Exits
A recent report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows sixty-two CEOs of various hospital systems in the US stepped down this year. This is around 50% higher than the forty-two that left their role by this time last year. This jump exceeds the percent increase in CEO exits in all industries, which sits at 20%.
Improve Access to Mental Healthcare by Paying Trainees
Access to mental healthcare in the US has been a growing issue for decades, only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the slow trickle of trainees is far from sufficient to bridge this gap. Instead, at the current rate, there will be 14,000 less psychiatrists practicing in 2030. In a new Health Affairs article, authors discuss how paying trainees for the care they deliver could support efforts to reverse this troubling trend.
Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Decision in 340B Case in Favor of Hospitals
The US Supreme Court has issued its highly-anticipated decision in the Medicare 340B case, ruling unanimously in favor of hospitals. [...]
Webinar – How Allegiance Health Management Increased Revenue and Addressed Patients’ Ability to Pay
Patient debt is at an all-time high as provider margins increasingly become razor thin. Addressing this problem is therefore a [...]
Webinar – Customer-Centered Digital Engagement Strategies with the NHS
Industry shifts towards digital customer engagement practices were ramped up during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking on greater importance within the [...]
Highlights from AMCP 2022
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy convened last week for its annual meeting, bringing nearly 3,000 pharmacists and other healthcare [...]
Is the Growth in Hospital Wages Sustainable?
Hospitals responded to labor shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing wages to rebuild and maintain their workforce. This rise [...]
Physicians Recognize Social Drivers of Health but Struggle to Address Them
According to a new survey, almost all physicians are well aware of the impact of social drivers of health (SDOH) [...]
Trust as a Social Determinant of Health
Trust is key to building strong relationships between patients and providers, but new research indicates that trust has an outsized [...]
Patients as Partners: Investing in Self-Care for Better Health
Patients are often considered recipients of healthcare. However, David Williams, Chief Medical Officer at VISFO, argues that patients should be [...]
Federal Court Nixes Biden Administration’s Interpretation of HHS Surprise Billing Rule
A federal court judge in Texas ruled in favor of the Texas Medical Association regarding the Biden Administration’s interpretation of [...]
Burnout Affects Half of Healthcare Workers.
A new Ipsos survey finds that 50% of healthcare workers in the United States report being burned out. Up to [...]
Study Finds Hospitals Charge More for Drugs Than Specialty Pharmacies
A recent AHIP study found hospitals charged an average of $7000 more than specialty pharmacies for a single treatment. In [...]
Webinar: Why Healthcare Isn’t Working – Another Bandaid vs. Fixing the Core
In a webinar taking place next Wednesday, March 2nd, Bill Nordmark of Enlace Health will argue for a new approach [...]
AMA Podcast: Health IT Shifts from a Hassle to Essential Tool for Improving Care
Despite a track record of frustration for patients and providers, healthcare technology has evolved during the pandemic into a crucial [...]
Seven Health Equity Principles for Payers and Providers
The non-profit payer Healthfirst has released their payer’s ADVANCE health equity principles to help healthcare organizations effectively prioritize health equity. [...]
Health System Tests Paying Practitioners for Emailing Patients
Many doctors spend hours reading patient emails every day and are rarely compensated for this valuable service. To incentivize patient-clinician [...]
Study Finds that Rheumatologists’ Prescribing Habits Influenced by Pharma Payments for Food and Drink
A new study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that payments for food and drinks from drug companies were associated with [...]
Rare Patient Voice LLC Expands its Reach to Australia and New Zealand
The market research patient recruitment firm Rare Patient Voice LLC has announced that it is expanding its patient and caregiver [...]
2022 in Healthcare: 3 Trends for Hospitals
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that 1 in 4 hospitals experienced critical staff shortages in [...]
Introduction to Medical Affairs Course Available from MAPS
In a recently released course by the Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS), healthcare providers (HCPs) will learn what Medical Affairs [...]