[ad_1] A patient comes in expecting to be seen at 11:30 but sits in the waiting room until noon or even longer. Potential conflict. A physician expects a […]
Commentary: Embracing change on the long path toward dismantling racism in academic medicine
[ad_1] Medical schools have increasingly been describing themselves as anti-racist. The term seems straightforward and as a result has been easy to incorporate into our lexicon. Being anti-racist […]
Q&A with Antonio Ciaccia of 3 Axis Advisors: ‘PBMs aren’t really PBMs anymore’
[ad_1] Can you give us some background on these pharmacy benefit manager lawsuits? Which companies have been sued and what are the allegations? It’s more of who hasn’t […]
Navigating data guidelines and regulations
[ad_1] In the absence of federal regulations specifically governing the collection and use of patient-generated health data, providers tend to rely on more general rules and guidelines about […]
Designing health facilities with DEI in mind
[ad_1] At Elks Children’s Eye Clinic, planners centered their thinking around visual impairments and identifying flaws in current designs. The NBBJ team walked through OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute […]
Conflict-of-interest threats grow as hospitals diversify revenue
[ad_1] When it comes to internal board service, high-profile health system executives often serve on at least five, according to Modern Healthcare’s analysis. They range from individual hospital […]
Employer health plans pay hospitals 224% of Medicare
[ad_1] Employers continue to pay hospitals more than double the amount Medicare would pay for the same services, a new study shows. Private employer-sponsored health plans paid hospitals […]
Rates of unnecessary procedures persisted through pandemic, study shows
[ad_1] Despite the risks posed by COVID-19, hospitals continued to perform eight common, low-value procedures during the first year of the pandemic at a rate similar to 2019, […]
Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you?
[ad_1] Could this data be used in a criminal prosecution? The short answer is yes. “It’s almost surreal that in some states using a period app could get […]
Death certificates reveal that U.S. hit grim COVID milestone
[ad_1] When the U.S. hit 1 million COVID-19 deaths on Monday, the news was driven by a government tally derived from death certificates. Death certificates But that’s not […]