Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
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Tenet Healthcare banks $123M profit in Q2 thanks to 'robust' ASC, inpatient volumes
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Tenet Healthcare beat the street in the second quarter, reporting Monday $123 million in net income thanks to higher volumes and revenues across its ambulatory care segment. | The for-profit system beat the street with net operating revenues up 9.5% year over year, prompting an increase to 2023 guidance.
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Consolidated hospitals leading to larger premiums and out-of-pocket spending, report finds
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 24, 2023
As hospitals acquire ambulatory care centers, consumers are more likely to be forced to pay outpatient facility fees for routine care traditionally covered by physician offices at lower costs.
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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 3, 2025
Ardent Health is making good on its ambitions to grow its footprint in ambulatory care through acquisitions. The for-profit system kicked off 2025 by buying 18 urgent care clinics across New Mexico and Oklahoma from NextCare Urgent Care.
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Health tech company IKS Health picks up AQuity for $200M to broaden its reach to hospitals
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden its services from ambulatory care provide | IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden (..)
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Zane Burke, former Livongo CEO, takes the reins at Quantum Health
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
The ambulatory care vendor was still embroiled in the back-and-forth as of this week. Meanwhile, NextGen Healthcare faced a potential board shakeup : Founder and Director Sheldon Razin announced his nomination of four new candidates to the company's board in August in response to the company's own selection.
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The Increasing Need for Ambulatory Care During COVID-19
The Beryl Institute
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Now more than ever, there is a recognition that COVID-19 is changing how healthcare is being delivered, especially in the ambulatory care environment, which includes settings such as physician offices and clinics, surgery centers, hospital outpatient departments, pharmacies, labs, testing centers and dialysis centers.
Navigating the 2024 ICD-10-CM Code Changes: What Ambulatory Care Services Need to Know
Advanced Data Systems
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The healthcare sector is dynamic, with regulations and best practices continuously evolving. One critical area subject to change is the coding system, with the ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) updates for 2024 set to take effect on October 1, 2023.
Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
An ICU tower right next door which will take care of the sickest of the sick that can't possibly have home health care … But other than that? All the ambulatory care stuff, and all the simple stuff? It's going to be the emergency department for heart attacks or strokes. It all gets moved into the home."
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More than half of patients would visit retail pharmacy first for medical issues
Healthcare It News
MAY 18, 2023
Driven by a desire for more convenient and affordable care, many patients focusing less on provider qualifications when seeking ambulatory care, according to a new Wolters Kluwer survey, which shows 58% of them opting first for retail options as pharmacists shifting to address consumer needs.
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VA watchdog: New EHR scheduling system needs work
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus, Ohio. "Before implementing the new scheduling system at the Columbus and Spokane facilities, Cerner trained schedulers and care providers to use the system," read the report. WHY IT MATTERS.
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Digital transformation's big payoff
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 11, 2024
As well, transitional care visits can happen virtually post-discharge using telehealth platforms and external staffing to alleviate long wait times due to primary care provider shortages. Finally, digital technologies can facilitate more effective communication and training for healthcare staff.
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MedPAC Releases 2022 Data Book on Health Care Spending and the Medicare ProgramÂ
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 21, 2022
Section 1: National health care and Medicare spending Section 2: Medicare beneficiary demographics Section 3: Medicare beneficiary and other payer financial liability Section 4: Dual-eligible beneficiaries Section 5: Alternative payment models Section 6: Acute inpatient services Section 7: Ambulatory care Section 8: Post-acute care Section 9: Medicare (..)
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ZoomCare to Deploy athenahealth to Enhance Operational Efficiencies
HIT Consultant
APRIL 10, 2024
Patients want more accessible, more convenient healthcare options – and ambulatory care practices are rising to meet this major shift in where, when, and how people seek care,” said Bob Segert, chairman and chief executive officer of athenahealth.
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The 7 Ps of Marketing
Healthcare Success
APRIL 8, 2024
urgent care, acute care, primary care, ambulatory care, Telehealth, etc.)—especially If you offer a unique product or service, like on-site labs or X-rays, it’s important to package this information into your promotional strategy. especially if they offer something their competitors do not.
CipherHealth Unveils Self-Service Rounding Solution to Combat Burnout
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Overall, Self-Service Rounding improves patient satisfaction, streamlines check-in and discharge processes, and is adaptable to a wide range of healthcare environments, including inpatient units, emergency departments, and ambulatory care. Patients want greater control over their own health.
Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2021
For Black patients, lower utilization of ambulatory care and higher use of inpatient, emergency department, and nursing suggest greater spender downstream that might be prevented by more spending upstream on primary care, prevention, and early detection of disease.
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athenahealth Unveils athenaOne for Women’s Health & Urgent Care
HIT Consultant
MAY 16, 2024
Looking Ahead: Expanding Specialty Solutions athenahealth plans to launch additional solutions in the coming months, including athenaOne for Behavioral Health and solutions for other key specialties and care settings.
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Outpatient is the New Inpatient – The Future of Hospitals in America
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Walmart, clearly, is growing its primary care and mental health service supply side, planning to replicate health centers across markets where it makes sense to do so… like in under-served areas where more people live without health insurance. Indeed, outpatient and ambulatory care is the New Black for hospitals and health care.
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Commons Clinic Invests $9.75M in Ambulatory Spine Surgery, Launches “Theater” Platform to Revolutionize MSK Care
HIT Consultant
APRIL 26, 2024
We believe that advancing ambulatory care is foundational to rebuilding community healthcare infrastructure, reducing reliance on high-cost hospital systems and using technology to achieve healthcare’s quadruple aim. “We developed Theater to harness and rapidly scale breakthroughs by physician innovators like Drs.
Suki Inks AI Scribe Agreement with Premier
HIT Consultant
MAY 7, 2024
Currently deployed across 30+ specialties and all clinical settings, including ambulatory care, telehealth, skilled nursing facilities/home health, and inpatient facilities, Suki continues to expand its reach and impact. “We Notably, Suki received a remarkable rating of 93.2/100
Suki Launches SDK to Power Voice AI Experiences with Bond Vet
HIT Consultant
JUNE 4, 2024
Suki’s technology is applicable across 99 specialties and various clinical settings, such as ambulatory care, telehealth, skilled nursing facilities, home health, inpatient care, and veterinary medicine.
Transcarent Acquires 98point6 AI-Powered Virtual Care Platform and Care Business
HIT Consultant
MARCH 6, 2023
. – The newly emerged 98point6 Technologies plans to remain solely focused on licensing its software to third-party health care providers such as MultiCare Health System, the first to license the 98point6 Technology Platform within its hybrid ambulatory care platform, Indigo Health.
Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI
Health Populi
APRIL 3, 2024
The patient experience of safety is illustrated in the first chart, showing sharp differences in how health consumers perceive safety in ambulatory care settings compared with inpatient hospital environments. of patients saying staff protected me well in ambulatory care compared with 68.2% points, 81.8%
AI Seen as Key Weapon Against Physician Burnout, Survey Finds
HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2024
What You Should Know: – eClinicalWorks , a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) for ambulatory care, has released the results of a recent survey examining healthcare professionals’ perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry.
OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking
Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 23, 2022
Other changes may result after due consideration of all comments and hearing testimony. Alignment with CDC Recommendations for Healthcare Infection Control Practices Additional Flexibility for Employers Removal of Scope Exemptions (e.g.,
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How Healthcare Experience Ranks Versus Other Industries (Not So Great)
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
health care industries fell to their lowest consumer satisfaction scores in two decades, we learn in the latest evaluation by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index report. As important as health became to humans at the base of our Hierachies of Needs , in the U.S.,
HCA Healthcare, Commure to Deploy Ambient AI Platform Across Enterprise
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Multi-Specialty, EHR-Agnostic Platform The multi-specialty, EHR-agnostic platform will support critical workflows in various settings, including emergency departments, hospitalist operations, and ambulatory care.
epocrates Launches Bugs + Drugs Tool to Promote Optimal Antibiotic Prescribing
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The data are sourced from de-identified microbiology data from athenaClinicals, athenahealth’s cloud-based electronic health record, used predominantly by ambulatory care organizations. Bugs + Drugs’ methods and apparatus for tracking antimicrobial susceptibility based on geography is a patented process.
6 Healthcare Trends Impacting Medical Practices in 2023
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
These self-service platforms will provide an integrated patient experience, with ambulatory care providers, in-patient hospital services, and other medical providers all able to connect on a single patient portal.
Worrying About Paying for Health Care Is the Norm in America
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Eight in ten future retirees incorrectly believe that Medicare Part B (physician/ambulatory care) is “free” after paying into Social Security payroll taxes for at least ten years. For Medicare, two-thirds of future retirees wish they understood the health plan better.
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Empathy Is As Important as the Medical Treatment – the 2021 Accenture Health Experience As Backdrop to HIMSS 2021
Health Populi
AUGUST 9, 2021
I’ve red-highlighted the three legacy health care industry that ACSI studies every year, showing that ambulatory care, health insurance, and hospitals garnered lower customer satisfaction than the top industries.
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Pharmacies Garner Retail Health Love in the Pandemic – Update from J.D. Power
Health Populi
JULY 29, 2021
Power believes that pharmacies are “setting the stage for the transformation of ambulatory care delivery,” in their words. This is the 13th year of the study, which surveyed responses from 12,646 consumers who had filled a prescription in the 3 months prior to September 2020 through May 2021. This year, J.D. Power found.
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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework
Health Populi
AUGUST 3, 2023
.” The H-a-H Framework is illustrated here, with the patient’s home environment is positioned at the center of the circle which identifies various care services including: Ambulatory care, covering primary care, chronic care, specialty care, mental and behavioral health, oncology-at-home, dialysis, infusion On-demand and urgent care, which (..)
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Diffusion of pharmaceuticals and the patient’s influence
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 17, 2023
The findings therefore suggest that patient pathways play a significant role in the diffusion of a new drug in ambulatory care. The effect is stronger when physicians do not strictly follow medical guidelines. An important finding. You can read the full paper here.
Telehealth In 2030 – Notes From the Future At #ATA19 with Safavi, Holt, Bathina and Swafford
Health Populi
APRIL 18, 2019
Health Populi’s Hot Points: In full disclosure, I worked with Kaveh and the Accenture team on a recent study modeling the economic value of shifting a portion of ambulatory care visits to virtual care settings.
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PerfectServe, TeamBuilder Partner to Bring Provider & Staff Scheduling to Medical Groups
HIT Consultant
APRIL 12, 2024
TeamBuilder: Predictive Scheduling for Ambulatory Care TeamBuilder complements PerfectServe’s solution with its predictive staff scheduling platform, specifically designed for the ambulatory care setting.
Home Health Job Growth Improving, But Outpaced By Other Health Care Settings
Home Health Care
AUGUST 19, 2022
Even nursing and residential care facilities reported greater employment gains, according to Altarum. Health care employment grew by a robust 69,600 jobs in July 2022,” the brief continues. Multiple home health providers have described the labor improvements they’ve seen of late.
Trust Is a Key Social Currency for COVID-Embattled Consumers
Health Populi
JULY 9, 2020
.” To gain insights on health consumer trust, the company analyzed millions of patient encounters among people who had been hospital inpatients, been admitted to emergency departments, seen clinicians in ambulatory care practices, and experienced telemedicine visits over six weeks between March and April 2020.
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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami.
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Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
Briggs Healthcare
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The toolkit includes information for the acute care setting on building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program, improving the safety culture around antibiotic prescribing, and diagnosing and treating common infectious disease syndromes. Access the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care.
Consumers’ Trust In Health And Personal Care Stores: The Growing Retail Health Ecosystem
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Note that breweries, personal care and cleaning products (THINK: J&J, P&G), TVs, cars, food and beverages rank the highest among U.S.
Medsphere Acquires Ambulatory IT Support Provider Systeem Medical
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Systeem provides core information technology services with a primary focus on ambulatory healthcare providers. – The addition of ambulatory IT support services provider further expands Medsphere’s affordable, adaptable comprehensive healthcare technology platform.
Top Women in Healthcare Staffing 2022
CHQ Healthcare
MAY 10, 2023
Barb Martin Executive Director of Ambulatory Care Selection & Onboarding Mercy Health, MO Barb is a strong leader full of heart. She cares deeply for the people she works with and the organization she serves. Barb has worked for Mercy Health for more than eight years as recruiter, manager, and now Executive Director.
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