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Digital transformation's big payoff

Healthcare It News

As hospitals and health systems embrace digital transformation in earnest, they're apt to find improvements on any number of fronts, from staffing challenges (especially in acute care nursing), length of stay, 30-day readmissions, value-based care and chronic care management. It was ranked no.

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Outpatient is the New Inpatient – The Future of Hospitals in America

Health Populi

hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? Our ability to create that network outside the hospital is huge.”

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The Increasing Need for Ambulatory Care During COVID-19

The Beryl Institute

it was revealed that consumer engagement in healthcare continues to decline, with consumers reporting fewer visits to primary care providers, hospitals, labs and specialist providers. We have also seen providers deferring elective and preventative visits. Michelle Garrison, CPXP. Vice President, Membership. The Beryl Institute

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New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

Health Populi

In 2021, nearly one-half of hospitals and health systems ranked in Tier 2, with in Kaufman Hall’s words, “a thoughtful approach to becoming more consumer centric,” investing in digital infrastructure and programs across the enterprise.

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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework

Health Populi

As we start at this fairly nascent moment in the hospital-to-home movement and migration in the U.S., consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person.

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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI

Health Populi

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%

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

Another key shift that serves as a medical cost trend deflator is the shift in site of care, to homes, community-based care locales, and outpatient healthcare settings such as ambulatory surgery centers. We’ve reached a new phase in health care in the U.S., That’s history.