Search Tag: Care Delivery
2019 13 Nov
Summary: No other industry that operates as inefficiently and ineffectively as healthcare has survived disruption in the 21st century. Why does medicine remain the exception and what forces are powerful enough to improve quality and bring costs under control? The United States spent an average of $10,209 on each citizen in 2017, the last...Read more
2019 23 Jan
One of the major problems which is commonly attributed to affect patient outcomes is the failure to follow-up diagnostic imaging in time. It is critical to follow-up diagnostic imaging findings in order to have access to and receive high quality and vital care. Patient location at the time of undergoing imaging is directly related with how likely a...Read more
2018 23 May
Providing value-based care will be one of the driving forces in the future as highlighted by Siemens Healthineers professionals Dr. Ghada Trotabas, Dr. Arthur Kaindl, and Dr. Jonathan Darer at Healthcare Business International (HBI) 2018. The biggest challenge facing healthcare is the need to improve value for patients. Healthcare systems today...Read more
2018 17 Mar
A modern communications platform, a replacement for pagers, has led to improved delivery of care at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. As the platform allows faster communication between members of care teams, better coordination and faster response times are achieved. With improved communication via the PerfectServe platform, for instance,...Read more
2017 20 Jul
Policymakers in the U.S. have recently focused their efforts on replacing the Affordable Care Act, failing to consider the need to transform the country's healthcare delivery system. Two prominent physician leaders urge the government and lawmakers to take a hard look at the doctor-patient relationship and transform how medical care is structured,...Read more