Search Tag: Healthcare
2017 07 May
How can health and social care commissioners in England reinvent the tools of their trade to make funds go further? In England, health and social care commissioners compelled to save money often feel little choice but to reach directly for frontline services. Their various attempts to do so are charted by hostile reports of restrictions on...Read more
2017 07 May
A win-win for the simultaneous involvement of both public and private funding in the provision of global healthcare. In a casual suburb of Hyderabad, India, a growing family is struggling to cope with the main breadwinners’ gastrointestinal disorder. Help arrives from a new concept of day care where major endoscopic surgical procedures...Read more
2017 07 May
The Global Health Care Anti-fraud Network (GHCAN) promotes partnerships and communications between international organisations in order to reduce and eliminate healthcare fraud around the world. HealthManagement spoke to representatives, Simon Peck (UK), and Leigh McKenna (USA) to find out more. What is the range and scope of healthcare...Read more
2017 07 May
Offering healthcare professionals high-quality continuous education means leveraging excellence in healthcare performance. The healthcare industry is demonstrating high growth rates in both developing and developed regions around the world. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that the healthcare and social assistance sector will...Read more
2017 05 May
It is expected that health and social care in the UK will be affected with its withdrawal from the European Union. Some of the anticipated issues in light of Brexit include: staff shortages - over 60,000 people from European countries outside the UK work in the English NHS. 90,000 work in adult social care. Post-Brexit, there will will be a need...Read more
2017 25 Apr
ConhIT 2017, Berlin, April 25th to 27th, 2017, Siemens Healthineers in hall 2.2, no. B 112 • New partners for the Siemens Healthineers Digital Ecosystem: Ebit Srl – Esaote Group and HeartFlow • eHealth Solutions for networking in healthcare with new Patient Portal including Home Monitoring • PEPconnect for individual...Read more
2017 25 Apr
In the U.S., healthcare providers serving immigrant communities worry that chronic conditions will worsen and infectious diseases will go untreated in their areas. The reason: immigrant patients avoid going to health clinics for fear of being apprehended and deported by federal authorities. That's how the Trump administration's more aggressive...Read more
2017 18 Apr
A number of obstacles must be overcome before blockchain can have widespread implementation in healthcare, according to technology experts. These include regulations, implementation costs, technical challenges, as well as deeply entrenched business models. See Also : How Blockchain Can Make HIT More Secure Healthcare has sets of rules covering...Read more
2017 11 Apr
Drug costs are often blamed for spikes in healthcare costs, but drugmakers are quick to point out that drugs account for about 10 percent of U.S. healthcare spending. For some experts, hospitals are the real culprits. Supporting the drugmakers' position is a recent report from the Altarum Institute. In 2016, the United States spent $3.4 trillion...Read more
2017 04 Apr
Use of artificial intelligence technology is expanding not just in IT departments but also in other areas of business. Indeed, based on a global survey, a large majority (84 percent) of organisations view the use of AI as essential to being competitive. See Also : IT Needs for the Next Generation of Healthcare The survey by consulting firm Tata...Read more
2017 21 Mar
Physician shortage remains a major healthcare problem in the U.S., with new research showing that projected physician demand will continue to grow faster than the supply. The latest projections continue to align with previous estimates, showing a projected shortage of between 40,800 and 104,900 doctors by 2030, according to the Association of American...Read more
2017 08 Mar
“Good morning Mr. Smith. Good to see you, how are you doing? You’re looking for a new car? That’s good news. We decided that it’s going to be a Ford Focus, ST, 2.0 Eco-boost, 184 KW, 6-gear. Let’s see in our stock if there is a possibility for you to choose the colour—otherwise it will be a red one." Does this conversation look strange to you? I hope...Read more
2017 16 Feb
Healthcare organizations do a phenomenal job. Today, an increasing number of diseases are treated successfully and people enjoy a better quality of life even into old age. Yet, while much is being done to discover new ways to improve patients' lives, we now see radical changes to structures, incentives, and processes within healthcare to sustain provision...Read more
2017 04 May
The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) is a non-profit organization founded by three esteemed institutions with the purpose to transform health care systems worldwide by measuring and reporting patient outcomes in a standardized way. Find ICHOM on Social Media Read more
2017 03 Jan
Eager to prove that they can keep their campaign promises, GOP leaders are expected to make revocation of key ACA provisions a top priority when the 115th Congress convenes in early January. For instance, party leaders have expressed their intention to scrap the mandate requiring people to enrol in health coverage as soon as possible. A...Read more
2017 02 Jan
We now live longer but increased life expectancy has led to more pressure on healthcare services. The Design Council in the UK is involved in an innovative new drive to improve the experience for all concerned. Called Transform Ageing this new cross-sector initiative brings together people in later life, social entrepreneurs a nd health and social...Read more
2016 27 Dec
Hospitals do what they can to recruit the best doctors and nurses. However, it's just as important to attract the right people to take care of your hospital’s IT needs. With all the pending healthcare technology initiatives from the federal government, including an increased focus on i nteroperability with electronic health records(EHR) systems...Read more
2016 19 Dec
HealthManagement.org publishes the latest on cutting edge practice in healthcare management across our Imaging, Admin, IT and Cardiology platforms contributed from top experts around the world. We’ve compiled a list of top management tips we’ve received from our valued contributors in 2016 to inspire you for the New Year. Read on and enjoy!...Read more
2016 12 Dec
Consumerism is a growing trend in healthcare. Today, consumers are directly paying for more of their healthcare costs, both for the care itself and insurance coverage. In particular, only 48 percent of healthcare payer customers get their insurance from their employer. This means more consumers are covered by federal programmes (e.g., Medicare) or...Read more
2016 12 Dec
Consumers now pay a greater share of their health insurance coverage out-of-pocket mainly for two reasons: higher deductibles and employers passing on rising costs to their employees. Between 2014 and 2016, the patient balance after insurance has increased by eight percent, from $264 to $285. At the recent HIMSS Revenue Cycle Solutions Summit...Read more
2016 12 Dec
Inequalities persist in the workplace. In a healthcare setting, such disparities reduce access to care, keep minority workers in poverty, and reinforce the cycle of oppression. Industry experts think that HR policy reforms can set some of these wrongs to right. Acknowledge Wage Inequality According to a JAMA Internal Medicine...Read more
2016 01 Dec
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post has launched her new business Thrive Global aimed at combating stress – especially that triggered by technology - enhancing wellbeing and improving performance at work and play. Addressing consumers’ relationship with technology is central to Thrive Global’s...Read more
2016 29 Nov
Stanford University researchers are saying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ripe for healthcare and that the sector could be seeing applications as early as 2030. In a project called One Hundred Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) devised by AI experts from a range of fields including healthcare, how AI will impact daily...Read more