Search Tag: finance
2023 22 Aug
Carrie Cox, industry veteran, to serve as independent Chairman of the Board of Directors of new company Monish Patolawala appointed 3M President and Chief Financial Officer, an expansion of his current leadership role 3M announced the appointment of Bryan C. Hanson as Chief Executive Officer of the independent health care company...Read more
2023 22 Aug
Carrie Cox, industry veteran, to serve as independent Chairman of the Board of Directors of new company Monish Patolawala appointed 3M President and Chief Financial Officer, an expansion of his current leadership role 3M announced the appointment of Bryan C. Hanson as Chief Executive Officer of the independent health care company...Read more
2021 19 Apr
COVID-19 has added to the strain on Africa’s small healthcare providers who cannot secure bank loans. A new partnership by IFC, Philips and the Co-operative Bank of Kenya aims to help them. With spending on healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa at just 5 percent of GDP, or about half of the global average, there is a notable healthcare deficit within...Read more
2021 19 Apr
COVID-19 has added to the strain on Africa’s small healthcare providers who cannot secure bank loans. A new partnership by IFC, Philips and the Co-operative Bank of Kenya aims to help them. With spending on healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa at just 5 percent of GDP, or about half of the global average, there is a notable healthcare deficit within...Read more
2019 11 Sep
The 28th Congress of the European Association for Hospital Managers (EAHM 2019) starting today in the Belgian city of Ghent, aims to explore six major strategies making waves in healthcare and their impact on hospital managers in Europe and around the world. You might also like: Innovation and a Unique Experience at EAHM 2019 Shining...Read more
2019 10 Sep
Data has become an important asset in today's digital world; moreover, increasing IT use and automation results in more of this asset being created. Interestingly, other industries pale in comparison with healthcare when it comes to the amount of data generated – ie, about a trillion gigabytes of data each year coming from a variety of sources such...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Enhancing Atrial Fibrillation Procedure Flow Garners Profound Results One year ago, Health Management published Aiming to heal 80 percent more hearts through the power of partnership . The article outlined the bold ambitions of Oslo University Hospital – a leading center in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) – to expand access and enhance...Read more
2019 26 Aug
The 28th congress of the European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) will take place in Ghent in Belgium from September 11–14. Danny Havenith, congress chairman spoke to HealthManagement.org and shared the unique experience that will be offered to participants at the EAHM Congress 2019. The congress theme of Innovative Healthcare...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: With finance, skills and strategy all obstacles for the healthcare CIOs, two HIT professionals weigh in on the way forward. When we look at the challenges facing any digital team, each one is multi-faceted coming with a chronicle of the yesteryear and a vision of the future. Considering the issues ahead, we look at some common problems...Read more
2018 02 Nov
Do financial considerations about treatment occur during the ICU stay? A study of electronic medical records found that 4% had at least one narrative clinical note linked to finance. The study, led by Deborah D. Gordon, MBA, Mossavar-Rahmani Centre for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, examined over 46,000 narrative clinical notes...Read more
2017 07 May
Alternative financing at hospital level can make a difference. In an environment of budget cuts and increasing pressure on healthcare services how does your hospital cope? In Belgium, and also I think globally, governments and other payers will not be able to keep up with expensive needs, such as an ageing population, personalised medicine,...Read more
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
Tech outfit Factom has just won a Gates Foundation grant to develop Blockchain use in healthcare security. The company speaks about its potential. Blockchain, the Bitcoin technology, has been taking the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) world by storm because of its capabilities to offer impregnable security and tackle the hacking threat....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