Search Tag: healthcare delivery
2023 02 Mar
Gerry O'Dwyer , the Group Chief Executive of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group, has recently announced his retirement after an impressive 50-year career in the health services. Originally from Dublin and a proud fan of the Blues, Gerry has dedicated the past eight years to serving as the Group Chief Executive in the second capital. During his tenure,...Read more
2022 19 Jul
Survey results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened violence against healthcare, with a documented increase of incidents in many countries. Health personnel and their patients, as well as healthcare facilities and ambulances, are subject to persistent acts of violence in all regions of the world. The results of a global survey conducted...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
2019 22 May
International transfer of successful lessons and strategies is essential for improving quality, accessibility and affordability of healthcare services. Innovators in both developed and developing nations have found ways to deliver healthcare at a significantly lower cost while increasing access and quality, but we need more...Read more
2018 25 May
Healthcare in the U.S. is an industry that’s ripe for innovation. From a convoluted insurance system to a complicated chain of care to a lack of price transparency, many factors combine to create a healthcare system that’s slow, expensive, inefficient, and difficult to navigate. But some companies are fast at work addressing the many pain...Read more
2018 23 May
Healthcare companies must evolve to help providers face the challenge of an ageing and growing population suffering from the increased incidence and diversity of chronic disease. We are experiencing a paradigm shift in the demand and definition for value-based healthcare, and it is no secret that this has resulted from the daunting task that...Read more
2018 09 Jan
Innovative models and partnerships are making it possible for healthcare organisations to devise ways to improve healthcare delivery, according to Dr. Jerry Penso, president and CEO of the American Medical Group Association. AMGA comprises of multispeciality medical groups and integrated systems of care; its membership represents 175,000 physicians...Read more
2015 20 Dec
Healthcare workers tend to work in an environment which comes with many professional boundaries. These boundaries often limit their ability to treat and diagnose patients due to restricted access to specific skills, technologies and services. They also reduce workforce flexibility and introduce inefficiencies due to a negative impact on workforce responsiveness. ...Read more
2015 21 Apr
Economists and other academic researchers have increasingly been using randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to study all sorts of things, including how to best fight poverty. In the area of healthcare delivery, however, the use of RCTs is still not common — which is surprising given that the link between healthcare and poverty is strong, according to...Read more