Healthcare System Leverages Tech Innovation to Improve Patient Care
Phoenix Children’s, one of the largest pediatric health systems in the U.S., has developed a culture of building innovative programs that enhance and improve patient safety efforts across the system.
Getting Ahead of Lymphedema with Proactive Testing
Recent updates from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers now include bioimpedance spectroscopy as a key tool for preventing lymphedema—a debilitating condition that impacts up to one in five breast cancer patients as a result of cancer treatment.
Focusing on Maternal and Infant Health in 2025
ProgenyHealth, a leader in maternity and NICU care management, has released its 2025 key trends and insight report, “Steep Challenges & Uneven Progress,” which identifies key areas within maternal and infant health to watch for in the year ahead for health plans, hospitals, and healthcare providers.
AI Is Saving Lives in Stroke Treatment
Healthcare access and treatment issues in rural and remote areas can mean the difference between life and death for people suffering a stroke. That’s why a consortium of healthcare providers in Alaska is investing in AI to improve the diagnosis and treatment of strokes, which kill about 140,000 people a year.
5 Tips for Building and Managing Effective Care Teams
With workforce shortages in the inpatient and outpatient settings across the country, building and managing care teams has become a critical issue for health systems and hospitals. One of the top challenges has been integrating an increasing number of advanced practice providers into care teams.
Experts Share Winning Strategies for Care Team Management
The physician shortage in many specialties is particularly challenging for care teams. Health systems and hospitals have risen to this challenge by employing more advanced practice providers to maintain care access and lighten the load on physicians.
Physicians Are Unionizing. What Should CMOs Do?
A Journal of the American Medical Association article published in December found physician unionization picked up momentum over the past two years. Recent physician unionization efforts include primary care physicians seeking to unionize at Mass General Brigham.
Hospitals Facing High Occupancy, Could Experience Bed Shortage by 2032
The average US hospital occupancy rate is 11% higher after the pandemic and without changes to the hospitalization rate or staffed hospital bed supply, that figure could grow to the point hospitals experience a bed shortage, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Northwell Health CMO: Physicians Are Always the Captain of the Ship
There is a shortage of physicians across the country. To address these shortages, many health systems, hospitals, and physician practices have been turning to advanced practice providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, to fill the gap.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 123 – Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2025
On episode 123 of PSQH: The Podcast, Pete Reilly, practice leader and chief sales manager of Hub International’s North American healthcare practice, talks about healthcare trends for 2025.