The Exec: Mark Garvin Looks to Steer Banner Health’s Expansion Strategy
As healthcare adapts to a changing landscape and the presence of disruptors, the idea of “traditional” healthcare is being replaced by a network of collaborations and partnerships focused on the consumer’s care journey.
UnityPoint Health CMO Says Simplicity Drives High Quality Care
Johnson says the two dozen quality measures that UnityPoint is focusing on are similar to the top quality metrics at other health systems. These include length of stay, mortality, hospital-acquired infections, and hospital-acquired conditions.
Using Technology to Improve Matching Drug Details in Hospice Care
The AI implementation allowed Wise to standardize data from different systems into a workflow that allows clinicians to see complete information before ordering prescriptions, helping avoid delays and reduce errors.
A Crucial Year for Value-Based Care in Medicaid
This year marks a pivotal moment for Medicaid, its enrollees, and the clinicians who serve them. The joint federal-state program is facing significant challenges from the current Trump administration, which has proposed substantial budget cuts to Medicaid for both fiscal and political reasons.
The Exec: UF Health’s New Chief Clinical Officer Wants to Turn Up the Volume on Clinical Outcomes
Phipps has several aspirations for UF Health, including taking the existing structure and high-performing clinicians as well as leaders and creating a more integrated approach so that everyone is working more collaboratively across the UF Health geography.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 127 – The Role of AI in Pathology
On episode 127 of PSQH: The Podcast, Joseph Mossel, CEO of Ibex Medical Analytics, talks about the role of AI in pathology.
New Strategy Brings Substance Abuse Treatment Into the Hospital
The Los Angeles health system’s Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team (START) pairs an addiction medicine specialist with a social worker or case manager to coordinate post-discharge care plans, including diagnostic assessments, information on treatments, psychosocial support and follow-up phone calls for one month.
What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works to Make the Nation’s Healthcare Safer
On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ — and fired roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department.
ABQAURP News March 2024
Here’s the March 2025 edition of ABQAURP News.
Social Determinants of Health Considerations for CMOs
Social determinants of health (SDOH) impact 80% of health outcomes, according to research. SDOH includes food insecurity, education level, transportation access, and economic standing.