The Exec: How CMOs Can Successfully Promote High Quality Care
The most important factor in promoting high quality is making sure every staff member is focused on that goal, according to the new CMO at Allegheny General Hospital.
Improve Transfer Services by First Knowing What You Don’t Know
Partnering health system providers simply make one call to initiate a transfer. From there, trained nurses and transfer specialists coordinate every step by assessing hospital capability and capacity, supporting physician to physician conversation, and arranging transportation.
RWJBarnabas Health Maintains Momentum of Emergency Department Efficiency Initiative
Emergency rooms are indispensable patient front doors for health systems and hospitals, and efficiency improves patient and staff experience. RWJBarnabas Health saw a need to improve ED efficiency after the coronavirus pandemic and started by implementing new processes at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.
The Blind Spot Undermining Hospital Margins
AI technology now gives hospitals the ability to see and capture what’s been missed. Hospitals that act can protect their margins, ease the load on their teams, and bring clarity back to the center of care.
The Exec: How a CMO Can Succeed in Conflict Management
Chirag Choudhary, vice president and CMO of Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, says the core issues of conflicts at healthcare organizations generally include resources, workflow changes, and perceived inequities in the way things are working.
Can Clinicians Be ‘Nudged’ to Take Better Notes?
Intermountain Health is hoping that technology can help ease that cumbersome task for care teams and improve efficiency in a new partnership with Solventum, whose CDI platform is now integrated with the EHR. In the process, they might also help clinicians become better caregivers.
Withdrawal From WHO Raises New Questions for U.S. Healthcare Strategy
The United States has formally begun its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending nearly 80 years of membership and reshaping its role in global health governance. While the move is rooted in political and financial critiques, healthcare leaders are now assessing what reduced engagement with the WHO could mean for pandemic preparedness, data sharing, and global health security.
Study Finds Drop in Mortality, Hospital Stays with Sepsis Blood Test
Sepsis is the driver behind one in three hospital deaths—and we know it is hard to diagnose early. The study results, which align with previously published data, show an objective, rapid method to help guide decisions at triage.
Five Forces to Define Patient Flow in 2026
Hospital operations, throughput, and capacity are top of mind for many organizations looking at the coming year and what needs to be done to help treat patients more effectively in the face of increased patient need and ever-shrinking resources and personnel.
The Exec: Chief Clinical Officer Shares Keys to Clinical Integration Success
Peter Paige, chief clinical officer of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, says three factors drive successful clinical integration initiatives: inclusion, best practices, and explaining why clinical integration promotes patient-centric care and establishes a health system as a unified organization rather than a disparate collection of care sites.