Top 25 Women Leaders
The executives named to this year's listing of the Top 25 Women Leaders illustrate how a more diverse leadership team can improve performance, both clinically and financially.
Name and shame: HHS using disclosure, transparency to try to force change
By Robert KingHHS is using a public approach to enforcing its rules on healthcare stakeholders.
CIOs focus on proving IT's usefulness to drive adoption
After spending billions of dollars on new technology solutions, healthcare leaders must figure out ways to ensure a solid return investment. Children's Health CIO Pamela Arora and Centura Health CIO Ken Lee explain their IT strategies for driving adoption.
Research
By the Numbers: Healthcare employment diversity
Compare 17 healthcare occupations by their total employment count and the percentages of gender and ethnic diversity within each. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Providers
HHS will test paying ambulance providers for trips to alternative sites, telemedicine
HHS is going to conduct an experiment to pay ambulance companies for taking patients to sites other than the hospital and to use telemedicine.
Insurance
Q&A: Centene CEO Michael Neidorff stays focused on attaining growth
Centene Corp. CEO Michael Neidorff says that the large Medicaid managed-care plan is well positioned to deliver high quality products that lower costs.
Government
New Justice Dept. policies, new AG may mute False Claims Act whistleblowers
Healthcare industry groups have new hope that whistleblower cases will dwindle or even go away under new Attorney General William Barr.
Finance
Week Ahead: CVS, CHS, AllScripts ready earnings reports
Insurance industry analysts are anxiously waiting for CVS Health to report its Q4 2018 financial results. It'll be the first quarter since the pharmacy behemoth closed its $70 billion deal to acquire health insurer Aetna in November.
Technology
IT leaders looking for meaningful data-exchange regs
Industry stakeholders were generally optimistic about proposed data-exchange rules, but they want regulators to ensure the information is useful to patients and clinicians.
Transformation
Integrating security officers into the clinical team to prevent violence
St. Louis-based SSM Health implemented an initiative that encourages security officers to be a more active part of the care team in order to spot potentially violent incidents with patients before they escalate.
Safety & Quality
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital to open intermediate-care unit
The so-called step-down model is meant for patients who don't require intensive care but are too sick for the general inpatient ward.
People
Breaking Bias: Everyone benefits from growing diversity in healthcare leadership
In this era of consumer-centric care, it's critically important to ensure that our clinicians, executives and even members of our governing boards, accurately represent and reflect the communities we serve.
Surveys
Largest health systems, hospital-owned insurers included in new resource guide
Modern Healthcare's 20th annual resource guide features a list of the largest healthcare lobbying organizations and fuller information on lists of vendors and suppliers.
