Where healthcare challenges find solutions
Federal pain management task force emphasizes opioid alternatives
The task force laid out a multidisciplinary approach to pain management that includes opioids but also behavioral and physical therapy as well as other treatments like massages and minimally invasive procedures.
Transformation Summit stresses being smart about innovation
Speakers at Modern Healthcare’s Transformation Summit say leaders should embrace innovation, but also understand what problem they are trying to solve.
Banner Health eases heart transplant process for obese patients
The system's cardiology and bariatric surgery teams are working together to help some heart failure patients become eligible for heart transplants.
Health system CEOs say 'healthcare at home' is the future
Instead of viewing telemedicine as a new technology project, health system CEOs say it’s best to think of it as a care delivery method that’s part of the industry’s broader shift toward “healthcare at home.”
Report: Retail clinics have what patients, healthcare execs want
A new report from the professional services firm JLL says the number of healthcare tenants in retail settings could double by 2022.
Hospitals testing virtual reality to improve pain management, reduce opioid usage
To enhance the effect of medication, cut the amount of opioids used in treatment and lower the chances a patient is admitted, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is experimenting with whether it can reduce patients’ sickle cell disease pain with virtual reality.
Ascension, Baylor Scott & White tackle sepsis systematically
Two sepsis care improvement efforts required careful attention to developing support and leadership at each hospital, and not bigfooting local clinicians and staff.
How one medical center fought off an emerging infectious disease threat
A rapid response centered on quick identification enabled OU Medical Center to successfully contain a deadly infectious drug-resistant threat.
Kaiser to launch social care network
Kaiser Permanente is launching a network that will have the potential to connect millions of its members to healthcare and social services providers.
Preparing for discharge shortly after admission to reduce length of stay
In 2017, Nemours Children’s Hospital implemented Path to Home, a process that identifies barriers a patient may face in discharge soon after they are admitted to the medical-surgical unit. It has saved Nemours about $425,000.
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