At Roosevelt General Hospital (RGH), fiscal sustainability is a priority shared across departments. To support these efforts, the Portales, New Mexico facility regularly evaluates its processes to optimize benefits, seeks new revenue sources, reduces costs, and works with area legislators, along with collaboration with the New Mexico Hospital Association and New Mexico Rural Health Network, to ensure adequate funding for safety net hospitals.
In today's dynamic healthcare environment, building resilient supply chains is crucial for ensuring operational continuity and patient care. By adopting a strategic approach that combines innovation, collaboration, and traditional methods, procurement leaders can navigate challenges and foster long-term success.
74% of procurement leaders are using AI. Experts share insights to revolutionize your logistics – here.
In an era where healthcare systems are under increasing pressure to deliver high-quality care while managing costs effectively, the optimization of sourcing and logistics has become a critical focus area.
After 20 years of Get With The Guidelines data, researchers find the program is ‘integral’ to nationwide stroke systems of care
New research shows the key role quality improvement programs play in ensuring hospitals can adequately fight one of the biggest public health threats facing our country: stroke.
According to the American Medical Association (AMA) Journal of Ethics, United States healthcare facilities produce approximately 3,500 tons of plastic waste every day, 91% of which will never be recycled, predominantly ending up in either landfills or the environment
Healthcare procurement leaders face a new landscape as the industry recovers from the pandemic. Uncertain economic conditions, persistent supply shortages, and an expanding range of settings under their control create significant challenges.
Is America’s healthcare system broken? Absolutely.
It’s expensive, dysfunctional, and needlessly complex. But you already knew that.
Healthcare procurement has weathered a perfect storm of challenges in recent years. From supply chain disruptions and cybersecurity threats to escalating costs, procurement leaders have had to demonstrate remarkable resilience.
My tenure in healthcare financial services has allowed me to witness some of the most tumultuous years in history for increasing provider regulation and decreasing reimbursement.
Nearly 6.7 million adults in the U.S. have heart failure, with prevalence expected to rise to 8.5 million by 20301,2.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently finalized the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM). With that rule, more than 700 hospitals were selected for mandatory participation in episodes of care effective in 2026.
Although the latest legislation reinforces healthcare’s moral obligation to provide language services for non-English-speaking patients to reduce discrimination, understanding the big picture on why it matters is integral to increasing compliance.
Imagine uncovering significant hidden potential within your hospital’s surgical services. What could you do? How could this impact strategic planning and case volume growth potential?
The best healthcare, provided at the bedside or virtually, is supported with the best data. Clinically validated data points captured on each patient’s longitudinal care record can contribute to delivering the right care, at the right time, with the best information available.
Most surgical practices know their surgical scheduling and coordination processes are messy, and the workflows are leaving money on the table. However, they find it difficult to pinpoint the problems or how to address them effectively without precise surgical data tracking.
A recent report from Kaufman Hall underscores the urgent need for strategic intervention related to healthcare’s tightening margins and escalating expenses. Significant increases in labor expenses, bad debt, charity care, and days in Accounts Receivable (A/R) since 2021 are called out in the report.
Although the United States has 5.6 million actively licensed nurses — an all-time record number — many hospitals and health systems are still struggling to recruit and retain staff. Nationwide, the RN vacancy rate is 9.9%, while the average time to recruit an experienced RN ranges between 59 and 109 days.
Workforce challenges remain the top concern for hospital CEOs.
Many continue to navigate clinician shortages, as well as high turnover rates and burnout.
In today's highly competitive market for clinical talent, attracting and retaining qualified staff takes more than just sign-on bonuses and increased salaries.
Digital tools hold great potential to help address challenges like workforce shortages, clinician burnout, rising patient acuity and monitoring patients at home.