A recent study from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) states that in the next few years, a major shortage of primary care physicians [...]
The continuing rise in popularity of high-deductible health insurance plans has given way to something called healthcare consumerism. For the uninitiated, healthcare consumerism is [...]
As we’ve talked about in a previous post, an unintended consequence of increased patient responsibility has been rising expectations around the patient experience itself. [...]
Even in the high-pressure world of managed healthcare, where it often feels like there is never enough time for each patient, the vast majority [...]
Over the past months, news reports have shared stories of overwhelmed hospitals: emergency departments swamped by patients, shortages of ICU beds and ventilators, and [...]
For most practitioners, patient financing is never a topic high on the list to focus on. You’d much rather stick to wellness, and how [...]
For months, elective procedures ranging from cancer surgeries to nose jobs were canceled to make way for COVID-19 patients and to protect hospital staff [...]
Just a few months back, COVID-19 took the world by storm. It’s no secret that the global economy is struggling under the weight of [...]To measure a health system’s financial standing, most analysts will review a hospital operating margin and cash position. The operating margin gives an idea [...]
