It’s common knowledge that training is essential to eliminating common revenue cycle issues—but what if you could quantify just how essential? At Sutter Health, leaders are pioneering this capability with a combined training and analytics department that designs, delivers, and measures the impact of training programs. Patrick McDermott, senior vice president of revenue cycle, and […]
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The Links Between Informatics and Engagement
While many organizations have begun implementing analytics tools to gain insight from enterprise data, those tools often present their own challenges. For example, leaders are finding that those insights alone, without sufficient awareness or activity on the part of physicians, do not effectively impact care processes and outcomes. To that end, developing an understanding between […]
Innovative Monitoring Technologies Can Curb Opioid Misuse
Over 63,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2016, per the CDC—topping both the more than 50,000 deaths at the peak of the AIDS crisis in 1995 and the nearly 38,000 deaths from car accidents in 2016. Opioids present a prescription drug crisis on a never-before-seen scale that is affecting the ways hospitals and health […]
A Focus on Patient Safety in the Pharmacy: RFID Medication Trays
Patient safety is a primary concern for every healthcare organization, and one area integral to clinical success is medication administration. Pharmacists are in charge of the distribution of thousands of drugs, and the logistics involved are complex and time consuming. However, there are automated solutions that can simplify processes and improve operations, such as radiofrequency […]