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Penn Medicine Study Crunches Big Numbers to Document Telemedicine Savings
Research about the Penn Medicine OnDemand telemedicine program for employees showed that virtual visits ended up being 23% less expensive to deliver than in-person appointments.
3 Keys to Addressing the Rural Maternal Health Crisis
Rural hospitals, which deliver about one in 10 babies nationally each year, have been closing in significant numbers. Despite the challenging environment, rural hospitals and health systems are taking traditional and innovative approaches to build or expand their maternal health programs.
Is Health Care on the Threshold of a Remote Patient-Monitoring Boom?
Brian W. Anthony, director of MIT’s master of engineering in manufacturing program and co-director of MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center, recently outlined in MedCity News key ways that remote patient monitoring could improve health care.
Overcoming Challenges to Ensure Local Access to Care for Patients and Communities
America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope, comfort and caring. Today, they also face many challenges that jeopardize their ability to always be there ready to care.
These 4 Trends Could Reshape Health Care This Year
Even as signs indicate that inflation is slowing, a recent consumer survey conducted by Deloitte indicates that 28% of Americans, or roughly 72 million adults, feel less prepared to pay for medical costs than they did last year.
Why Patients Leave — 4 Nonnegotiable Consumer Expectations
After surveying more than 21,000 consumers since 2017, leaders from Accenture have found some interesting answers and developed conclusions about where health care organizations should invest to improve the patient experience.
Why Telehealth Is Critical to Health Care Transformation
While hospitals and health systems are exploring virtual care models as part of their overall transformation strategy to improve access and value and reduce costs, wide variation exists in their tactics, rates of adoption and maturity levels in leveraging telehealth technology. These are some of the key issues explored in a new Market Insights report from the AHA Center for Health Innovation.
Consumer Attitudes Changing on Accessing Care Remotely
The pandemic’s impact on how consumers access health care is being measured on a daily basis, and early data show dramatic increases in virtual care visits. Now, researchers and provider organizations are assessing how consumers’ experiences during the pandemic may affect how they access care in the future.
4 Ways Hospitals Can Reshape Their Future
The recently released AHA 2023 Environmental Scan provides a data and analysis snapshot of where the health care field has been and where it’s headed to help executives plot their path forward.
Putting on a Full-court Press to Secure Support for Hospitals and Patients
As Congress convenes for its post-election lame-duck session, we are turning up the pressure to secure additional support for hospitals and the patients and communities they serve. We need to put on a full-court press — and that includes all of us reaching out to our senators and representatives — to urge them to include a number of key priorities in a year-end spending package.