What my ‘summer vacation’ taught me about US healthcare

Posted on June 11, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health System, Healthcare, Hospital, Reform, Value-Based Healthcare, Wellness • Leave a comment

http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2015/06/11/what_my_summer_vacation_taught_me_about?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojs6nNZKXonjHpfsXx7uUrWKeg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YUCSst0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEKQ7TYUbFmt6UIXQ%3D%3D

Gov. Scott backs eliminating Certificates of Need for hospitals

Posted on June 10, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Certificate of Need, Competition, Health System, Healthcare Policy, Hospital, Reform • Leave a comment

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/29280436/gov-scott-backs-eliminating-certificates-of-need-for-hospitals#.VXh-V_lViko

Hospitals are scrambling to meet patient load

Posted on June 10, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Healthcare Demand, Hospital • Leave a comment

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2015/03/06/hospitals-are-scrambling-to-meet-patient-load.html

Jonathan Porteus, CEO of Wellspace, which has expanded to meet growing demand under ACA.

Sutter Health improves its operating margin, reports less demand for charity care

Posted on June 10, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Hospital, Operating Performance • Leave a comment

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/03/27/sutter-health-improves-its-operating-margin.html

Sutter Health chief operating officer Sarah Krevans says the hospital system is seeing fewer patients who have no insurance coverage. That's helping the system's bottom line.

Insurer Uses Patients’ Personal Data To Predict Who Will Get Sick

Posted on June 9, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Big Data, Health System, Hospital, Predictive Analytics, Reform, Value-Based Healthcare • Leave a comment

http://khn.org/news/insurer-uses-patients-personal-data-to-predict-who-will-get-sick/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-06-09%20Healthcare%20Dive

Carol and John Iovine say the health coach their insurer assigned John after he had a torrent of grave health problems in 2014 has helped them get the medical care he still needs — and helped keep him from having to be rehospitalized. (Photo by Todd Bookman/WHYY)

Major inflection point looms for US health-care costs

Posted on June 9, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Healthcare Costs, Hospital, Reform • Leave a comment

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102740854?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-06-09%20Healthcare%20Dive

Are hospitals doing all they can to prevent C. diff infections? Not yet, new study finds

Posted on June 8, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Antibacterial Stewardship, C Difficile Bacteria, Health System, Hospital • Leave a comment

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-hospitals-diff-infections.html

Nursing is hard. Unaddressed ethical issues make it even harder.

Posted on June 8, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Ethics, Health System, Healthcare, Hospital, Nurse Burnout, Nurse Education, Nurse Supply, Nursing • Leave a comment

http://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2015/summer/nursing-ethics-and-burnout

How two hospital operators are bucking the rural health crisis

Posted on June 8, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Hospital, Outpatient, Physician Practice Management, Post Acute Care, Rural Healthcare • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/how-two-hospital-operators-are-bucking-the-rural-health-crisis/399907/

Embracing the shift to outpatient may be the key to survival for rural providers

Financial updates from 16 health systems

Posted on June 7, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Operating Performance • Leave a comment

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/financial-updates-from-16-health-systems.html

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What my ‘summer vacation’ taught me about US healthcare

Gov. Scott backs eliminating Certificates of Need for hospitals

Hospitals are scrambling to meet patient load

Sutter Health improves its operating margin, reports less demand for charity care

Insurer Uses Patients’ Personal Data To Predict Who Will Get Sick

Major inflection point looms for US health-care costs

Are hospitals doing all they can to prevent C. diff infections? Not yet, new study finds

Nursing is hard. Unaddressed ethical issues make it even harder.

How two hospital operators are bucking the rural health crisis

Embracing the shift to outpatient may be the key to survival for rural providers

Financial updates from 16 health systems

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