Apple sets its sights on patient care management

Posted on March 25, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Apple, Apple Care Kit Application, Apple Research Kit Application, Innovation, Patient Care Management, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://stateofreform.com/issues/healthit/2016/03/apple-unveils-software-framework-for-patient-care-management/?utm_source=State+of+Reform&utm_campaign=2fc34edc06-5+Things+Jan+%2802%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_37897a186e-2fc34edc06-272256165

apple carekit 2

From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider

Posted on March 25, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Care Team Burnout, Healthcare Workforce, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Physician, Physician Burnout, Primary Care, Quadruple Aim, Quality of Care, Triple Aim • Leave a comment

http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/6/573.full?utm_source=State+of+Reform&utm_campaign=2fc34edc06-5+Things+Jan+%2802%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_37897a186e-2fc34edc06-272256165

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/15/11157552/medical-errors-stories-mistakes

Size should matter: Five ways to help healthcare systems realize the benefits of scale

Posted on March 24, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Autonomous Hospitals, Culture, Goals, Health System, Healthcare Costs, Hospital, Integration, Mission, Performance Targets, Quality of Care, Service Delivery Model, Service Lines, Shared Service Centers, Standardized Clinical Protocols, System Level Performance, Value-Based Healthcare, Vision • Leave a comment

http://www.strategyand.pwc.com/reports/size-should-matter

PwC: Large hospital systems fail to achieve economies of scale

Posted on March 24, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Decision Rights, Dissimilar Cultures, Health System, Healthcare Costs, Hospital, Operating Models, Operating Performance, Quality of Care, Redundant Service Lines, Site-Level Financial Leadership, Standardized Clinical Protocols, Standardized Procedures, System Level Performance, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/pwc-large-hospital-systems-fail-achieve-economies-scale/2016-03-23?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=%257B%257Blead.Id%257D%257D&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

But on their own, large hospitals operate more cost-effectively than small hospitals

Physician Use of Data Skyrockets When It’s Available in Real Time

Posted on March 23, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Medicaid, Patient History Database, Physician, Quality of Care, Real Time Medical History • Leave a comment

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/health-plans/physician-use-data-skyrockets-when-its-available-real-time

A clinical repository of Medicaid patients’ medical histories… “gives us a full 360-degree view of a patient’s medical care, their medications, immunizations, tests, and procedures,” says the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s chief health information officer.

Is value-based pay leading to more MD face time?

Posted on March 21, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACO, Clinic Visits, Hospital Readmissions, Patient Satisfaction, Physician, Quality of Care, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/value-based-pay-leading-more-md-face-time?cfcache=true

Superbugs follow 1 in 4 seniors from the hospital to post-acute care settings, study finds

Posted on March 19, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged CDC, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Health System, Hospital, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Post Acute Settings, Quality of Care, Superbugs • Leave a comment

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/superbugs-follow-1-4-seniors-hospital-post-acute-care-settings-study-finds/2016-03-14?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=%257B%257Blead.Id%257D%257D&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6%252FOde%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsdiNK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

By the time they leave PAC, 1 in 3 test positive for drug-resistant organisms

Differences Between NFPs and For-Profits are Marginal

Posted on March 14, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Access to Capital, Cost Discipline, Executive Compensation, Financial Accountability, Financial Incentives, For Profits, Health System, Hospital, Non Profits, Quality of Care, Tax Exempt Status • Leave a comment

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/differences-between-nfps-and-profits-are-marginal

Is the distinction beginning to blur between for-profit and nonprofit healthcare organizations?

Depression: A silent epidemic for nurses

Posted on March 5, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Depression, Health System, Hospital, Human Resources, Nurse Burnout, Nursing Workforce Safety Practices, Patient Safety, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/depression-silent-epidemic-nurses/2016-03-04?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6%252FOde%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsdiNK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Nurses suffer from depression at twice rate of general population

C. Diff: Deadly Infection on the Rise in U.S. Hospitals

Posted on March 5, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged C Difficile Bacteria, C. Diff, Dangerous Hospital Infections, Health System, Healthcare Associated Infections, Hospital, Hospital Infection Rates, MRSA, Patient Safety, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://www.consumerreports.org/doctors-hospitals/c-diff-deadly-infection-on-rise-us-hospitals/

C. Diff. Image: Washing hands with soap.