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Quality & Clinical Operations
Quality Outcomes as a Driver for Service Optimization

Optimize healthcare by analyzing volume-quality relationships to centralize or distribute services, improving outcomes and efficiency. read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Financial Sustainability
Critical Care Capacity: Balancing Medical and Surgical

ICU demand rises; medical care days grow faster than surgical. Effective management needed to balance costs and capacity amid rising patient complexity. read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Profitable Growth
2024 compendium of strategies to improve ambulatory access and care delivery

By 2024, 4.5B+ visits and over 50% of revenue will be ambulatory. Health organizations must prioritize access now. read more

Pharmacy
Three foundational starting points for USP 797 compliance

One year after the USP compounding standards became official, health system pharmacies are still working through the challenges of implementation. Here are three foundational sterile compounding step... read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Move it or lose it: Mobility improves patient wellbeing and length of stay

Patients who lose the ability to perform daily living activities during a hospitalization have longer lengths of stay. A recent Vizient PI collaborative indicated mobilization programs not only incre... read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Financial Sustainability
Four market trends that every CFO should be watching

Perhaps one of the biggest questions in healthcare right now is: How do we control the increasing cost trend? There’s no easy answer — but, according to Kristin Oberfeld, Vizient principal, it starts... read more

Workforce & Culture
Thoughts on servant leadership: Fostering a collaborative culture

The servant leader embraces an inclusive environment, with management often standing in the background — making not-for-profit hospitals a natural epicenter for servant leadership. read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Overall breast cancer mortality declines, but racial inequities remain

Breast Cancer Awareness Month further highlights the importance of providing better access to screenings so that cancer can be diagnosed and treated in the early stages, says Sg2’s Setu Shah. read more

Supply Chain
Quality & Clinical Operations
How changing connectors could improve safety

When it comes to patient safety, the right connection can make all the difference. Standardized connectors can help reduce medical tubing misconnections during the delivery of fluids, nutrition and m... read more

Quality & Clinical Operations
Data & Analytics
Hey Alexa, what Medicare Advantage plan should I buy?

As the Medicare Advantage (MA) Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is fast approaching, let us imagine a future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a much bigger role in the health plan sales process... read more