Blogs

Every year, we witness new or different emergencies, each presenting unique challenges to healthcare facilities — but how can we tell which is an emerging infectious disease and which is an operation... read more

CMS releases results from the first round of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, Steward finds a buyer for its physician group, and employers are using price transparency data in their suits against Ae... read more

Learn about important action steps hospitals can take to prevent, manage and contain outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases such as Ebola, SARS and COVID-19, especially as The Joint Commis... read more

In today's competitive healthcare landscape, exceptional customer experience is not a nice-to-have, but a crucial differentiator. In his latest blog, Vizient President and CEO Byron Jobe outlines fou... read more

While advanced energy is a popular category with versatile solutions that make surgery more efficient and precise, there are challenges, especially around surgeons’ fear of change. Luckily, there are... read more

A judge orders a partial, preliminary injunction of the FTC’s noncompete ban, Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic announce plans to combine, and CMS proposes a nearly 3% cut to Medicare physician pa... read more

Physician leadership, involvement and support in the value-based care (VBC) journey is crucial. Learn how organizations create a positive culture and enhance physician engagement for optimal success. read more

Novant cancels its plan to acquire two North Carolina hospitals from CHS amid an FTC challenge, Amazon expands its RxPass generic drug subscription service to Medicare, and the DOJ accuses two execut... read more

Telemetry, an important tool for continuous monitoring of cardiac and critically ill patients, is often overused as a “second set of eyes” for less serious patients with increased false alarms. read more

While staff working in inpatient psychiatric units are at an increased risk for physical assaults from patients, healthcare organizations can create a healing environment by providing resources and c... read more