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Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
Gist Weekly: February 23, 2024

Walgreens’ VillageMD exits the Florida market, plus two notable mergers between health insurers have been called off. read more

Quality & clinical operations
Navigating the laboratory’s macro- and microeconomic environment

Amid a macroenvironment of inflation and rising healthcare costs, healthcare leaders should carefully assess these microeconomic trends as part of their hospital-based laboratory decision-making thro... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Financial sustainability
It's time to refresh your value-based care strategy: Six trends to consider

To remain relevant in all aspects of healthcare financing and delivery, leaders should evaluate their value-based care strategies to consider key trends and market conditions. read more

Quality & clinical operations
Community health workers: A bridge to health literacy and patient outcomes

With a deep understanding of the communities they serve, community health workers are significant resources for healthcare organizations to improve patients’ health literacy and address their clinica... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Vein viewers offer benefits for patients and providers

The devices can reduce the discomfort and pain associated with multiple attempts at finding a vein and improve the accuracy and speed of vein location, reducing the need for repeat attempts or more i... read more

Workforce & culture
Quality & clinical operations
Reviving the Nursing Workforce By Applying Starling’s Law

Learn how healthcare leaders can work together to optimize systems to ensure nursing’s trusted place in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care — without missing a beat. read more

Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
Investing in Advanced Practice Provider Transition to Practice Programs

As nurse practitioners and physician assistants play an increasingly crucial role in bridging healthcare gaps, the need for organizations to implement transition to practice programs is paramount. read more

Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
Letting Go of Past Prized Practices: Making Meaningful Change in Healthcare

To address the struggles in healthcare, healthcare organizations must be willing to shift their mindset, challenge the status quo of old practices and embrace meaningful change. read more

Supply chain
Quality & clinical operations
Principles of Surgical Tray Management: How to Save Time, Effort and Money

As hospitals and health systems work to manage costs while maintaining care quality, surgical tray standardization remains an untapped opportunity for many organizations. But there are ways to stream... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
Courageous Conversations: Fostering Meaningful Dialogue About Quality End-of-Life Care

Vizient’s Nicole Spatafora, assistant vice president, performance improvement programs, offers key takeaways for healthcare organizations when conversing with patients about palliative care. read more