Kansas City Business Journal by David Twiddy, Reporter Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 Carondelet Health has confirmed that it is investigating a potential merger, joint venture or other partnership to continue operating its two Kansas City-area hospitals. In a released statement, Carondelet CEO Fleury Yelvington said the health care provider “like most health systems in… Read more »
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St. Louis Children’s Hospital emphasizes social media tools to drive referrals
May 30, 2012 by John DeGaspari, Healthcare Informatics The use of social media to engage patients and their caregivers has become a top priority at St. Louis (Mo.) Children’s Hospital, which, according to marketing manager Kay Franks, has helped the organization track its referrals and increased the active participation of patients’ parents and caregivers. … Read more »
By Putting Patients First, Hospital Tries To Make Care More Personal
John Rose/NPR No one likes to go to the hospital. But some hospitals around the nation are trying to make their patients’ stays a little less unpleasant. They’re members of an organization called Planetree, which was founded by a patient named Angelica Thieriot, who had a not-so-good hospital experience back in the 1970s. “She… Read more »
For hospitals and insurers, new fervor to cut costs
The New York Times, May 24, 2012 Giselle Fernandez is only 17 but she has had more than 50 operations since she was born with a rare genetic condition. She regularly sees a host of pediatric specialists, including an ophthalmologist, an endocrinologist and a neurologist at UCLA Health System. Her care has cost hundreds… Read more »
Legislation may enable states to offer universal healthcare
By David Lazarus Los Angeles Times, May 25, 2012 Universal coverage, Medicarefor all, single payer — call it what you will. It’s clear that conservative forces are determined to prevent such a system from ever being introduced at the national level. So it’s up to the states.The catch is that to make universal coverage… Read more »
1 in 5 ED Patients Referred By Primary Care Doctors
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, May 29, 2012 One in five patients who went to the ED but were not sick enough to require an inpatient bed said they sought the emergency department because their primary care doctor told them to go there, according to a federal survey. The Centers for Disease Control and… Read more »
MO Hospitals Review Highlights Value of Disaster Preparedness
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, May 21, 2012 Tuesday, May 22 marks the one year anniversary of the devastating tornado that killed 161 people in Joplin, MO and hobbled the city’s healthcare delivery infrastructure. In seconds, an EF5 tornado packing winds in excess of 200 mph destroyed the 367-bed St. John’s Mercy Regional Medical… Read more »
Mapping Out Revenue-Cycle Solutions
This article appears in the May 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. The payer and provider communities are still dealing with HIPAA 5010, and trying to shift attention to ICD-10 is tough,” says Craig Collins, division chair for revenue cycle and administrative lead of the ICD-10 transition at the Rochester, Minn.–based Mayo Clinic. “We put together… Read more »
Hospital malpractice defense tactic unfair, critics say
By Karen M. Cheung Fierce Healthcare The recent malpractice case at UPMC Presbyterian highlights a common legal tactic that protects physicians under the corporate shield of the health organization–remove the physicians’ names from the case, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The family of Samuel Sweet, a patient who died in 2009 while being treated at… Read more »
4 Keys to Engage Patients and Operate in an Outcomes-Based Reimbursement Environment
Written by Benjamin Littenberg, MD, CMO, and James Rose, MBA, Senior Vice President, Patient Engagement Systems May 11, 2012 Emerging models such as accountable care organizations will require better care coordination among providers, hospitals and their patients. Furthermore, Medicare, Medicaid, private and self-insured payors will continue to pay hospitals and physician practices based on… Read more »