Business Strategy

A Quest Diagnostics survey has surprising results about perceptions of physicians and health plan executives on progress toward value-based healthcare.

Drug costs are increasing, but so is patient cost sharing. That’s raising serious problems for some patients. Here are seven of the most out-of-reach drugs due to high costs, according to industry watchers.

A new study reveals what has happened in several areas of healthcare delivery following the ACA Medicaid expansion.

Many healthcare organizations are expanding leadership roles to help meet business and patient-centered goals.

Here are 13 things healthcare executives must ask before making a technology investment, according to experts.

As demands on healthcare organizations rise with the transition to value-based care, healthcare executives are being paid differently.

If you’re not asking the right questions, your healthcare organization could be missing out. Here are five questions every healthcare organization should be asking.

How one public trust healthcare system overhauled its overall compensation program and successfully transformed its financial operations.

Trust in the healthcare sector is dropping, a warning sign to executives. Here’s four ways how to reclaim it.

Five generations make up the nation’s current workforce and differences exist in each one. Here’s a multi-faceted approach employers can take to engage a multi-generational workforce in their healthcare benefits.

Virtually all healthcare leaders recognize the value of content creation, yet the use of a well-defined content strategy is rare. Here’s how to get yours.

Experts say Anthem’s acquisition of Aspire Health, the nation’s biggest non-hospice, community-based palliative care provider, continues the health insurer race to dominate this kind of health experience.

Here's how artificial intelligence improves the healthcare ecosystem.

A new study investigates the impact of interruptions in the emergency room. Here are the disturbing results

A new study has surprising findings about the cost effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes patients.

An innovation director at Independence Blue Cross explores how small workspace changes can cultivate creativity at healthcare organizations.

This type of focused approach incorporates four key steps.

Merger mania has the healthcare industry on watch. Here’s five to explore.

How skipping industry acronyms and jargon and using simple terminology will eliminate confusion and misinterpretation.

A Surescripts survey reveals the need for more interoperable access to patient data in three major areas.

Healthcare leaders share their top book recommendations. How many have you read?

An ONC report finds that more patients are engaged with their health records. Here’s why.

Executives say they are prepared for the upheaval budding technologies represent, but few are truly prepared, according to a West Monroe report.

Here are five ways healthcare organizations can be more proactive about patient payments.

Apple brings health records to the iPhone. Find out what it means for EHR interoperability and patient engagement.

For all health plans, increasing complexity requires rethinking the presentation of options to members. Choice design, stepped information reveal, high quality, and timely communication, are keys to providing members a helpful and trustworthy healthcare GPS.

The industry is buzzing about a potential Walmart-Humana merger. Though no official announcement has been made by either company, industry leaders say the impact the deal would have on healthcare data, and how it is used, could have big industry implications.

A call center-based social support role may be a valuable addition to the evolving healthcare workforce, according to a new study.

Oncology experts shed light on progress of genetic testing and targeted therapies in lung cancer.