A clinician friend likes to joke: “general family practitioners know nothing about everything, and clinical specialists know everything about nothing.” All jokes aside, the complementary nature of the generalist/specialist teams is needed in healthcare...
Today’s Poor Long-Term Financial Outlook Health systems, despite some recent signs of improvement in patient volumes and revenues, continue to report negative margins in the first quarter of 2022. They also continue to report significant costs well above 2021...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, the healthcare industry has changed significantly. Perhaps nowhere is that change more noticeable than in telemedicine. Prior to the pandemic, telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) were growing slowly....
Establishing a 365-Day Patient Relationship for Better Outcomes COVID-19 has forever shaped the U.S. healthcare system, leaving a lasting impact on the industry. Perhaps one of the most significant changes is the push to provide care outside the hospital or clinic....
Helping Communities Manage Social Care & Healthcare Social Determinants of Health, or SDoH, is a term that has become increasingly important in the healthcare realm. Social Determinants of Health include the social and environmental factors that positively or...
Like so many concepts in healthcare, the digital front door (DFD) has acquired “buzzword” status with numerous meanings. In a previous article in this series, I identified a strategy for engaging patients and consumers right from the outset of their health journey....
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