Health System Spotlight

These away rotations boost future Black doctors, 4 weeks at a time

Learn how a partnership enables Morehouse medical students to do away rotations at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.

Medical School Diversity

Oct 28, 2022 ·

9 Min Read

Delivering lifesaving heart-attack care no matter where patients live

Three Geisinger hospitals are nation's first to earn Comprehensive Heart Attack Center certification, readying them to care for the sickest patients.

Chronic Diseases

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Oct 25, 2022 ·

5 Min Read

Focus on social needs helps heart patients avoid readmissions

Delaware’s Bayhealth system partners with community to address social determinants of health and sees dramatic drop in heart-failure readmissions.

Health Equity

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Oct 20, 2022 ·

7 Min Read

Why the end could be near for prior-authorization faxes

Payer prior-authorization processes delay care and amplify patient anxiety and physician frustration. Atlantic Health’s automated system may fix that.

Prior Authorization

Oct 19, 2022 ·

6 Min Read

Providing inclusive hair care products at the bedside

The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics system is meeting the hair care needs of its diverse patient population, becoming a model for the U.S.

Population Health

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Oct 17, 2022 ·

What this physician leader has learned about the power of “No”

Henry Ford Health’s Betty Chu, MD, asserts the power of “no” so she can say “yes” to what matters for patients and in her personal life. Learn more.

Physician Health

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Oct 12, 2022 ·

5 Min Read

Physician CEO uncovers the value of doctor-led health care teams

Hattiesburg Clinic’s review of its cost-and-quality data became a focal point in national scope of practice debates over physician-led team-based care.

Scope of Practice

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Oct 6, 2022 ·

For Oregon doctors, climate change’s health impact is self-evident

Heat killed hundreds last year in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more from a top MD at Kaiser Permanente Northwest about the climate change health crisis.

Environmental Health

Concept of a vital sign with heart symbol in the middle

Sep 27, 2022 ·

How data drives value-based care and population health

Ochsner Health Chief Population Health Officer Phil Oravetz, MD, details how feeding data to practices at the point of care boosts value.

Payment & Delivery Models