The Pennsylvania health system has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores. Patient discharge can be ...

The 2025 update is the result of a comprehensive two-year effort by a workgroup composed of representatives from 14 national pharmacy organizations. In June 2023, JCPP convened the Patient Care ...

Every year tens of millions of Americans dig deep into their pocketbooks to pay for health insurance plans that will cover ...

Healthcare: try to name a sector in which the importance of process excellence is higher. You’ll struggle. Every decision, every action, every allocation of personnel or resources has a direct impact ...

Integrating an elderly patient’s informal caregivers — family members, friends, partners, neighbors and other loved ones — into the discharge process may potentially reduce the patient’s likelihood of ...

Prior authorizations (PAs) continue to be one of the biggest hurdles to timely patient care. A recent survey found that 93% of physicians say that the PA process can delay treatment and three-quarters ...

ASC leaders say prior authorization has become the most damaging pain point in payer relationships, delaying care even after clinical decisions are made and surgeries are scheduled. Four ASC leaders ...

For most patients, a diagnosis is just the beginning of an uncertain journey filled with long wait times, fragmented ...

STRAIN ON STAFFING AT HOSPITALS, ENOUGH TO CAUSE BURNOUT EVEN AMONG VETERAN NURSES. TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT A NEW PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CHANGE THAT AT SOME OF OMAHA’S BIGGEST HOSPITALS.

In addition to patient-physician collaboration, Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH, highlights the importance of patient advocacy, whether in the clinical trial approval process or public policy. In this ...

Quality communication about end-of-life care ensures that medical treatments or interventions align with patients’ values and ...