In recent years, healthcare policy has evolved to account for factors beyond medical care standards. One study indicated that health equity domains—including social determinants of health (SDOH), physical environment, and behavioral elements—drive 80% of health outcomes. As the largest healthcare payer in the US, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sets the bar for health… Continue reading Keeping Health Equity Front and Center Blog Series – Part 1: Collecting Data in Hospitals
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The Kinetix Group Launches Health Equity Blog Series
NEW YORK, NY – April 15, 2024 – The Kinetix Group (TKG) announced the launch of its new health equity blog series, “Keeping Health Equity Front and Center.”
The Kinetix Group Introduces Customer-Centric Hospital Approach in New White Paper
NEW YORK, NY — March 1, 2024 — The Kinetix Group (TKG) announced the release of its new white paper on optimizing hospital engagement.
PHLN Spotlight #6: Observation Reduction Initiative with OhioHealth
OhioHealth developed an observation reduction initiative that leverages data, improves access to specialists, and develops new protocols for various medicine areas to reduce hospital observation stays. Special thanks to Maresa Campbell for offering a deeper look into this innovative health model. To learn more about the Population Health Leaders Network (PHLN) and its work, please visit https://www.phlnetwork.org/
Do You Know Where Your Infusion Products Are Going?
When your company sells oncology infusion therapies to a PBM, you might assume a large portion will be used in the hospital setting.
The Merger Boom: How and Why Hospital Mergers are Transforming the Healthcare Ecosystem
By Shane Devereux The healthcare environment is seeing a rise in market consolidation in both hospital and payer spheres. The number of planned hospital and health system mergers in 2017 was the highest in more than a decade, with hospitals announcing a total of 115 transactions in 2017.1 This year has already seen multiple pending… Continue reading The Merger Boom: How and Why Hospital Mergers are Transforming the Healthcare Ecosystem
‘Health Villages’ – healthcare’s new innovative response to integrated care-delivery challenges
By Shane Devereux As the healthcare landscape shifts toward clinical integration, new innovative approaches to care delivery are becoming more prevalent in health systems around the country. The ‘health village’ or ‘medical village’ is one such method that improves patient care in a more standardized, sustainable way than its traditional counterparts. What is a Health… Continue reading ‘Health Villages’ – healthcare’s new innovative response to integrated care-delivery challenges