One of the efforts to improve patient experience at UnityPoint Health is the launch of LGBTQ-friendly clinics. This article appears in the January/February 2020 edition of HealthLeaders magazine.

The goal of value-based care (VBC) is to create financial incentives for providers to improve patient outcomes while controlling costs of care. Unlike the traditional “fee for service” (FFS) model, ...

Innovative outcome measures coupled with a focus on patient-centered clinical differentiation can help the biopharma industry ...

1. First, enroll your own employees. “We could spend all the money in the world on marketing, but what drives change in patients’ behavior is when their doctors explain the benefits and encourage them ...

Change Healthcare on Wednesday introduced its new Patient Engagement suite, showcasing new tools, developed with Luma Health, to help patients better navigate the care continuum and improve revenue ...

Ensuring patient safety is a top goal at a hospital and a prime responsibility for a hospital CMO. In this episode of HL Shorts, Thomas Rogers, MD, the new vice president and CMO of Cleveland Clinic ...

As hospitals and health systems grapple with the changes brought on by healthcare reform and other efforts toward healthcare delivery transformation, they may understandably become overwhelmed — a ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXGN), a leading provider of cloud-based, ambulatory-focused technology solutions, today announced findings of a new national poll of ...

Like many hospitals across the country, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis is implementing several patient safety and quality initiatives to improve the patient care experience. The hospital, which ...

It's a two-way street—and it's an avenue that will take us to a better healthcare system for all. Unlike most other prescriptions for fixing our healthcare system, the patient takes responsibility for ...

Key performance indicators (KPIs) have always mattered, but they are now more relevant than ever in the healthcare industry, as providers make the shift to value-based care. While there are many ...

Patient-centric evidence, such as PROs and RWE, offers insights into patients' needs, enhancing drug development beyond traditional endpoints. Challenges include increased complexity and regulatory ...