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Transforming healthcare delivery with insight into the “when” and “why” of readmissions
Healthcare providers are good at managing patients’ medical conditions while they are in the hospital or office, but for patients with chronic health conditions, that is only one piece of the puzzle. What happens while the patient is at...
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Role of Big Data in Middle East’s Emerging Healthcare Systems
The role Big Data could play in the emerging healthcare systems of the Middle East and North Africa.
If a diabetic patient came into hospital complaining of numbness and pain in their toes, a doctor might assume diabetes is the...
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The future of Surgery
Lose a limb or lose a life – this was the worst-case dilemma confronting Georg M., a 47-year-old man from Stuttgart, Germany. His pelvis had become riddled with a rare, malignant tumor – an osteosarcoma – which threatened to...
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ICD-10 “Gut Check” and New Opportunities to Bring Case Management Audits and Appeals In-House
ICD-10 implementation and a recent CMS decision create significant compliance, quality, and revenue opportunities for healthcare systems and providers in 2015, according to Michael T. Dougherty, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Provident Consulting. These accelerate the national trend...
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How Hospitals Can Survive in the New Healthcare Environment
“Over 1,000 hospitals out of the approximately 5,700 across the US will either close or merge with larger hospitals or healthcare systems in the next five to ten years according to some predictions. The reality of the situation is...
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Healthcare Facility Management Must Be Focused on Prevention
Mark C. Sams, a speaker at the marcus evans National Healthcare Facility Management Summit 2014, on more efficient facility management.
Interview with: Mark C. Sams, Vice President - Planning, Facilities Management and Engineering, Harris Health System
“Living in Texas, where the...
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Increasing Community Prosperity by Improving Health and Wellness
This shift is changing our global economy and ncreasing competition between regions to attract the businesses, jobs and workers that will increase prosperity and create other social and economic advantages.
Global urbanization is upon us. For the First time ever,...
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