INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES

Creating a governance council for medical device management is one of the most prudent things a hospital can do, particularly with such a pressing need to rein in expenses. About a quarter of health system capital expenditures are spent on medical equipment on average. A governance council serves as an agent of change in how a health system manages its clinical assets, but as we all know, change can be challenging. Read on.

As a growing number of providers shift toward value-based payment models, they are adopting. Hierarchical Condition Category coding - a risk-adjustment model originally designed to estimate future health care costs for patients. Read what Ashish Kachru, CEO, DataLink highlights in his article.

In this interview Huntress shares how Credo will change the landscape of the healthcare industry (by radically simplifying & updating the current medical record & retrieval process) plus how Credo will aid healthcare providers in ensuring that patients can access their medical records and more.

Valentine notes, "Companies are slow to use alt data and expose themselves to extreme opportunity loss at best and operational peril at worst addressed in this article. Read on.

Mr. Paldi writes, "For hospitals to ensure high levels of patient safety, which depends heavily on hospital culture, the medical industry will need to shift and focus on creating an environment that embodies trust, transparency, accountability, and communication so that team members feel they can work together no matter what lies ahead, making, of course, the patient first." Read more.

Medical devices fail for a number of reasons, but the consequences can be dire for patients and their doctors. Read to learn how.

Laboratory Information Management System can greatly boost productivity in your labs. Read on to learn more.

Thomas A. Vassiliades, MD MBA writes, "BiVACOR is developing the Total Artificial Heart, the first long-term therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. The TAH is an implantable rotary biventricular blood pump that uses magnetic levitation technology to replace both ventricles of a failing heart." Read his article to learn more!