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Data, analytics and AI
There’s No Easy Button For Improving Risk-Adjusted Mortality

When hospital leaders are presented withperformance improvement opportunities uncovered through Vizient's clinical benchmarking data, it’s not uncommon for them to first look for reasons for below-av... read more

Data, analytics and AI
The Power of an Enterprise-wide, Data-driven Strategy

Health systems and providers continue to face ongoing challenges associated with delivering high-quality, cost-effective care while balancing decreasing reimbursements and new value-based payment mod... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Addressing Social Determinants of Health During COVID-19 and Beyond: How to Find Your Organization’s Fit

We have seen the significant effects of COVID-19 on our country’s most vulnerable populations, amplifying existing health disparities. We have also seen hospitals and health systems continue and expa... read more

Data, analytics and AI
CMS Updates its Star Ratings: A Simpler Methodological Approach Provides Clarity Needed to Drive Change

Whether you are a hospital administrator, a physician, a nurse, or other member of your hospital’s family,you know well the true north of our daily purpose is to provide quality health care to patien... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Observation of the Shifting Market Dynamics in Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures

Health care is constantly changing and evolving and with the continual movement towards technological integration, the competitive landscape for minimally invasive surgical procedures using robotics ... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Robert Frost and the Common Good

The percentage of Americans aged 65 or older will surpass 80 million by 2040 and will hit 94.7 million by 2060, brining brings with it an enormous burden of chronic illness, shouldered by a group of ... read more

Data, analytics and AI
AI, Breast Cancer, and a New Mindset for Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is a new idea that even data experts don’t fully understand. It requires a new view of the role of healthcare in improving health and preventing disease... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Workforce management and culture
Turning Ambition into Action: Achieving Health Equity Starts with Better Measurement

A successful health equity strategy starts with better measurement and effective communication... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Healthcare Finance: “What We Need Is a Controlled Burn”

Aaron R. Crane, FHFMA, CPA, MHA, Healthcare Financial Management Association 2022-23 Chair, interviewed by Robert Fromberg, Chief Communications Officer, Kaufman Hall... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Clinical operations and quality
Optimizing Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to Improve Clinician Efficiency, Business Decision-making

Ashleigh Kervel outlines six ways healthcare leadership can leverage electronic health records (EHRs) to improve clinical practice and business decisions... read more