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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

2 As questions on how to rein in increasing healthcare costs continue to mount, and politicians focus on passing legislation and targeting the pharmaceutical industry, a possible solution may be wearable health devices. The study also anticipated that over 25 years, these devices could help decrease healthcare costs by $200 billon.

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Fantasy Healthcare Scenario, Reader Anecdotes, Wildcards; Capital IQ Healthcare Report Link

MishTalk

In End of Employer-Provided Healthcare: By 2020, S&P 500 Companies May Dump 90% of Workforce into Obamacare I noted that the New York Times, Yahoo!, McClatchy and other mainstream media outlets referred to a healthcare report without having the decency of providing a link. Sadly, this is the norm. Total savings to U.S. per year.

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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

Manufacturing organizations like General Motors report spending more on healthcare than they do on raw materials for their products. Take the following six-question survey to determine and benchmark your likelihood of experiencing gratitude. Empathy, kindness, and love are closely related to the virtue of gratitude.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The participants will learn how healthcare providers overcome resource constraints and deliver new developments.

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Show report: CX and EX inextricably linked, with empathy as the glue

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It’s our vision to bring those data together because in healthcare, the stakes are different with healthcare worker burnout,” said Alpa Vyas, chief patient officer, Stanford Health Care. Healthcare has moved from the 19 th Century to the 20 th Century when it comes to the experience,” Vyas said. “We

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The CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System is Changing. Here’s How to Stay on Top

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Plans that are awarded four or more stars earn a 5% bonus on CMS payment benchmarks, as well as higher rebates which are used to provide better member benefits. McKinsey & Company estimated in a report that in 2020, MA plans in aggregate received around $12.2 billion in stars-related payments. Experience matters.

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Better Ways to Communicate Hospital Data to Physicians

Harvard Business

While some organizations have made great strides in developing robust mechanisms for sharing data, many do little beyond circulating the most basic data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ patient-satisfaction survey (the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, or HCAHPS).

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