In published rankings of health systems, Wisconsin-based Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network has historically towered over its peers in areas such as physician quality, research and technology. But there is one area where the health system has struggled: convenience.
“We are known as the place to go when it’s serious,” says Steve Basilotto, chief experience officer...
A year ago, Sentara Health rebranded itself and launched One Sentara, an initiative to better unite its healthcare and health plan businesses to deliver a more cohesive customer experience.
Technology plays a pivotal role. Sentara’s IT team has migrated most data center workloads to Microsoft Azure and is integrating disparate patient care and health plan data into an enterprise data...
Laboratories have long navigated rising test demand amid staffing shortages. Their ability to reliably produce accurate results under time constraints is the foundation of patient care and trust.
New data illustrates the quantifiable impact of balancing rising test volume with limited staff, underlining that automation and artificial intelligence are not just forward-thinking strategies for laboratory operations but a necessary evolution...
Workforce retention, especially for nurses, is a top concern for hospital CEOs. Although the turnover rate has fallen from 22.5% to 18.4% in the past year, the cost of replacing each nurse has increased, from $3.9 million to almost $6 million annually, according to a 2024 report from recruiting agency Nursing Solutions Inc.
Healthcare is still in the early stages...
Healthcare organizations should harness the full benefit of their data centers to bolster patient services using transformative technology. For that to happen, CIOs and CTOs must analyze, integrate and optimize their current and planned use of data virtualization solutions.
By virtualization, I mean solutions that empower IT data centers to run multiple independent computing sessions simultaneously on a single...
