Nearly 100% of large hospitals in the US reported a nursing shortage a month before the omicron variant arrived.

On today's episode, we discuss just how much primary care is blending with the world of retail and how in-patient care is moving outside the hospital. We then talk about a new category of consumer biowearables and whether the new do-it-yourself healthcare trend is here to stay. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Lisa Phillips.

Samsung Medical Center is becoming certified under HIMSS’ global standard for digital health transformation—we unpack why this could help it capture more health system and hospital customers.

Now more than ever, US health systems are under pressure to move further along the path to becoming smart hospitals. This report evaluates the hospital of the future, as well as the technologies and use cases driving adoption. We also provide best practices for developing and executing a smart hospital strategy.

Amazon’s new Alexa-powered tool for hospitals and senior living centers keeps providers and patients more connected—a sign Amazon wants a bigger piece of the senior care market.

This report explains the rise of tech-focused SDOH initiatives among US health insurers and hospitals, unpacks how these entities’ heavier focus on SDOH has ushered in opportunities for digital health vendors and tech companies operating at the periphery of healthcare to help address nonclinical health gaps, and lays out the factors driving the prioritization of SDOH and inhibiting these efforts’ growth.

The American Hospital Association wrote a letter to the federal goverment speaking favor of hospital mergers—we explore the tug of war between hospitals and consumer interests around hospital M&As.

New data reveals telehealth users would have gone to the emergency department if virtual care wasn’t an option—meaning hospitals well-equipped up with virtual care could avoid flooding beyond capacity in the next COVID-19 wave.

On the back of Cerner’s Q2 rosy revenue reporting, we unpack how it can win the market share tug-of-war with Epic over the next few years with its more affordable options for small hospitals.

Only 9% of patients know the CMS is requiring hospitals to post the costs of their procedures online, and most hospitals aren’t abiding. We unpack why noncompliance is a more financially beneficial route for most hospitals right now.

Last year, health systems like Kaiser Permanente and Mayo Clinic became participants in a CMS program that lets hospitals receive higher reimbursement for providing at-home services. For context, in November 2020, the CMS launched its pilot Acute Hospital Care at Home program, enabling hospitals to receive Medicare reimbursement for at-home services covering more than 60 conditions.

Each key stakeholder group—hospitals, insurers, and private equity firms—has its own purpose for acquiring a primary care practice. Hospitals buy primary care practices to expand their referral networks. If a patient goes to a primary care practice employed by a hospital and needs a follow-up specialist appointment, they may get a referral to a specialist who is also employed by that hospital.

The news: US hospitals report their inpatient admissions have returned to 2019 levels. Most hospital execs anticipate a 4% increase in admissions by 2022, per an October 2021 survey of 100 US hospitals execs by McKinsey & Company.

Having ramped up some digital functions in the face of early COVID-19 surges, hospital and health system executives said they were “moving forward with strategic initiatives,” but “at a relatively measured pace.”.