From episodic to integrated: How to realize the full potential of hybrid care
Virtual care exploded during the early days of the pandemic. Driven by a need to provide safe access to care, health systems, clinicians, payors, and patients rapidly changed practices and adopted new technology.
Clinicians as advocates for patients, colleagues, and communities
”If medicine is to fulfill her great task, then she must enter the political and social life.” — Dr. Rudolf Virchow, 19th-century German physician Clinician advocacy is a vital part of the clinician-patient relationship. It is essential to building trust and providing an excellent standard of care, leading to better outcomes. However, advocacy is more […]
How to Empower Patients to Take Ownership of Their Care Before, During, and After Clinical Encounters
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are essential in health care services. Prioritize NPPAs’ career development by implementing a successful education program with these tips.
Telehealth – what comes next?
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are essential in health care services. Prioritize NPPAs’ career development by implementing a successful education program with these tips.
People-Powered and Patient-Centric Health Care in a Digital World
The health care industry is undergoing a major transformation driven by increasing digital technology adoption. For example, telehealth has become integral to American health care, with over 78.6% of hospitals utilizing this technology in some form. Digital technology can be a good thing; it has the potential to revolutionize the way we deliver care, making […]
Clinician Experience Q&A
Explore this question and answer session with David Schillinger, MD SCP Health Chief Medical Officer
How purposeful innovation transforms patient experience and clinical outcomes through strategic hybrid care
The future of exceptional patient care lies in purposeful innovation that enhances human connection rather than replaces it.
Keeping Patients at the Center
By Ken Heinrich, MD and Rodolphe Taby, MD Health care has room for many opinions and perspectives, but there are a few fundamental truths that we, as physicians, must share. Delivering high-quality care to our patients must remain at the center of strategies and decisions. The physician-patient relationship is sacrosanct and must be respected […]
Balancing clinical compensation
The current clinical compensation landscape presents a broad range of challenges for hospital and health system executives, medical directors, and clinicians. Volatile patient volumes make it difficult to staff at optimal coverage amounts consistently; the environment demands clinicians to be both patient-centric and hyper-productive; health systems and hospitals are operating on razor-thin margins; inflation requires […]
Emergency Medicine Q&A
With Ken Heinrich, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer – Emergency Medicine What does the future look like for emergency medicine clinicians? I know a lot of emergency medicine clinicians are worried about the future. There are lots of concerns about there being less demand for this specialty in the coming years, and how […]