Turning Operational Efficiency Into Brand Equity

Providers like to think they built their brand in the exam room, in the skill of surgeons or the bedside manner of nurses. And that’s definitely part of it. But your brand is also being built (or destroyed) in the billing office, on the prior-auth line, and the moment patients open their statements. The post…

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Direct and Indirect Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine

Clinical trials focus in-sample (direct) effect of vaccines on health outcomes (e.g., decrease in illness, hospitalization, emergency department use, and death). Typically, however, clinical trials do not test whether the vaccines reduce transmission. FDA do not require this as it would be logistically challenging and costly to estimate indirect effects of vaccination within a clinical…

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Tampa General Adopts New Oncology Model to Ease Clinician Workload & Improve Patient Outcomes

Tampa General Hospital is launching a virtual cancer care program with Reimagine Care. The partnership seeks to support cancer patients between visits and reduce avoidable emergency care, as well as reduce oncologists’ administrative burden. The post Tampa General Adopts New Oncology Model to Ease Clinician Workload & Improve Patient Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.

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