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Case Study For Provider Success

2023-08-12T08:10:50-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Uncategorized|

Many healthcare organizations face financial and organization challenges due a wide array of changes in the industry. From changing legislation to shifts in the economy, organizations are forced to shift along with the industry. This rapid shift to a new healthcare emphasis on value based performance and consumer outcomes, has created even more opportunities for organizations to transform and grow. Change can be daunting. Improvement and transition can be difficult without the right tools. This is why many organizations look for help outside their own organization. Here is how one organization rode the waves of change and come out on top.

Finally Realizing the Benefits of EHR

2023-08-12T08:13:28-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Uncategorized|

Technology may be the answer to increasing doctor to doctor communication and eliminating avoidable medical errors. A new study published in JAMA International Medicine suggests that electronic medical records (EMR) and other important web-based tools can help decrease the occurrence of medical mishaps. The study analyzed how effective web-based tools were at enhancing communication, specifically during patient hand-offs.

2017? A Peek at What’s Next

2023-09-08T15:28:19-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Trends, Uncategorized|

Healthcare trends are crucial to watch, as they help organizations predict changes in the industry and can help then make critical improvements to the way they do business. In previous week's we looked at payer trends and payment trends. This week we are homing in on medical cost trends for 2017. From retail clinics to PBMs, there are many trends impacting healthcare spending.

Snapshot: Mental Health Crisis Act

2023-08-07T14:51:51-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Uncategorized|

The demand for behavioral health services across the continuum of care is high, with 20.1% of adults with a mental illness reporting that they are unable to get the treatment they need. However a major shift in healthcare could be on the horizon. On July 6, 2016, The House of Representatives passed The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, a bill focused on mental health reform. Many are saying it's the most significant bill targeting mental health since the 1963¹.

The Hidden Impact of Opioid Addiction

2023-10-12T11:02:01-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Uncategorized|

Have you registered for our opioid webinar? According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated $25 billion of U.S. healthcare costs was attributed to the abuse of painkillers—otherwise […]

How the Opioid Epidemic is Impacting Your ROI

2023-08-12T08:03:58-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Uncategorized|

The Opioid Epidemic

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Did you know that health insurance companies alone lose a total of $72.5 billion annually due to […]

Opioid Epidemic Spurs Rethink On Medication And Addiction

2017-04-02T13:28:07-04:00By Eric Duchinsky|Uncategorized|

Drug treatment providers in California and elsewhere have relied for decades on abstinence and therapy to treat addicts. In recent years, they’ve turned to medication. Faced with a worsening opiate epidemic and rising numbers of overdose deaths, policymakers are ramping up medication-assisted treatment. President Barack Obama last week said he’d allocate more money for states to expand access to the medications. He also proposed that physicians be able to prescribe one of the most effective anti-addiction drugs, buprenorphine, to more patients.