We live in challenging times for physicians, who are required to do things that are wearing them out and making them feel bad about their jobs.
We live in challenging times for physicians, who are required to do things that are wearing them out and making them feel bad about their jobs.
Top systems are arming their physicians and nurses with data to encourage them to find performance areas that can be improved.
Karen Griffith Gryga is a partner and chief investment officer at Dreamit Ventures, one of the nation's largest accelerators for technology startups. The Philadelphia-based company also invests in early-stage health technology firms. A third of Dreamit's 80- plus companies are involved in population health management. Southern Bureau Chief Dave Barkholz interviewed Griffith Gryga. The following is an edited transcript.
After seven years and many promises, Republican leadership failed to get enough votes to pass legislation that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The American Health Care Act was pulled before a single vote was cast. The move received mixed reactions from many who had a lot at stake under the bill. Here's a quick list of who won and who lost as a result of the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare.
Scrutiny of hospitals' business practices could up the ante in the debate over tax breaks given to not-for-profit organizations.
It was notable that so many conservative activists and pundits rushed to abandon the Republican Party's promise to "repeal and replace" Obamacare in the wake of Trumpcare's humiliating defeat in the House of Representatives.
It's time to check in with the governing party to see how its plan to replace Obamacare is progressing.