Healthcare experts are predicting the physician-hospital employed model will likely continue to be a top trend in the healthcare industry for the next several years. “Healthcare organizations are eager to augment market share and leverage large numbers of employed physicians for payer rate negotiations. That, coupled with the growing rate of … [Read more...]
Physician-Hospital Employed Model Gains Momentum
Tips for Outsourcing Marketing Services in Healthcare
Social media is taking the healthcare industry to a whole new level, so much so, that outsourced marketing services is becoming as popular as outsourcing physician services, with many healthcare organizations outsourcing marketing matters. Because marketing and physician services are two completely different animals, it is understandable for … [Read more...]
Personalized Medicine
In managing the marketing and communications department for a company that specializes in outsourced physician services, it is important for me to keep current, in terms of newest trends within marketing and public relations profession. During a recent marketing round table discussion that I had attended, I was pleasantly surprised to be seated … [Read more...]
Scientists Find Correlation between Dementia and Diabetes
Scientists have found that two worrisome diseases share key biological processes: Type 2 diabetes and dementia. Recent findings are beginning to make scientists, hospital physicians, outsourced physicians , and emergency physicians think that similarities between these two diseases are more than just a coincidence, according to a recent … [Read more...]
Smart Patient Care
With the anticipation of Medicare preparing to decrease financial reimbursement for hospitals with low patient satisfaction scores, the pressure is on for healthcare facilities to provide physician services that result in patient satisfaction. “Kaiser Health News” reported that “with Medicare basing hospital payments on patient-satisfaction … [Read more...]