In part one of the untold story of COVID-19’s impact on healthcare quality, we looked at the negative effect COVID-19 has had on the U.S. healthcare system. Now, let’s look […]

The pre-pandemic world feels like a distant memory when it comes to healthcare. Before COVID-19, hospitals hummed with a steady rhythm of admissions, procedures and discharges. Quality metrics (the numbers […]

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended in the United States on May 11, 2023. The pandemic (a disease that rapidly spreads over a wide area) has been declared endemic […]

In the United States today, black doctors are vastly underrepresented. Only 5 percent of physicians nationwide are black. Why is it so important to have better representation? What steps can […]

It’s that time of year again when the updates to the ICD-10-CM code set become effective and provider organizations across the country rush to learn about the changes and implement […]

Kicking off a new year provides the opportunity to take stock of our current station. The health care system, rather than returning to our pre-pandemic state after almost three years […]

I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Division President Garri Garrison to talk about the triple pandemic, the importance of data analytics and a look toward 2023.   Usually, […]

COVID-19 is not finished. In fact, it is likely to persist indefinitely and will move from pandemic to endemic status as the reduction and control of the virus occurs in […]

Leaders of all health care organizations consistently have one thing at the top of their minds: health workforce retention and burnout. A recent McKinsey report warns that by 2025 the […]

I sat down with Amanda Steffon, project manager and member of the 3M clinical terminology team to talk about social determinants of health and the role they play in our […]

In February 2020, less than one percent of all patient-physician visits were conducted via telemedicine. Within about six weeks, 32 percent thanks to the initial COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders. Health […]

Pearl S. Buck, Pulitzer and Noble Prize-winning novelist, said “The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.”   How we care for those […]