Of all the critical ethical issues in medicine today, the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical companies is one of the most serious, because these relationships may be marked by significant conflicts of interest.

Here are four observations that may help to demystify the process of innovation and ensure that it actually produces results.

Most of the leaders we surveyed reported poor returns on their digital investments. The primary reason: unsuccessful efforts to scale digital innovations beyond early pilot work.

More than 1,000 front-line health care workers reportedly have died of COVID-19, according to Lost on the Frontline, an ongoing investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track and memorialize every U.S. health care worker who dies from the coronavirus...

Whether a patient, a cousin’s spouse, a co-worker, we all know someone carrying for a terminally ill relative. Jennifer O’Brien offers sage advice to those caregivers and she also provides guidance for physician leaders on how they can be examples i...

The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity to explore innovative preparedness, including a novel ED staffing model using redeployed physicians from other services.

Integrating appropriately trained behavioral health providers as healthcare team members is important for elevating and extending the care delivery of the entire team.

A quality improvement initiative was conducted with a primary objective to reduce time to third next available appointment (TNAA) while decreasing the number of patients referred to urgent care.

Shorter hospital stays after surgery lead to fewer complications and better outcomes. But building a faster pathway home requires every member of the health care team to work together with more efficient protocols.

The role of medical coders has advanced dramatically in the last few decades with the arrival of encoders, specialized software programs that assist in choosing codes. With this technology, the coding process has been streamlined and accuracy in pati...

Artificial intelligence is disrupting every area of life, including the way organizations find talent.

How do you get people to thoroughly wash their hands? Or to stay six feet away from others as part of a precautionary “social distancing” protocol? Or to refrain from visiting loved ones in nursing homes? These questions have taken on a life-or-death...