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One of the biggest players in Nashville health care is in a period of transition in both leadership and operation. Nonprofit health system Saint Thomas Health this summer overhauled its C-suite almost entirely, and those new leaders also are transforming how their providers deliver care.
Physician shortages. An increasingly sick population. Newly insured patients entering an already burdened system. Yes, the health care system faces enormous change and challenge, but to solve these issues, we don't have to boil the ocean. Creative why-didn't-I-think-of-that responses are oft…
Health systems have to be more creative today than ever before. Facing the new expectations and incentives of value-based care, providers are forging new alliances across the industry -- including with hospitals that have traditionally been competitors with very different approaches to operating.
One of the most frustrating things patients deal with when interacting with the health system is attempting to share medical information among new specialists or facilities. From filling out the same form multiple times to potentially life-threatening delays in treatment due to crossed wires…
The Center for Medical Interoperability features five big Nashville names: Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Jeff Balser and former Saint Thomas CEO and Ascension Health executive Michael Schatzlein as well as Bill Carpenter, Wayne Smith and Milton Johnson, the respective CEOs of LifePo…
A groundbreaking program at Vanderbilt University is tackling an age-old problem in medicine -- getting health care professionals from different disciplines to actually collaborate on patient care.
By Cindy Sanders
Compliance with health care regulations is always on the minds of health care executives, especially as the number of legal cases and settlement figures continue to grow. According to local law firm Bass Berry & Sims' annual Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review, the federal government recov…
Pity your average hospital executive for a little bit. Just for a few seconds, promise.
Nashville is full of health care executives ready to tackle health reform's main challenges and we love covering their big ideas. But just as important are the physicians who deal with policy and reimbursement changes on a day-to-day basis. Getting their perspective sheds light on how the he…
The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame was created this year by Belmont University and the McWhorter Society with support from the Nashville Health Care Council as founding partner. The body serves to honor the health care pioneers, innovators and practitioners who have helped make Tennessee…
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals has made its money over the years on niche products other drug companies won't or can't commit to. The West End-based company finished 2014 with almost $37 million in revenues, a net profit of $2.4 million and a product pipeline with the promise to substantially gr…
Reemo operates its offices in a city known for cold weather.
The use of mannequins originated in the 15th century.
Research firm Ponemon Institute published a report earlier this year on data breaches in the health care sector that included some startling numbers. Among the data points:
In a 2014 report on the evolution of digital health care tools, analysts at consulting firm Oliver Wyman wrote the following: "As Health Market 1.0 gives way to Health Market 2.0, we expect to see an industry dramatically different from today's: 24/7, convenient, enhanced by technology, holi…
By Mike BrentTennessee has used the certificate of need process to assist in regulating the development of health care facilities and services since the 1970s, when -- at the urging of the federal government -- many states created health planning departments in an attempt to control increase…
Guest column by Austin Madison
By Dr. William H. FristI like to keep an eye on my hometown's statistics. I love seeing Nashville listed among the nation's best cities to launch a startup, raise a family and visit for a weekend away. According to some estimates, we gain 80 new Nashvillians each day, transplants from all ov…
Population health management is often mentioned as the salve for many of the health system's wounds. If only patients could be better managed, with fewer complications and more efficiency, health outcomes would improve and costs would evaporate from the system.
By any measure, Health:Further -- Nashville's first full-scale health care industry innovation conference -- was a major success. More than 600 participants were left wanting more after the late-August event, and the buzz still lingers.
By Kevin O'Neil
National HealthCare Corp. runs dozens of skilled nursing, assisted living or independent living centers in 10 states but the company has in recent years been working to expand its presence in Middle Tennessee, adding to its Cool Springs complex and inking a partnership deal with Maury Region…
More Tennesseans died of opiate overdoses in 2014 than in motor vehicle accidents. The rate of fatal opiate overdoses has risen every year since 2011, according to the state Department of Health, and the increase of intravenous drug abuse has contributed to a Hepatitis C epidemic on top of t…
