Healthcare is a cornerstone of societal well-being, and understanding its evolving dynamics is essential for policymakers, providers, and the public alike. Recent surveys and reports shed light on critical trends shaping the industry, from patient satisfaction and workforce challenges to innovations in technology and disparities in access. By examining these findings, we gain a comprehensive view of the priorities and opportunities for enhancing care delivery and outcomes.
We have rounded up some reports and surveys from around the industry that we thought were of interest.
Curing Payment Confusion
Despite increased attention from financial executives, hospitals are losing the battle to create a financial experience that doesn’t confuse, confound or enrage patients. Leading healthcare organizations are taking a fresh look at the patient financial experience they provide and reimagining access, communication and financial care from the point of view of the consumer. HFMA reports on the lessons they’ve learned point to the ways forward in creating a satisfying patient financial experience for patients.
Unrelenting Pressure Pushes Rural Safety Net Crisis into Uncharted Territory
America’s rural health safety net has been in crisis mode for nearly 15 years. Rural hospital closures, decreasing reimbursements, declining operating margins, and staffing shortages have all coalesced to undermine the delivery of care in communities whose populations are older, less healthy, and less affluent. The mission of the safety net to serve under-resourced communities is unraveling. The latest research conducted by the Chartis Center for Rural Health points to a startling new phase of this crisis as rural hospitals fall deeper into the red, “care deserts” widen throughout rural communities, and the increasing penetration of Medicare Advantage could further disrupt rural hospital revenue.
Patients Prefer Telehealth Over In-office Visits for Urgent, Preventive, and Specialty Care
Patients prefer telehealth to office visits for a variety of medical issues, including urgent care, preventive care, chronic care and specialty services, according to the results of a consumer survey from KeyCare, the nation’s first Epic-based virtual care company.
2024 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report
Trilliant Health, a healthcare analytics and market research firm, released its 2024 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report, a fact-based national analysis of macroeconomic trends shaping the U.S. health economy; it concludes that health economy stakeholders must deliver value for money to their customers, not maximize value for themselves.
Navigating the Complexities of Clinical Data Exchange: A Survey-Based Analysis by MRO
Earlier this year, MRO and CHIME surveyed more than 180 leaders at health systems to better understand the challenges of bidirectional exchange of clinical data with payers across seven common use cases: prior authorization, risk adjustment, care management, quality reporting and submission, claims adjudication, claims appeals, and payment integrity audits. This report summarizes the findings of the survey. It pays particular attention to the matters of who’s responsible for managing payer data requests, the extent to which EHR access is granted to payers, and whether health systems are amenable to using third-party solutions to automate clinical data exchange
The Unseen Challenges of Type 2 Diabetes
Podimetrics, creator of the SmartMat Program™ and integrated clinical and patient support services that can help save the limbs and lives of complex patients living with diabetes, announced results from a survey of 1,001 Medicaid beneficiaries in the United States living with type 2 diabetes. Podimetrics, in collaboration with independent market research firm PureSpectrum, is highlighting the complex challenges faced by Medicaid beneficiaries living with type 2 diabetes — particularly the significant impact on their mental health.
Blockchain in clinical trials, research and data-donation
The importance of patient data to clinical researchers cannot be overstated, as research for new drugs can be stagnated due to a lack of availability of medical information to study. Read this partnered report by Pfizer and Deloitte. professionals
COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced 33% of Healthcare Providers to Consider Locum Tenens Work
With almost half a decade passed since the world shut down in March 2020, Barton Associates was interested in seeing whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any influence on healthcare providers’ decision to consider taking locum tenens assignments. Barton Associates asked 390 physicians, physician assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), dentists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in their network this very question— read their survey to hear what they had to say.
Life Sciences Clinical Data and Analytics (D&A) Platforms PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024
In this report, PEAK Matrix analyzes 18 clinical D&A platform providers featured on the Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® based on their capabilities, offerings, and market impact. The report will empower buyers to choose the right provider for their sourcing considerations and enable providers to benchmark themselves against their competition.