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SmithGroup one of the nation’s leading integrated design firms has tapped its broad network of 1,300 interdisciplinary design professionals to offer its predictions for the trends and challenges that the design industry will face in the decade ahead. Here are seven trends that are likely to impact the design of health care environments in the…
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Hospital mergers and acquisitions may precipitate a modest decline in patient care quality; however, no differential changes in readmission or mortality rates were observed in acquired institutions compared with control hospitals, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports. Investigators abstracted data from Irving Levin Associates on hospital acquisitions for the…
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Having the right health IT infrastructure in place is critical to succeeding under value-based care, but organizations are still lacking key technological components, according to a new survey conducted by Innovaccer. The survey of 2,900 healthcare executives over the course of a year found that most healthcare facilities lack the infrastructure to effectively integrate their…
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Advancements in genomics and precision medicine have improved healthcare’s understanding of human disease, but stakeholders will need to address disparities and increase data sharing in order to leverage the full potential of genomic medicine, according to a study published in Nature. Over the past two decades, technological advancements, as well as the collection and analysis…
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The healthcare industry has tried to parse the seemingly paradoxical relationship between volume and value for years. Can the two models exist side by side? Should providers eventually transition entirely to one model over the other? Healthcare media coverage often describes the hospital “journey from volume to value,” suggesting volume-based healthcare is considered the model…
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