Value Based Care

Rethinking the Standard of Care: How Noninvasive Therapy Could Change Heart Disease Outcomes

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., with 683,491 deaths reported in 2024, according to the CDC. As cardiovascular care shifts toward access, prevention, and value-based outcomes, noninvasive therapies are gaining renewed attention for patients who continue to experience symptoms after traditional interventions. At the same time, rising healthcare costs…

Policy, AI, and New Funding Models Are Reshaping Mental Health Care Delivery

Mental health care isn’t a new problem—but it’s finally being treated like an urgent one. After years of being sidelined, the cracks in the system are becoming impossible to ignore: overstretched clinicians, long wait times, and entire communities without consistent access to care. In the U.S., the scale is striking—more than one in five…

Fixing the Physician Experience: Why Advocacy Is Healthcare’s Next Frontier

Physician burnout has become a defining challenge in healthcare, with research showing that a substantial portion of clinicians—anywhere from roughly a quarter to over half—experience emotional exhaustion, driven more by systemic pressures like administrative burden and reduced autonomy than by individual resilience alone. As healthcare systems face growing staffing shortages and rising patient demand, the…

Exploring the Intersection of Board Governance, Community Engagement and Creativity with Ann Margolin

Behind every city vote, hospital budget or zoning decision is a leader navigating tough, often conflicting priorities. Right now, public leaders are operating in an environment of rising healthcare costs, workforce shortages and heightened community expectations—especially within safety-net systems that collectively provide billions in uncompensated care each year. The stakes are real—they affect patients…

Discovering Your Guiding Pillars: Aligning Ambition with Wellbeing for a Purpose-Driven Career

Success without sacrifice—that’s what more leaders are striving for. As burnout rates climb among high-achieving professionals balancing leadership, entrepreneurship, and family, the question of how to build sustainable success without sacrificing health or identity has never been more timely. Gallup’s research shows that burnout is far from rare: roughly three-quarters of U.S. employees say…

Dr. Kevin Stevenson Gives His Thoughts on the Evolution of Healthcare Over the Past Decades

As healthcare continues to transform faster than ever — shaped by post-pandemic burnout, staffing shortages, and the rise of AI — leaders are being forced to rethink what it truly means to deliver both value and compassion in medicine. With the U.S. expected to face a shortage of 64,000 nurses in 2030, healthcare leaders are…

Leading Through Change: Dr. Kevin Stevenson on Workforce, Innovation, and the Future of Healthcare

Healthcare is at a critical turning point, where staffing pressures, shrinking reimbursements, and rising patient expectations are reshaping the future of healthcare. According to the AACN Nursing Workforce Fact Sheet, the federal government projects more than 203,000 new registered nurse positions will be created annually from 2021 to 2031, reflecting high demand from an…

Patient Physician Network Provides Financial Integration and Value-Based Care Support to Keep Independent Physicians Viable.

Independent doctors are discovering how financial integration and coordinated care models help them compete against health system consolidation

The Key to Value Based Care Success is Integrating Specialists for Better Outcomes

Breaking down silos between primary care and specialty providers proves essential as healthcare systems race to meet 2030 accountability mandates

Improving Outcomes and Lowering the Cost of Care

Healthcare leaders are discovering that smarter data use and technology investments hold the key to delivering quality care at sustainable costs

Rebel Healthcare: The True Patient-Led Journey Toward Improving Healthcare

Patients themselves are becoming the driving force behind healthcare transformation, not just passive recipients of care

Naval Flight Surgeon to Family Doc…The Journey of Dr. Otten!

A former military flight surgeon reveals how patient relationships and personal burnout sparked a healthcare transformation movement

Advancing Health Equity Through Digital Innovation: Insights from Dr. Bryan O. Buckley at HIMSS 2024

Healthcare leaders are leveraging digital tools and social needs screening to close equity gaps and deliver whole-person care

A New Dawn in Medicine: The Intersection of AI and Value-Based Care Could Reduce Costs, Increase Access

Artificial intelligence combined with value-based care models is reshaping how providers deliver treatment while simultaneously lowering expenses and expanding

Personalized, Tech-Driven Care is the Key to Revolutionizing COPD Management

Virtual care models and connected devices are enabling clinicians to deliver individualized treatment plans that improve outcomes for respiratory disease patien

The Key to Expanding GI Care? Integrating Tech and Providing Psychological Support

Mental and digital tools are reshaping how providers manage digestive disorders and boost patient engagement across care settings

The Key to Enhancing Healthcare Delivery for Millions? Transforming Medicaid with Technology

Medicaid leaders are discovering how modernized systems can streamline enrollment and better serve vulnerable populations across the country

AI Looks to Add the Value in Value-Based Care in 2024

Healthcare providers are turning to AI to unlock the financial and clinical benefits that value-based care promises

Value-Based Care is Reshaping Patient Outcomes and Healthcare

Providers are discovering that prioritizing outcomes over service volume fundamentally transforms how they deliver care and measure success

AI Can Harness SaaS in Healthcare Through a Variety of Different and Advanced Tools

Cloud-based software platforms are enabling healthcare organizations to streamline operations and improve patient care at scale

Championing Holistic HLTH is Also Important for the Future of Healthcare

Healthcare leaders are discovering that solving burnout and workforce challenges requires engaging the entire ecosystem, not just individual providers

Advancing Value-Based Care IRL: Highlights from HLTH Day 2

Healthcare leaders are finding practical momentum in shifting away from fee-for-service models toward outcomes that matter most to patients

Value-Based Care Leads to Improved Outcomes

Healthcare organizations shift focus from volume to outcomes, discovering measurable improvements when aligning financial incentives with patient results

Looking Beyond Profit to Harness Technology and Influence for Purpose in Healthcare

Healthcare leaders are redefining success by channeling technology and influence toward meaningful social impact rather than revenue alone

The Impact of Consolidation in the Healthcare Space

Market consolidation is reshaping how healthcare providers serve patients and compete for resources in an increasingly pressured landscape

Selecting and Finding the Best Healthcare Physicians Requires a Roadmap That Leads to Trust and Accessibility

Patients struggle to find trustworthy physicians in an oversaturated market where unnecessary procedures remain rampant

Efficiency in Healthcare is Needed as the Aging and Chronically Ill Population is Set to Increase

Healthcare providers must dramatically improve operational efficiency to meet surging demand from an aging population with chronic conditions