Could risk sharing mean better caring? This health system thinks it can find $1B in efficiencies in a new collaboration
Jefferson Health and GE Healthcare test out a new risk-sharing relationship, aimed at transforming the patient experience With unprecedented levels of patient demand and increasing cost pressures, many academic health systems throughout the United States are feeling the heat and facing an uncertain future. But Jefferson Health in Philadelphia is experimenting with a new partnership in hopes of transforming healthcare delivery for its patients. This week, Jefferson Health and GE Healthcare announced a risk-sharing strategic relationship that supports Jefferson Health’s
Heroines of Health: The Documentary
3 women. 3 countries. 3 stories untold. Until now. Mercy, Dr. Sharmila and Mrs. Rohani come from different backgrounds. They speak different languages. Yet they share a common journey, overcoming steep challenges and expectations to bring better health to their communities. Today women make up 75% of the global healthcare workforce, yet too often their work is unrecognized. These are three of many untold stories that may hold the key to unlocking better health for more people around the
Her Personal Mission is for Every Child to See his or her Fifth Birthday
How Mercy Owuor, one of three women featured in new documentary Heroines of Health, is helping to make this dream a reality It’s morning in Lwala, Kenya, and the day promises to be hot. Mercy Owuor stirs milk and sugar into her Kenyan tea, a quiet morning ritual that gives her the lift she needs to do the important work of caring for Lwala’s mothers and babies. As the Community Programs Director at Lwala Community Alliance, a community-led innovator in an
Exploring the Depths of the Heart
“This is the next true breakthrough, improving efficiency and, ultimately, patient care.” – Dr. Khandheria of Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Every minute, the heart pumps about five quarts of blood through a system of vessels that’s more than 60,000 miles long – more than twice the earth’s circumference! Another startling number to consider: Heart disease accounts for one out of every three deaths in the United States. Cardiologists are constantly on the lookout for new methods to examine the
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Twins
For the first time, St George’s Hospital, London uses new twin growth charts during pregnancy scan They say twins are double the trouble but with more than 11,000 multiple births every year in the United Kingdom, they are also double the joy for expectant mothers. At the same time, a multiple birth is more likely to carry risk to the mother and the babies as twins are more likely to be born early and need special care after birth. The
43,000 mammography exams in the U.S. just got more comfortable
Boca Raton Regional Hospital patients have reported a noticeable difference in comfort during the exam, as well as faster exams, with new imaging technology Here are a few words that rarely go together: relaxed, comfortable and mammogram. After all, having one’s breasts compressed tightly between two firm surfaces while standing there awkwardly half clothed is certainly not the most pleasant of experiences. “Senographe Pristina™ is different because in the past, the focus was primarily to improve image quality,” says Kathy
