Every major healthcare business story from the month of October, from yours truly Blake Madden from Hospitalogy

Healthcare has always experienced a conflict between the benefits of data and the importance of patient privacy. Synthetic data has the potential to solve a lot of problems associated with data access in healthcare.

Q3 2023 hospital earnings updates, Carbon Health’s bad 2023, CMS releases DCE results, a $10.5B health system merger, take privates, IPOs, and more.

When it comes to value-based models, cancer care today is where chronic kidney care was five or more years ago. And, just as success with chronic kidney patients relies on a kidney-focused care model that is integrated with the nephrologist, cancer care can be greatly enhanced by deploying oncology-focused clinical navigation in partnership with oncologists.

Worsening maternal health outcomes, nursing burnout, and an aging population don’t sound like a recipe for success. But even with these ingredients, health care executives can leverage specific tools to create a good outcome for their organizations—and the industry.

Lots and lots of healthcare stuff happened this week, so here’s your weekly dose of everything you need to know. Luckily you subscribe to Hospitalogy – healthcare’s best kept secret. Shoot this newsletter to a colleague to support the cause.