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Hearing about “the physician shortage” is starting to feel reminiscent of constantly hearing about “clinician burnout”. Everyone knows it’s been going on for a long time and everyone knows it’s a big problem. Many of us assume it’s affecting us in some way, but very few can tell you if anything is being done to fix it, or whose responsibility it is to address it. In this article I’d like to review what has been driving the physician shortage, what has been done (if anything) to address it and explore what types of digital health solutions can truly help solve this problem.

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.