“I have an idea…” says Hilary Duff’s 3-year-old daughter, Banks, her finger tapping her mouth. “Can I have a treat?” The child tilts her blonde head to one side as her mother looks upon her with amusement. “Did you eat any vegetables for lunch?” Hilary asks. Banks says yes, though […]
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Q&A: LifePoint Health’s Jessica Beegle Talks About Innovation Strategy
In a Q&A with HealthLeaders, Jessica Beegle, senior vice president and chief innovation officer for LifePoint Health, explains how new ideas and strategies are integrated across the private health system spanning some 30 states and roughly 90 community, rehabilitation, and behavioral health hospitals. Healthcare organizations address innovation in different ways, and with different […]
Documents show close talks between Canadian government and pharma over plan for Covid intellectual property waiver
Government officials provided detailed updates to industry about how discussions of the waiver among World Trade Organization members were proceeding. Both sides agreed to keep the other up to date. The records were turned over by the foreign affairs department as part of the committee’s study of vaccine equity. Last […]
Hospitalist talks tech innovation for staffing shortages and patient access
A shortage of nurses and other workers will continue to erode hospital financial performance throughout 2022, according to a Healthcare Quarterly report from Moody’s. Two of many challenges loom in the year ahead: nursing staffing shortages and reducing costly readmissions and average lengths of stay – issues present even before […]