Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital margins, volumes and revenue performance have all experienced a brutal couple of months. In May, there were signs of financial improvement — significant, in some cases — but margins are still below 2019 levels, and still below budget, according to the latest Kaufman Hall Flash Report. The improved margins… Read More »
Based on December 2019 data, U.S. hospitals ended the year on a strong note, with increases in net patient revenue and service volumes contributing to improved profitability, according to the latest Kaufman Hall Flash Report. Margins rebounded after a significant decline in November. Operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization margin rose 136.9 basis… Read More »
The victorious were announced at a Gala ceremony at Troxy in London last night London – January 24, 2020 – The winners of the 2019 UK & European Employee Engagement Awards, were announced last night at the gala ceremony at the iconic Troxy. With the blue riband Company of the Year award going to A2Dominion.… Read More »
We hope everybody is settling into the New Year. Here’s a look back at what happened in 2019. Brexanolone takes the lead as our top story for 2019. Brexanolone (introduced as SAGE-547 by SAGE Therapeutics) is a neurosteroid, an analogue of allopregnanolone, which is a novel type of antidepressant, acting as an allosteric modulator of… Read More »
National level developments Malaysia Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has said back in November 2018 that “the Ministry of Health is committed to ensuring that the electronic medical record system (EMR) can be realised within three years at 145 hospitals nationwide.” He estimated that it would cost up to RM1.5B to implement an… Read More »
In a March 2019 interview with Healthcare IT News, Dr. Jacob Reider – CEO of the Alliance for Better Health and former deputy national coordinator for health IT – described the conversations he’d been having about social determinants of health with an array of different healthcare stakeholders. “There’s a lot of interest in this in… Read More »
20 December, 2019, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile Internet, today announced that it has been awarded with the 2019 ATD Excellence in Practice (EIP) Award by Association for Talent Development (ATD) by virtue of the project of “Learning… Read More »