Healthcare has solved for the hard part. The science, the surgery, the diagnosis: by global standards, we're exceptional. What we haven't solved for is what happens when the patient goes home.
The future of social security depends on the strength of our collaboration and our unwavering commitment to the people we serve. The challenges are significant, but so are the opportunities for innovation.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
When healthcare staff feel unsafe, they are more likely to feel overwhelmed and distracted, increasing their risk of error. This directly links provider safety to patient safety.
When healthcare delivery strategies shifted to the home out of necessity during the pandemic, healthcare consumers began to question the value of navigating the old system, one that requires time off work, transportation, childcare, and long waits just to have basic needs met.
Safety threats impact more than what is physically visible. The emotional toll is crushing the healthcare workforce from the inside out, and until the erosion of psychological safety is addressed, the battle to combat workplace violence will continue.
It's not just about awareness but also a call to action for patients, families, employers, payers and policymakers to modernize the systems that shape access to care. It must focus on connecting innovation with the infrastructure that governs approval, coverage and affordability.
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
Caregivers are a backbone of serious illness care, but they cannot carry the system alone. We have reached a point where failing to support them is indistinguishable from failing patients.
Moving forward, healthcare providers should expect that personalization is a prerequisite for outstanding patient care. Like in other sectors, it will be a critical component that separates market leaders from those left behind.
With life expectancy rising again post-pandemic, Americans increasingly are turning to senior communities.
The move toward value-based care is inevitable and in-home care must not be left behind. To realize the full potential, here are a few key shifts that must happen.
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
Without structured succession strategies, organizations risk instability, operational disruptions, and over-reliance on interim leadership. Here are some strategies to safeguard the future of hospitals and health systems.
One in every 31 children is diagnosed with some form of autism today, up from previous years — and regardless of why we have more cases, the more pressing question is how we should address the dramatic increase in support needs.
Workers deserve environments that protect their well-being, and patients deserve care from professionals who aren’t operating in fear.
To prevent further harm and ensure families aren’t left behind again, we must use data more proactively — not only to close gaps in coverage but also to support accountability in how care continuity is managed.
At the heart of this fight are the patients whose lives quite literally depend on Medicaid. But we are also fighting for the caregivers who show up every day, the children who rely on stability, the families who rally around their loved ones, and all those whose lives are shaped by access to care.