New & Notable
Tips for discussing patient safety and compounded GLP-1s
Healthcare providers need to use empathic patient-provider communication to address patient safety concerns around compounded GLP-1s.
Capturing social determinants of health data in rural health
Armed with a strong health IT system and dedicated nursing and social work team, Sparta Community Hospital acts on social determinants of health data.
Leapfrog: Patient safety in maternity care slow to improve
Leapfrog Group data shows key areas for improvement, particularly with C-section rates, to boost patient safety in maternity care.
When are patients willing to wait to see their own PCP?
Patients are willing to wait longer to visit a primary care doctor for sensitive exams but are open to seeing the soonest provider available for time-sensitive symptoms.
Insights
Insights is research conducted by and for TechTarget Xtelligent Healthcare. Our work aims to leverage Xtelligent’s diverse readership of healthcare professionals across various sectors of the industry to understand real-world challenges and identify effective solutions.
Access All Reports
Healthcare Strategies: A Podcast
-
A podcast for healthcare professionals seeking solutions to today's and tomorrow's top challenges. Hosted by the editors of Xtelligent Healthcare Media, this podcast series focuses on real-world use cases that are leading to tangible improvements in care quality, outcomes, and cost.
Guests from leading provider, payer, government, and other organizations share their approaches to transforming healthcare in a meaningful and lasting way.
View All Episodes
Latest News
-
Dismissing patient concerns 2025's top patient safety threat
Dismissing patient concerns can have adverse patient safety consequences like dismissed diagnosis and delayed care.
-
Top-rated orgs see up to 50% lower patient safety indicators
Patients at top-performing hospitals saw lower risk of key patient safety indicators, including in-hospital fall rates and certain hospital-acquired infections.
-
Maternity care out-of-pocket costs higher for Black patients
Disparities in out-of-pocket costs for maternity care are mostly driven by differences in coinsurance and prenatal care costs.
-
How providers can begin billing for patient portal messaging
Organizations need to balance patient expectations and clinic expenses when billing for patient portal messaging.
-
Abortion bans affect access in states without restrictions
A new study showed that a Texas abortion ban led to care delays for everyone accessing the procedure in Colorado, a state without restrictions.
-
Preventive care access among women low amid info desert
Preventive care access among women was low in the past 12 months amid issues with information access and affordability.
Features
-
What is medical gaslighting, and why should docs care?
Empathic communication and active listening are key for providers to prevent medical gaslighting.
-
How payers, providers can unify around patient-centered care
Value-based care models and innovative contracting can help payers and providers align on patient-centered care.
-
Top patient relationship management software systems
Patient relationship management software is designed to support better patient communications and health system access.
-
Epic's take on agentic AI designed to boost patient experience
Epic Systems is dipping its toes into agentic AI, leveraging the technology to enable scalable, high-touch patient engagement for post-op patients.