Posts about Cost-Effectiveness:

Hospitals across the country are feeling the pressure. In recent years, the number of staffed beds has dropped significantly, while the demand for...

Imagine walking into a grocery store. The shelves are stocked with countless products: fruits, vegetables, snacks, and household essentials. The...

Healthcare decision-makers must always face the difficult task of balancing patient care and cost-efficiency. One of the most valuable tools for...

About a quarter of American hospitals are for-profit, that is, they are operated to generate profit for owners and stakeholders. A subsection of...

After you make the case for the healthcare innovation in terms of patient and facility benefits, anticipating possible risks, and demonstrating...

The first step in making a case for a healthcare innovation is collecting the data that supports it. This data includes evidence the the innovation...

Every successful organization, from a small grassroots group to a global corporation, has a way for ideas to percolate through the system and find...

Hospital finances are a complex process, involving all the parts of a service provider, a retail business, an investment venture, and a non-profit...

In our previous posts about DALYs and QALYs, we have defined the terms and presented how the healthcare field calculates these two measures of...

How do you put an economic value on a human life? Why would you ever want to? As difficult as this quantification may be, it is a necessary practice...

Large-scale healthcare projects, from new projects to renovations, face a challenging future. After the tedious process of securing permits and...

Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR, allows us to quickly identify a pathogen from a small sample. This rapid identification is a helpful change from...

Posts about Cost-Effectiveness:

The Hidden Cost of Staying Too Long: Why Reducing Infections Could Free Up Beds and Budgets

Understanding GPOs: A "Grocery Store" for Healthcare Supplies

What is the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER)?

Hospital Acquired Infections and Hospitals Acquired by Private Equity: The Dangerous Correlation

Making the Case for Healthcare Innovation, Part 3: The Business Case

Making the Case for a Healthcare Innovation (Part 1): What Data Is Needed?

How To Make the Case for a Healthcare Innovation

How Do Hospitals Spend Money? An Introduction

DALYs and QALYs + HAIs: The Costly Connection

What are QALYs and DALYs?

How Can a Healthcare Investment Increase Market Share AND Reduce Cost of Care? Focus on Infection Prevention.

PCR & Infection Control: Impacting Patient Outcomes