In this Issue

Spotlight: Ann-Marie Alameddin, President and Chief Executive Officer at AzHHA

A Word From our Expert: Dr. Robert Falk, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at 3DR Labs

Jason Carney, Vice President of Anemia Management “Making a Profound Impact on Healthcare”

Announcements

Webinar Registration: New Year, New Focus: Driving Supply Chain Cost Savings in Ancillary Services

In the Spotlight

Ann-Marie Alameddin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association

Ann-Marie Alameddin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) discusses bringing together ideas and voices together across the state to solve problems facing patients and healthcare organizations across. +More

Deaconess Health System named a 2019-2020 Best Hospital by U.S. News and World Report

For the second year in a row, Deaconess Health System was named a Best Hospital by U.S. News and World Report and ranked #2 in the state of Indiana, out of more than 160 hospitals statewide. +More

Supply Chain Management Can be The Cornerstone for Savings

A recent analysis by Navigant found that supply chain spending costs are nearing $25.7 billion a year, and that number continues to rise despite hospitals’ efforts to reduce it. +More

“This solution is an efficient and effective way to reduce burden of anemia, with the potential to have a dramatic impact on chronic care management and population health management…”

– Jason Carney, VP of Anemia Management

Industry News

Amazon Unveils HIPPA Compliant Medical Transcribing Service +More
New Research Provides Advance Understanding on Functional Neurological Disorder by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). +More
Labs Use Internal Audits to Prepare as Accreditations Inspections of Clinical Laboratories Become Tougher +More

Current Events

10 Ways to Keep Your Home Safe During the Holidays. +More
Focusing on Your Mental Health Should Be a Priority During the Holidays +More

Expert Excerpt

We interviewed Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Falk of 3DR Laboratories to discuss the demand and scale of 3D imaging as technology improves and having on-demand resource available. +More

Give Back December

Over 37 million people in the United States struggle with hunger. This holiday season we encourage everyone, to give back and do what they can to help. Search the over 200 Feeding America food banks to see how we can help. +More

Fun Fact

The US spends almost three times more on healthcare than any other country in the world, but ranks last in life expectancy among the 12 wealthiest industrialized countries.

Monthly Metric

19.3

Physicians who spend 5 minutes of face-to-face time with the patient will spend another 19.3 minutes, on average, working on that patient’s electronic health record (EHR)

Profoundly Impacting Healthcare

Anemia Management is improving outcomes for surgical patients every day – all while improving quality, safeguarding patients, and saving hospitals and health systems money. +More

Recent Events

Recorded Webinar: Accelerating Lab Transformation with Analytics: Introduction to the Accumen Performance Suite

Accumen Medical Advisory Council Member, Dr. Carla Harmath, spoke at RSNA last week +More

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

When: December 8-11, 2019

Where: Orlando, Florida

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Health System 100

When: December 8-11, 2019

Where: The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL

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