Millions of patients present to the emergency department (ED) each year with chest pain. As the second-leading ED presentation, unspecified chest pain is a significant concern for emergency medicine teams, as they must identify and diagnose those cases that require further markup and potential intervention. TeamHealth utilizes HEART Score to help clinicians decide which patients…
The post-acute care landscape continues to evolve in response to significant shifts in healthcare. One notable change is the increase in substance use disorders in post-acute care. Innovative solutions are needed to diagnose and treat these conditions. TeamHealth’s Substance Abuse Committee is an example, providing resources, training, and mentorship for clinicians to properly manage substance…
As healthcare shifts from fee-for-service to value-based care, quality-driven post-acute care is crucial for maintaining patient health and long-term outcomes. Innovative solutions are needed to meet the challenges faced by post-acute care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs), and nursing homes. Therefore, choosing a partner capable of assisting post-acute care organizations…
The opportunity to improve patient experience in perioperative spaces remains largely untapped. However, this critical juncture is vital for care quality, patient retention, and more. Programs targeted to improve anesthesiology patient experience can have wide-ranging positive effects. Systematic deployment of clinical education and communication is central to TeamHealth’s proprietary patient experience program, APEX. Anesthesiology Patient…
May 4, 2023
The term “value-based care” has become synonymous with change in healthcare in recent years. While the idea behind the model has long roots in American healthcare, the iterations we now see have complex evolutions and require adaptive responses from all levels of the healthcare industry. Decades of history and recent events helped shape the landscape…
April 9, 2024
In January 2021, TeamHealth’s hospital medicine service line began a robust length of stay (LOS) pilot project, spearheaded by the Length of Stay Committee, to determine proof of concept for the TeamHealth LOS Program. The project’s aim was to determine if the implementation and execution of the TeamHealth Hospital Medicine Length of Stay (LOS) program…
January 31, 2024
When a Florida healthcare system desired to standardize perioperative protocols, they engaged their existing anesthesia partner, TeamHealth, to lead implementation of a perioperative care pathway that would standardize clinical care and reduce patients’ use of narcotics. The Challenge Targets defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and National Health Care Priorities for…