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Valify Attends 2018 Fall HCP Conference, Raises Funds for Chicago Animal Shelter

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Valify recently attended the Health Connect Partners (HCP) Hospital Supply Chain Fall Conference held in Chicago from October 17th to 19th. The goal of HCP is to connect providers and suppliers through educational meetings and conferences. By bringing providers and suppliers together through industry-specific conferences, including Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital O.R. & Surgical, Radiology & Imaging, Hospital Supply Chain and Hospital & Healthcare I.T, HCP accomplishes its mission of providing the best in healthcare education and networking. In addition to connecting with peers, attendees were given access to cutting-edge informational sessions, participated in reverse EXPO sessions with industry leaders, and increased their brand visibility and exposure.

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Behavioral Health: What are you doing for your patients and employees?

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Being Proactive about Behavioral Health

Based on our clients’ major initiatives, we’ve seen an increase in employee and patient engagement wellness projects on our platform over the last six months. These projects mainly focus on the physical well-being of a given population, but what about mental health initiatives?

With the high-profile suicides of celebrities such as Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, and Robin Williams, there is increased concern about mental well-being and its role in overall health and wellness. It’s also very likely that we all have been touched personally by suicide: rates are up 25% since 1999, and suicide is now a top 10 cause of death in the United States. While we’re willing to help our loved ones who are struggling, symptoms are often hidden to seem ‘normal’ and avoided to ‘not feel like a burden.’ Furthermore, 54% of suicide victims have no report of prior mental illness. Continue reading →

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Spotlight on Digital Solutions for Mental Health: The Providence St. Joseph Health Experience

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Finding Digital Solutions for Mental Health

We work with some pretty incredible innovation teams, and Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) is high on our list of favorite partners. Recently, they published an article in Forbes highlighting the impact of digital health initiatives for mental health, and (fun fact!) they used Valify Marketplace (formerly Lucro) for their vendor evaluation.

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Clinical Services: To outsource or To Not Outsource, That Is the Question

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When providers think of purchased services, their minds typically go to facility support, IT, and ancillary services. However, this  scope is too limited and doesn’t encompass the full breadth of what falls under the definition of purchased services. The fact is, there are over 250 clinical services that are categorized as a purchased service including pharmacy compounding services, dialysis services, imaging services, and neurology services.

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Staffing Locum Tenens Webinar

Key Takeaways: Locum Tenens Webinar

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Key takeaways from recent webinar on Dialysis coming soon!

A large percentage of a hospitals overall cost structure is comprised of staffing and related payroll. Yet, the outsourced staffing industry does not maintain adequate transparency when it comes to managing costs to the end users, making price assessments difficult for health systems.

Below we’ve compiled the key takeaways from our recent educational webinar in which we provide information for health systems to more easily assess pricing and best practices when evaluating Staffing and Locum Tenens vendors. Read the synopsis below.

Click here to request the full webinar recording.

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Also check out our in-depth articles on Staffing and Locum Tenens for additional background information.

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Market Analysis: Dialysis

Market Analysis: Dialysis

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Dialysis is a necessary procedure that allows nearly 500,000 patients in the United States with kidney failure the opportunity to live normal, productive lives. The treatment removes waste, salt, and extra water when the native kidneys are no longer able. Though there are several types of dialysis, the most common is Hemodialysis, in which blood is removed from the body, run through a dialyzer, cleaned, and replaced into the body. Dialysis takes three hours to complete and is offered by health systems as inpatient and outpatient treatments.

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Using Purchase Orders to Cut Wasteful Healthcare Spending

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Healthcare spending in the United States is the stuff of legenda massive expenditure that only grows bigger each and every year. According to the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA), U.S. healthcare spending rose 4.3% in 2016 to $3.3 trillion or $10,348 per person. These figures represent a 17.9% share of Gross Domestic Product.[1] While this money does go to securing some truly great healthcare, there is also much waste hidden in these annual numbers. A report by the National Academy of Medicine estimates that the nations healthcare system wastes $765 billion annually, with $210 billion spent on unnecessary or overpriced care.[2] One way health system leaders can drive leaner operations and reduce wasteful spending is through the use of purchase orders (POs).

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Your Hospital Should Regularly Audit Purchased Services Vendors. Here’s Why.

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If you’re responsible for leading a healthcare system, you already know that numerous vendors are required to ensure operations run smoothly. There are the various medical device suppliers physicians depend on for treating patients, janitorial services that keep facilities clean, landscapers that maintain an immaculate exterior, cafeteria services that make sure people are fed, and many other contractors who contribute to a functioning hospital.

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