Kevin Fleming and Caleb Stowell from Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health talk about how their system addressed clinical variation. Also: Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany debut Beyond the News, a deep dive into a current hot topic in healthcare.

Navigant's David Burik discusses the challenges hospitals face with their electronic health records and how to maximize their systems to achieve an ROI. Also, five key elements to an effective analytics solution.

Episode links:

Death by a Thousand Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong

Return on Analytics: Addressing the Signals in the Noise

Chad Mulvany, HFMA's director of healthcare finance policy, perspectives and analysis, shares insights on technological developments that are disrupting the industry.

Episode links:

Healthcare Business News

HFMA Dollars & Sense

Hospitals Should Prepare for Industry Disruption by Empowered Consumers

Disruptive Partnerships and Innovation

Computer hackers have been around almost as long as computers themselves, but the risks to healthcare organizations are growing. On today's episode, we explore cybersecurity in hospitals and health systems--what information hackers want, what to do after a breach occurs, and how to avoid one in the first place.

Links:

Safeguarding Electronic Protected Health Information: A Non-Technie Guide for Healthcare Leaders

Low-Cost Strategies to Strengthen Cybersecurity

CFOs Play a Key Role in Cybersecurity Planning

Nicholas Mendyka of the University of Virginia Health System Medical Center discusses price transparency, and HFMA director Todd Nelson talks about the revenue cycle of tomorrow. Also: five things patients can do to avoid surprise bills (and why hospitals should tell them).

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Avoiding Surprises in Your Medical Bills

Imagine Tomorrow's Revenue Cycle at HFMA's Revenue Cycle Conference, March 20-22 in Austin, Texas

Olakunle Olaniyan, MD, MBA, FHFMA, president of Case Management Covenants, discusses what the United States can learn from other countries when it comes to maternity care. Also: an interview with Matt Houston of GHX about adoption of automated payment processes and five fast facts about hospital mergers and acquisitions. Sponsored by GHX. 

Kristen Mazurek of Geisinger Health talks about the challenge of conversations with inpatients for whom care is not routine. Also, the latest healthcare finance news and key performance indicators for value-based payment.