While financial worries continue to plague healthcare leaders, the ability to contain costs may have reached a plateau.

A study by Kaufman Hall, a strategic and financial consulting firm, that was reported by Healthcare Dive analyzed more than 600 hospitals and found that cutting labor costs and implementing efficiencies and improvement efforts could only go so far.

The U.S. healthcare system could save between $200 million and $500 million per year if 50 percent of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients were discharged the same day, as reported by JAMA Cardiology. A Canadian study showed that same-day discharge (SDD) after PCI was associated with a 50 percent reduction in costs, with a mean saving of U.S. $1,086 per patient, and European studies of this subject have also reported significant savings per patient.

Yet despite the evidence, many hospitals are still missing out on this significant savings opportunity and the rate of same-day discharge after PCI remains low.

Data-driven decision-making for cost containment and quality improvement initiatives has increasingly proven its worth with insights empowering hospitals to make changes for the better. But progress has been stalled by gaps in interoperability and siloed data, with executives stymied and unable to use analytics to their full potential.

According to a new survey by HIMSS Analytics, only one out of four healthcare organizations are leveraging their data at an executive level on an everyday basis, and while 67.9 percent have an executive dashboard to support strategic decision-making, just 35.1 percent of those organizations are using it daily.

The United States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other industrialized nation yet ranks at the bottom of the list for quality of care. Where some see a problem, Matt Esham sees the chance to do better.

“That delta between being the biggest spender and having the worst outcomes equals an opportunity,” says LUMEDX’s Director of Business Intelligence.

Although 90-95 percent of cardiac catheterizations in the U.S. are performed through the femoral artery, radial access has been found to be a safer, faster, more comfortable, and more cost-efficient approach.

Here are some of the reasons why providers should consider switching to radial access in their quest for the Triple Aim—better patient satisfaction, improved care and lower costs.

That the financial challenge of running a hospital ranked as the top concern in an annual study by the American College of Healthcare Executives should come as little surprise to anyone in the industry. Overwhelmed by the fact that revenues are growing at a considerably slower pace than ever before, providers are left scrambling for ways to bring down expenses without sacrificing quality.

Excellent care to patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and aortic valve replacement with coronary artery bypass surgery (AVR+CABG) has earned Orlando Health an Overall 3 Star Rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

In the interest of cost containment, hospital executives need to eschew tradition and get creative with things such as cutting-edge performance analytics, according to a new report.

Progress towards value-based care has stalled, according to a new study from Quest Diagnostics, due to a lack of quality metrics and analytics insights from data.

As electronic health records become ever more ubiquitous, physicians appreciate the value they bring to the hospital setting but would like to see them take things a step further, according to a new study.