HospitalCareers.com is a national platform with job postings from hospitals affiliated with 18 other state hospital associations. VAHospitalCareers.com was created as a VHHA member recruitment website oriented towards the hiring needs of Virginia hospitals and health systems. In addition to statewide exposure, participating VHHA members also benefit from national exposure at no additional costs through…
Where does Virginia rank relative to other states when it comes to patient access to physicians? That question is put in perspective with a new data resource from Merritt Hawkins, the nation’s leading physician search and consulting firm, and a VHHA Shared Services’ endorsed physician search provider. Merritt Hawkins’ Physician Access Index ranking system tracks…
Did you know that your Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) scorecard may be over-reporting potential quality issues? Many PSIs have multiple exclusions that can be identified through a simple chart review by a FairCode-trained physician. For example, if an elderly patient falls and breaks their hip during admission, how do you know they didn’t break their…
Virginia has identified prescription drug abuse as one of the greatest patient safety dangers facing the Commonwealth today. Drug overdoses, babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) from opiate withdrawal, and providers inundated with patients seeking narcotics to treat persistent pain have greatly increased in recent years. Meanwhile, physicians are under greater scrutiny about prescribing…
VHHA Services is rebranding itself by changing its name to VHHA Shared Hospital Services – a name that more accurately reflects the benefits of its programs and offerings to VHHA members. (VHHA Shared Hospitals Services will soon unveil a new logo as well.) VHHA Services was founded by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association in…
Merritt Hawkins, the nation’s leading physician search firm and a VHHA Services Endorsed Business Partner, conducts a national survey to determine the amount of inpatient and outpatient revenue physicians generate on behalf of their affiliated hospitals. Sent to nearly 4,000 hospital chief financial officers nationwide, the survey generates vital data that is used by hospitals…
In 1919, the American Medical Association estimated $3.6 billion was spent in the United States on health care annually, equating to 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). In 2014, the total exceeded $3 trillion (an 83,000 percent increase), equating to about 17 percent of GDP. A lot has changed between 1919 and today in…
Merritt Hawkins, VHHA Services’ endorsed physician recruitment services company, has released its 2015 Physician Access Index, a national survey that tracks nearly three dozen metrics that influence access to physicians, physician assistants (PA), and nurse practitioners (NP) in each state. As patients seek quicker access to physicians through urgent care centers, retail clinics, telehealth services,…
Truven Health Analytics invites those interested to participate in a free webinar (Nov. 13, 2015, 2:30 p.m. EST) with the theme “What does it take to become a high performing health system?†Participants will hear from Truven Health Analytics’ Associate Chief Medical Officer, Byron Scott, MD, MBA; and Senior Vice President for Performance Improvement, Jean…
VHHA Services is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned www.VHHAServices.com website. It is expected to go live today. The new website features an updated look that allows for simpler online navigation of the shared hospital services, programs, and offerings endorsed by VHHA Services. Members are encouraged to review the site when exploring resources…
