Whitepapers

Acute pain management remains fragmented across hospitals and departments. Protocols vary by unit. Teams operate in silos. Nonopioid options are underused. Patients fall through the cracks — especially during transitions of care. Without a coordinated approach, health systems face higher…

Mercy, a 55-hospital system based in St. Louis, set out to overhaul shift coverage and reduce reliance on premium labor. Four years later, it has built a scalable workforce model that increases flexibility, fill rates and staff satisfaction. So far,…

Manual inventory processes once cost Texas Children’s Hospital millions annually in drug waste and inefficiencies. To close costly blind spots and gain control over medication use, the system implemented RFID-enabled pharmacy automation. The result: real-time visibility into inventory levels, expiration…

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions now cost the U.S. more than $420 billion, yet many payer-led interventions fail to engage patients early enough to prevent low-value procedures and rising costs. This new report from TailorCare shows what happens when patients are guided…

Oregon Health & Science University runs 53 ORs across 4 sites and performs nearly 39,000 cases a year. With financial pressure and rising surgical volume, perioperative leaders needed a faster, more reliable way to staff rooms and sustain morale.  This…

Regional anesthesia is moving from “nice to have” to a core component of orthopedic care by easing pain, accelerating recovery and expanding what’s possible in outpatient surgery. Yet many groups leave clinical and financial value on the table due to…

Nearly half of hospital revenue cycle leaders say denials are their top financial concern — outranking labor shortages, reimbursement cuts and analytics gaps. While many teams focus on rework, high-performing hospitals are looking upstream. This short report offers 10 strategies…

How proactive CFOs are protecting revenue, strengthening compliance, and preparing for sweeping Medicaid changes Q1 2026 is coming fast—and with it, Medicaid cuts, tighter margins, and new documentation and compliance requirements. Hospitals in ACA expansion states and rural communities face…

Managing locum tenens at scale is rarely efficient. For one Mid-Atlantic academic medical center, a fragmented approach led to high costs, siloed departments and internal competition for providers. But a centralized, vendor-neutral strategy changed everything. By overhauling its locum tenens…

More than 200 industry leaders have spoken: the 2025 Trends in Specialty Drug Benefits Report, co-sponsored by Genentech and Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG), is here. This executive summary captures how payers are resetting specialty drug strategies and what that means…