By Oleg Bess, MD, CEO and Founder, 4medica August 2022 – Healthcare data continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, thanks to the success of EHRs, introduction of connected consumer clinical devices such as glucose and blood pressure monitors, and rapid proliferation of health-related sensors in our phones and other wearable devices. “Approximately 30% of… Read more »
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Inc 5000 America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies Honors Gibson Consultants
With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 788% Percent, Gibson Consultants Receives Ranking No. 802 Among America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH CAROLINA, August 16, 2022 – Today, Inc. revealed that Gibson Consultants is No. 802 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list… Read more »
Gibson Consultants named to NC Best Employer List 2022
For Immediate Release Wilmington, NC//August 1, 2022 — Business North Carolina is pleased to announce the 2022 North Carolina Best Employers annual list. Specifically, Gibson Consultants earned a place in the small company division. “We’re thrilled to be honored for the culture and benefits we offer, in a way that is meaningful to our… Read more »
Telepsychiatry: A lifeline for your ED
By Andy Flanagan, CEO, Iris Telehealth July 2022 – According to the CDC, approximately 146.5 million patients visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the United States each year. Moreover, patients seeking care in EDs for mental health conditions is growing, nearly two-fold from 2007 to 2016 alone. Hospitals and health systems are already overwhelmed, and the… Read more »
Five Tips for Attracting and Retaining an Engaged Workforce
By Ben Sawyer, Vice President of Market Development for ABOUT Healthcare Inc. June 2022 – The January 2022 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics told a familiar story. The healthcare sector, just behind dining and hospitality, had the most job openings of any industry in the country. More than 1.9 million jobs… Read more »
Are You Capitalizing On The Growth Of Medicare Advantage?
By John A. Selby, Executive Consultant to health plans and related businesses May 2022 – The growth of Medicare Advantage (MA), by almost every measure, is continuing at an explosive rate and the pace is not expected to slow any time soon. The ramifications of this growth are both broad and inviting. Any healthcare related… Read more »
A Different Point of View: Healthcare IT’s History of Magical Thinking
By David Lareau, Chief Executive Officer, Medicomp April 2022 – Every few years, the healthcare industry seems to lose its collective mind over the latest new thing that will solve all our problems and usher in the (dreaded) “new paradigm.” This combination of magical thinking and marketing hype sporadically erupts and then dissipates as reality… Read more »
Gibson Talks: Succeeding at the Intersection of the Four Major Waves in Healthcare for the Consumer
April 2022 – In this edition of Gibson Talks, Ginny Nelson, Director of Executive Search at Gibson Consultants, and Jeff Garibaldi, a senior executive spanning product strategy, technology development, commercial marketing, and operational leadership, sat down to discuss four major waves that are simultaneously impacting healthcare. Q1. Could you identify the major waves that have been forming… Read more »
Accelerating Health Equity Progress: Four Strategies Medicaid Organizations Should Consider
By Bill Lucia, Sellers Dorsey Board Member, & Nancy Smith-Leslie, Director, Sellers Dorsey March 2022 – Health equity has become a strategic priority for many health care organizations, particularly those who serve Medicaid beneficiaries. More than half (61%) of Medicaid’s 73 million low-income beneficiaries identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, or another non-White race or… Read more »
Interoperability: Are We Done? What Next?
By Kiran Kuchibotla, VP Project Portfolio Delivery, Advantasure February 2022 – The healthcare industry invests millions in modernizing technology stacks and building high tech platforms and applications. Yet those platforms and applications continue to be siloed, preventing healthcare institutions from sharing patient data and communicating effectively. In short, these systems still don’t talk to each… Read more »