Perspectives on the healthcare industry
Learn how our partners and the ever-changing healthcare industry works daily to improve the lives of patients, providers, and people in your community and around the world.
Community Need Assessments: 27 Years Later
Just because the impetus to complete Community Need Assessments is 27 years old, does not mean that your methodology and data sources should be.
A Critical Tool During Economic Headwinds
3Dhealth acknowledges that these are challenging economic times for our partners, and we are responding promptly to provide assistance. From our viewpoint, hospitals and health systems should concentrate on five key opportunities.
Passively Managing Your Physician Portfolio is No Longer an Option
Hospitals and health systems make massive investments in establishing, growing and maintaining their physician bases, yet many still take a hands-off approach to managing these investments. Those days are quickly coming to an end.
Ron Flower Named Chief Executive
We are excited to announce to our clients, partners and friends that Ron Flower will become our President & CEO at 3Dhealth. Given the exciting news, we thought we would interview our current President & CEO, Shane Foreman, about the purpose and timing of the transition.
10 Answers You Should Know About Your Competitors’ Physician Base
Recently, we have been helping our partners determine the best way to differentiate their physician base against local, regional and even national competition. We start by helping answer ten questions.
Patient Access to Primary Care: What Has Changed?
3Dhealth explores the recent changes patients are experiencing regarding access to primary care physicians. We see that s a physician’s practice became busier, workflows were designed to protect the physician from being overwhelmed by their patients.
A Rational Approach to Projecting Primary Care Growth
Given that 52% of office-based physicians are primary care (and represent 43% of the physician shortage) in the U.S., we are often asked about the best way to project growth across our partners’ primary care base
A Brief History of Vaccines in the US
The topic of vaccine hesitancy, resistance and misinformation is tricky. The conversation has become wildly polarized, political and sometimes religious with global experts dismissed. Here are a few observations from the 3Dhealth team.
The Economic Toll of a Misaligned Physician Base
We are often asked why a hospital or health system should invest the effort in completing a Provider Development Plan. Beyond the argument that having a strategy is wiser than lacking one, there are five key financial factors to consider.
The Unwanted Legacy of COVID-19
The direct physical toll of COVID-19 is abundantly clear. But what is becoming equally clear is the increasing toll of COVID-19 on our mental health.