You Can’t Recruit Your Way Out of Rural Healthcare’s Biggest Problem by Patrick Quinlan, MD Rural healthcare has a workforce problem. At least that’s the diagnosis. The prescription has remained largely unchanged for decades: recruit more doctors, recruit more nurses, recruit more specialists. Offer signing bonuses. Increase salaries. Expand residency programs. Hire locums. Hope for […]
How to Save Rural Hospitals Now, Not Next Year by Patrick Quinlan, MD Rural healthcare is facing a crisis. Hospitals are closing. Providers are burning out. Patients are traveling hours for care that should be available close to home. Fortunately, help is on the way. Unfortunately, it may arrive years too late. Across the country, […]
Why Health Tech Fails Without Behavior Change – and What Actually Works Healthcare isn’t short on technology. The real constraint is how it gets used in practice. That might sound surprising in a field overflowing with innovation. But across more than 50 Hippo pilot programs spanning health systems, post-acute providers, and rural care, one pattern […]
Real Remote Care Solutions for Rural Maternal Health A new report by the CHQPR shows that fewer than 41% of US Rural hospitals still provide Maternal Health services, down 5% since 2020. An additional 13% are in danger of closure (127 rural hospital maternal health units). For rural mothers, this means no local maternal healthcare […]
Hippo Technologies Experiences Global Growth and Innovation in 2023 2023 was an incredible year for global growth and innovation here at Hippo Technologies. We always find great benefit in looking back as we move forward, so that’s what we’ll do in this blog post. But, before we dive in, we want to say a huge […]
Why Telehealth Is Failing During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of patients were introduced to telehealth, as it was often their only option if they wanted to see a healthcare provider. According to a report by Trillian Health, telehealth volume peaked with 76.6 million visits — or more than a quarter of […]
Hippo Virtual Care Making A Difference to Wound Care at Michigan Medicine At Hippo, we’re always looking to highlight innovative people in the healthcare community. We recently sat down with Dr. Alton R. Johnson, Jr. to talk about his role as a current Fellowship Innovator in the 2023 “Research | Innovation | Scholarship | Education” […]
Addressing Gaps in Chronic Wound Care with a Virtual Approach Chronic wounds significantly affect patients’ quality of life, leaving many immobile, unable to work, and financially unstable. They can increase the length of a hospital stay, put patients at a higher risk for infection, and increase the likelihood of readmission due to complications. In the […]
Arab Health Exhibition: Establishing a resilient healthcare system in MENA With the world still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing health dangers posed by climate change, there has never been a greater need for a resilient healthcare system in the MENA region. This year, the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress brings together over […]
Reduce Readmissions Rates by Bringing the Specialist to the Patient July 25, 2022 Hospital readmissions are costly, and they can indicate a breakdown in care. The current readmission rate in the US is 14%, which adds up to 3.8 million people being readmitted to the hospital every year. The average cost of which is $15,200 […]