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Cyber intrusions continue to plague health care organizations and the impact has been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic as resources and personnel are stretched thin and cyber attackers take advantage of increased vulnerabilities. As we move through the pandemic, we expect the rate and severity of cyber intrusions to rise. Here are five steps that pharmacy leaders can now to prepare and protect against cyber intrusions as well as to limit the impact when they occur.

“We’re going to see a strong recovery over the next six months in terms of health care utilization, with overall outpatient demand surpassing 2019 volumes. However, not everything will return to pre-pandemic levels,” said Madeleine McDowell, MD, FAAP, principal and medical director for Sg2.

Clinical value analysis, in its essence, is a decision-making platform where the clinical value analysis team pulls data and information from various sources to tell a story around the initiative at hand. Most health care leaders believe their hospital supply chain and clinical strategy teams are working in alignment to achieve organizational goals for cost and quality of care. However, in our experience that is often not the case.Here's three ways to strengthen the relationship between hospital contracting and clinical value analysis teams

It sounds simple, but one of the secrets to success for food service managers is to know your business. Food service managers are challenged every day to justify spend, capital investment, manpower and productivity. A solid benchmarking process that is adaptable and can be maintained will provide you with an understanding of where your hospital fits within today’s competitive market as well as the data that’s needed to make the best decision for your hospital. Here’s four steps to ensure your food service benchmarking process is optimized to provide the most valuable information that you need for your stakeholders.