Becker's Hospital Review
{{Short description|Medical trade magazine}}
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Becker's Hospital Review is a medical industry trade magazine{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/us/salaried-doctors-may-not-lead-to-cheaper-health-care.html
|title=Apprehensive, Many Doctors Shift to Jobs With Salaries
|author=Elisabeth Rosenthal |date=February 13, 2014}} that does its own research, supplementing this with government-released data and U.S. News & World Report rankings. It is published by ASC Communications, Inc., an Illinois corporation owned or controlled by its registered agent, Scott Becker, and lists with the Illinois Secretary of State its offices as being located at 77 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. It covers its field from the prospective of those involved: doctors,cites http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/25-highest-paid-physician-specialties-by-hospital-ownership.html
{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/health/patients-costs-skyrocket-specialists-incomes-soar.html
|title=Patients’ Costs Skyrocket; Specialists’ Incomes Soar
|author=Elisabeth Rosenthal |date=January 18, 2014}} hospitals, and those who pay: patients and the general public (via taxes and insurance premiumsciting https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/rwjbarnabas-health-cfo-focuses-on-strategy-in-industry-under-economic-siege.html {{cite news |newspaper=Crain's New York Business
|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-pulse/community-group-petitions-health-department-block-lenox-hill-project
|title=Community group petitions Health Department to block Lenox Hill project
|author1=Jonathan Lamantia |author2=Jennifer Henderson |date=October 9, 2019}}). Some of these topics come together, such as a hospital's payout for disclosing a patient's HIV information to the person's employer, and reviewing how their privacy policy can accommodate the needs of hospital staff, those being treated, and the employer's insurance personnel.{{cite news |newspaper=Crain's New York Business
|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170914/PULSE/170919943/new-health-plan-model-offers-patients-lower-premiums-for-using-just-one-health-system
|title=New health-plan model offers patients lower premiums for using just one health system
|date=September 14, 2017}}
Government web sites refer to their information, and they summarize legislative hearings, albeit much of this is press releases by various agencies.{{cite web
|url=https://www.va.gov/mountain-home-health-care/news-releases/jhqvamc-customer-service-highlighted-by-national-publication
|title=JHQVAMC Customer Service Highlighted By National Publication |date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022}}
Overview
Their data has impact: a nurses' union's 2011 public statements cited Becker's data to justify their demands.{{cite news
|newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/montefiore-nurses-may-strike-on-jan-10/
|title=Montefiore Medical Center Nurses Issue Strike Note
|date=December 28, 2011}} Becker
|url=https://www.paulsonandnace.com/doctor-bias-is-real-and-its-a-serious-problem
|title=Doctor Bias Is Real – and It's a Serious Problem
|quote=There are 4 common types of bias .. 'Anchoring biasis: the tendency to rely too heavily on one piece of information' .. or}} and they cite, review and analyze{{cite magazine |magazine=CIO
|url=https://www.cio.com/article/2384463/why-healthcare-providers-aren-t-happy-with-ehr-systems.html
|title=Why Healthcare Providers Aren't Happy With EHR Systems
|author=Brian Eastwood |date=July 1, 2013}} surveys and rankings,{{cite web
|url=https://www.advisory.com/en/daily-briefing/2021/05/10/cms-ratings
|title=CMS just gave 400+ hospitals five stars. See how yours fared
|quote=CMS recently released ... decreased, ... Becker's Hospital Review reports
|date=May 10, 2021}} including how various subgroups of medical practitioners are affected.{{cite web
|url=https://www.merritthawkins.com/uploadedFiles/MerrittHawkins/Content/News_and_Insights/Articles/Diversity_Healthcare_Leadership_Whitepaper_2021%20v2.pdf
|title=Healthcare Diversity in the Spotlight
|quote=track six diversity .. article CITATION: K. Gooch, "More Women have lost Healthcare Jobs More than Men", Becker's Hospital Review, June 16, 2020}} A Bank's securities industry review about using Artificial Intelligence opened with some of Becker's numbers."Becker's Hospital Review notes that 65 percent of physicians are overworked and 58 percent said that their time with patients has decreased." {{cite web |website=key.com (KeyBank is a Member of FDIC)
|url=https://www.key.com/businesses-institutions/business-expertise/articles/artificial-intelligence-top-3-opportunities.jsp
|title=Artificial Intelligence: Top 3 Opportunities for Healthcare Technology
|date=September 2018}}
Notable information sources{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/04/financial-distress-among-doctors-hospitals-despite-covid-19-weighs-heavily-economy
|title=Health-care spending fell, and hospitals furloughed workers
|date=May 4, 2020}}{{cite news |newspaper=Washington Post
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/19/health-workers-covid-vaccine
|title=Many health-care workers have not gotten a coronavirus vaccination
|date=March 19, 2021}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/coronavirus-dc-maryland-virginia/2021/03/01/88aafaf0-7a9c-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html
|title=J&J vaccine to boost supply in Maryland, Virginia this week
|date=March 1, 2021}} cite their annual rankings and "Top" lists.
=Lists=
Among the categories for which Becker's' produces lists are:
|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2019/04/22/only-one-st-louis-area-hospital-named-to-great.html
|title=Only one St. Louis-area hospital named to 'great hospitals' list
|author=Brian Robbins |date=April 22, 2019 |access-date=October 20, 2022}}
- Top Places to Work in Health Care (including Work/Life Balance){{cite news |newspaper=BizJournals.com (Kansas City)
|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2022/05/19/kc-hospitals-ranked-beckers-list.html
|title=Two Kansas City-area hospitals earn spots on national ranking of best places to work in health care
|author=Ellen Cagle |date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=October 20, 2022}}
- African-American Leaders in Healthcare{{cite news |newspaper=BizJournals.com (Birmingham)
|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2020/03/09/two-metro-bham-hospital-execs-named-on-national.html
|title=Two metro Bham hospital execs named on national list of leaders to know
|author=Tyler Patchen |date=March 9, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2022}}
History
Their founder/publisher is Scott Becker, a partner at McGuireWoods, who "also served as chair of the national health care practice at McGuireWoods."{{cite web
|url=https://denvermedicalstudygroup.com/may-20th-scott-becker-publisher-of-beckers-healthcare-and-beckers-hospital-review
|title=May 20th, Scott Becker, Founder & Publisher of Becker's Healthcare and Becker's Hospital Review
|access-date=May 26, 2021}} They began in 2007, and compete with 1976-founded Modern Healthcare.
In addition to their ratings services, Becker, who is also a CPA, partners with Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting firms, to collect and analyze hospital data.{{cite news |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal
|url=https://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/files/2013/04/deloitte_healthcare_memo_2013-04-22.pdf
|title=April 22, 2013 Monday memo Health reform update
|date=April 22, 2013}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal
|url=https://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/files/2013/02/deloitte_healthcare_memo_2013-02-25.pdf
|title=Monday Health reform update |date=February 25, 2013}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal
|url=http://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/files/2013/08/deloitte_healthcare_memo_2013-08-19.pdf
|title=Health Reform update |date=August 19, 2013}} Their industry coverage includes personnel changes.{{cite news
|newspaper=AdWeek
|url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/health-giant-anthem-hires-former-whirlpool-executive-to-oversee-marketing-efforts
|title=Health Giant Anthem Hires Former Whirlpool Executive
|date=May 7, 2019}} During the 2020 coronavirus period, they collected and reported on healthcare spending, including employee layoffs. A notable user-contributed collection of articles references them.As of late July 2021 there are more than 250 hits for {{cite web
|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%22beckershospitalreview.com%22+site%3Awikipedia.org
|title=how many times is beckershospitalreview.com used on wikipedia?}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.beckershospitalreview.com Official website]
- [https://russellinvestments.com/-/media/files/us/insights/institutions/defined-benefit/articlereprintbeckershospitalfivequestionshospitalandhealthcarefiduciariesshouldask.pdf Russell Investments' Lisa Schneider's Becker's article: Five Questions Hospital and Healthcare Fiduciaries Should Ask] (Russell Investments)
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