Senior Principal Ryan Brooks works with the research team in providing research, analysis, and contributions in the areas of healthcare collaboration and partnerships, telemedicine implementation, EHR optimization, and value-based care transition. Prior to joining NIC, he served as Clinical Administrator for multiple service lines within the Johns Hopkins Health System, where he focused on patient throughput strategies, regulatory compliance, and lean deployment throughout the organization. Brooks received his Bachelor’s in Health Services Administration from James Madison University and his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.
Senior Housing | healthcare | medicare
By: Ryan Brooks | September 05, 2023
In a discussion addressing gaps in care at the 2023 NIC Spring Conference, Dr. Bruce Leff, Director of The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, addressed the importance of understanding the functional status of residents.
Executive Survey Insights | Market Trends | Senior Housing
By: Ryan Brooks | August 15, 2023
NIC launched its Executive Survey Insights (ESI) series in March 2020 to provide timely insights on key property operational metrics within the senior housing and skilled nursing sectors during a critical time. Since this survey series was launched, more than 50 waves of the survey captured the property market’s performance through numerous challenges – COVID-19, labor deficiencies, supply shortages, threats of a looming recession, inflation, and rising expenses.
Executive Survey Insights | Market Trends | Workforce | staffing
By: Ryan Brooks | July 13, 2023
“The June 2023 ESI again asked respondents to identify the share of full-time positions across their organization that are currently open. The responses indicate an improvement in the number of open positions that are impacting communities.
Business Environment | Executive Survey Insights | Market Trends | Senior Housing
By: Ryan Brooks | June 13, 2023
“A new series of questions in the May 2023 survey, suggested by April 2023 ESI survey participants, asked about the utilization of third-party referral aggregators. Of respondents who are currently using third-party aggregators, almost two-thirds (64%) successfully convert less than 25% of the third-party generated leads.