The Burning Platform: Producing Change in Difficult Economic Times

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An HFMA Healthcare Financial Pulse Resource

How are financial and economic pressures creating a "burning platform" for health care, and how can healthcare leaders bring about change in their organizations?

HFMA President and CEO Dick Clarke describes improvements that can help hospitals survive the burning platform and successfully pursue a value strategy in this special section of the Governance Institute's BoardRoom Press.

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