Achieving an Aligned Physician Enterprise Through Cultural Transformation
By aligning with physicians and staff members, health system leaders can effect change in their organizations to meet consumer needs and wants.
Trending Toward Home Care: Is Our Health System Ready?
The advancement of telemedicine and home-based technology presents both opportunities and challenges with respect to improving health care and making it safer.
How Health Policy Contributed to the Recent Mega-Mergers Involving National Health Plans
Ken Perez discusses the potential for vertical mergers within health care.
Speeding Up Innovation to Keep Pace With Evolving Demands
In adapting to new payment and care delivery models, healthcare organizations are finding that innovative approaches are more vital than ever. The first step is to identify and address barriers to innovation.
Clinician or Non-Clinician: Stakeholders Weigh in on the Best Fits for the C-Suite
Although clinical leaders often make for effective C-suite members, industry experts say healthcare organizations should prioritize leadership qualities over a specific type of background.
Supporting Programs That Fight Food Insecurity
Todd Goodman, CFO of Florida Hospital, describes a multi-pronged initiative to address food insecurity in the Central Florida region in partnership with community organizations.
Confronting the Loneliness Epidemic
CareMore Health’s Robin Caruso describes a new organizational initiative to address loneliness in at-risk patients.
Methodology Used to Identify Top Procedures Performed at Hospitals and Free-Standing Clinics
Recent research on hospital versus free-standing facility pricing used 2016 Medicare hospital OPPS data as its basis.
Integration Planning, Execution are Key To M&A Success
Having an integration plan that aligns with strategic rationale was among the most commonly cited lessons learned by surveyed finance executives involved in hospital M&As.
From What to How: Moving from Planning to Execution
When data-driven strategy management tools are used, transparency and accountability create speed to solution, speed to execution, and competency in execution.