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Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Northwest Medical Center-Springdale and Lower Bucks Hospital appoint CEOs.
Robert Kaplan and Harry Wolberg from the Harvard Business School discuss six fundamental practices for value-based health care, which they say aims to improve the outcomes experienced by patients at lower total costs to society.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: Study says preschoolers are at ‘golden age’ for forming lifelong healthy habits, and the extraordinary effect a nurse has on a patient’s health.
Livingston HealthCare in Montana used a grant to streamline behavioral health treatment and screen primary care patients, and Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs, Va., partnered with a pharmacy software company to ensure its uninsured and chronically ill populations have access to needed…
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Cone Health appoints chief academic officer; Intermountain Healthcare Bear River Valley Hospital names administrator; and Holy Family Hospital selects CFO.
Also in this roundup of health care news: experts share insights on managing the diabetes epidemic; and foreign-born physicians make up a significant — and humanitarian — presence in health care.
We must continue to think deeply about how we can continue—and improve—the ability to serve America’s underserved populations.
By using its comparative database, deploying community health workers and convening diverse community partnerships, Navicent Health has exemplified what it means to be an equitable organization.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: a nurse’s approachable health videos catch on; and executive moves in the field.
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Broward Health in Florida names acting CEO, Driscoll Health System in Texas appoints COO, and Memorial Hospital East in Illinois names administrator.