Marty Stempniak

Articles

Governance Effectiveness, Nurses, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Physician Workforce, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends, Workforce

Hospitals step up efforts to fight opioid abuse epidemic

Mar 14, 2016 By Marty Stempniak

Trustee Talking Points

Misuse of prescription opioids is reaching crisis proportions in the United States, with an estimated 44 people dying every day from an overdose of such painkillers.
The problem cuts across demographic and geographic categories, enveloping the young, the old, the rich, the poor and those in between.
The hospital field and governments are taking extra steps to combat the problem, both in prevention of addiction and treat

Delivery System Transformation, Strategic Planning

Will Boeing Change Health Care?

Dec 15, 2015 By Marty Stempniak

• Large employers, aiming to reduce the health costs for their employees, are forming tighter relationships directly with large provider networks, tying the contracts to the Triple Aim.

• Such direct-contracting strategies for now require a command of the whole continuum of care, and an employer large and concentrated enough to make the numbers work.

• Excelling in employer-led accountable care organizations requires new skills like data management and analysis.

Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends

Umbdenstock Reflects on Tenure With AHA, Shares Insight for Industrys Future

Nov 9, 2015 By Marty Stempniak

After 40 years in health care, eight as top executive at the American Hospital Association, RICH UMBDENSTOCK, 65, concluded his career at the end of August. He’s meeting some final commitments for the association through this month, but plans to step away from the field to spend some time with his wife, Barbara, and four grown children. Trustee spent a few minutes with the former health care governance consultant, reflecting on his past and contemplating the future for hospital boards. | Interviewed by Marty Stempniak

What Physician-led ACOs Can Teach Hospitals

Nov 11, 2014 By Marty Stempniak

Framing the issue:

• Physician practices are forming their own accountable care organizations, free of contracts with particular hospitals.

• Early returns have shown that such doctor-led ACOs have performed better than hospitals in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, with some saving millions by reducing hospitalizations.

The Patient Experience

Apr 1, 2013 By Marty Stempniak

PDF version of Gatefold

Research by Marty Stempniak

Maximizing the patient's experience is a hot topic for hospital executives. While this notion isn't new, it's been pushed to the forefront because of satisfaction surveys, increased competition and the Yelp-ification of health care.