Magazine & Journal Articles
American Hospital Association magazine and journal articles.
This article outlines the benefits of ERGs while identifying ways for institutions to support involved staff, both internally and publicly, who are primarily volunteers. Black employees who are part of ERGs may feel burnt out and this article focuses on their involvement in ERGs and ways their…
This article takes a look at accountability and how to begin to establish it at varying levels of an organization.
A survey of more than 19,000 HBR readers found that one particular culture style differentiated the diverse and inclusive organizations from those that were not: a learning-oriented culture that emphasizes flexibility, open-mindedness, and exploration, and can equip organizations with the ability…
Laura Castellanos, associate director at the American Hospital Association, discusses how to develop a human trafficking victim identification and response program.
A number of studies – many paid for and supported by the pharmaceutical industry – have come out in recent years examining the 340B drug savings program. The AHA has responded to a number of these studies attempting to set the record straight on the 340B program.
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The May 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved highlights linguistically identified populations and heath care settings. The articles include:
There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality and patient safety outcomes in hospitals. This research models shows how transformational leadership, safety climate and continuous quality improvement initiatives are related to objective quality and…
This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital readmission rates, the strongest being measures of access to care. HSR reports that after accounting for patient-risk factors and community socioeconomic factors, as well as accounting for hospital…
The April issue of Health Services Research journal is now available. Covering topics in variations, quality and cost of care, the issue includes articles on geographic and racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes, electronic health records use to develop measurements for care processes and…