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The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featuring case studies and interviews from leading experts. Additionally, an online-only article examines communication strategies and physician engagement. Trustee subscribers can view for free. For further…
Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming and frequently cited statistics from the Institute of Medicine: medical errors result in the death of between 44,000 and 98,000 patients every year. Health care professionals whose focus is on…
A key objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new reimbursement and payment methodology is to shift the nation's health care delivery system from one that is paid based on volume to a payment system based on value. To cross the chasm between a fee-for-service health…
Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check. Improving transitions of care? Check.
The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer health care payment and delivery systems to promote higher performance. This opportunity will be squandered, however, unless Medicare and Medicaid work collaboratively to develop a common framework for…
Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years and is not expected to reverse — has implications for their employment contracts, particularly restrictive covenants, or non-compete clauses.
Patient-reported experiences of care are an important focus in health disparities research. This study explored the association of patient-reported experiences of care with race and acculturation status in a primary care setting. 88 adult patients (African-American 34 %; Hispanic—classified…
Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis of diabetes can have life threatening consequences. This multimedia program examines how three ethnic communities in California are dealing with diabetes and how culturally-based approaches to…
Now, more than ever, hospitals and health system CEOs cannot sit on their hands as new care delivery models, payment systems and other changes flood the health care system. For CEOs and other leaders who may believe the new health care reforms and social norms will not apply to their institutions,…