1.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(10): 33, 35-8, 2009 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19960812
ABSTRACT
In a tough economy, it's tempting to fixate on volume, margin and other business indicators. But successful leaders never lose their focus on mission and values.
Subject(s)
Economic Recession , Hospital Administration , Leadership , Morals , Organizational Objectives , Ethics, Clinical , Humans , Inservice Training/organization & administration , Organizational Culture
2.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(9): 32-6, 2009 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19813589
Subject(s)
American Hospital Association , Awards and Prizes , Efficiency, Organizational/standards , Quality of Health Care/standards , Humans , Michigan , National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division , North Carolina , Total Quality Management , United States
3.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(8): 25, 27-30, 1, 2009 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19764365
ABSTRACT
Predicting whether the nation faces a serious shortage of doctors is difficult, relying in part on assumptions about demand, demographics and distribution. This foldout offers a statistical snapshot of current and future physician demographics.
Subject(s)
Demography , Physicians , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Medicare/economics , Medicine/trends , Middle Aged , Physicians/economics , Physicians/statistics & numerical data , Physicians/supply & distribution , Prospective Payment System/economics , Prospective Payment System/trends , Specialization , United States
4.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(6): 7 p following 32, 2009 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19606624
5.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(6): 55-6, 1, 2009 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19606628
ABSTRACT
Create incentives? Employ physicians? Put quality measures into contracts? Everything is fair game, say CMOs participating in a recent roundtable.
Subject(s)
Cooperative Behavior , Medical Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/organization & administration , Efficiency, Organizational , Hospitalists , Humans , Medical Staff, Hospital/economics , Organizational Objectives , Quality of Health Care/organization & administration
6.
Trustee
; 62(6): 13-20, 2009 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19579446
7.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(5): 8 p following 32, 2, 2009 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19580085
ABSTRACT
Caring for children raises different quality and safety issues. This foldout looks at four critical risk factors and whether pediatric hospitalists are right for you.
Subject(s)
Hospitals, Pediatric/standards , Medication Errors/prevention & control , Pediatrics/standards , Safety Management/methods , Baltimore , Child , Humans , Medical Informatics Applications , Organizational Case Studies , Pediatrics/methods , Quality of Health Care , Risk Factors , Societies, Medical
8.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(4): 5 pages following 24, 2009 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19462713
ABSTRACT
A skillful, motivated workforce is a competitive advantage. This foldout section looks at five common mistakes made when developing leaders and how to avoid them, and it describes four steps hospitals can take to become a learning organization.
Subject(s)
Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Hospital Administration , Leadership , Staff Development , Curriculum , Forecasting , Humans , Learning , Organizational Objectives , Social Responsibility , Teaching , United States
9.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(3): 33-40, 1, 2009 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19391430
ABSTRACT
Understanding how people shop for health care is an effective strategic and financial planning tool. Consumer loyalty takes more than curing their ailments.
Subject(s)
Consumer Behavior , Financial Management , Health Services/statistics & numerical data , Marketing of Health Services/organization & administration , Communication , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Quality of Health Care , Research Design
10.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(1): 27-33, 2009 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19266726
11.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(12): 33-40, 2009 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20112758
Subject(s)
Hospital Information Systems/organization & administration , Hospital Planning/organization & administration , International Classification of Diseases/organization & administration , Abstracting and Indexing , Algorithms , Budgets , Forecasting , Humans , Inservice Training , Organizational Innovation , Personnel, Hospital/education , Planning Techniques , Professional Staff Committees , Program Development , Program Evaluation
12.
Hosp Health Netw
; 83(11): 8 p following 36, 1, 2009 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20063601
ABSTRACT
Policymakers thought after they eased Stark and antikickback statutes that hospitals would be "handing out EMRs like Halloween candy" to physician practices. It didn't happen. What are the barriers to digitizing docs? How can we move forward?
Subject(s)
Hospital Information Systems , Medical Records Systems, Computerized , Practice Management, Medical , Humans , Organizational Policy , United States
13.
Hosp Health Netw
; 82(11): 5 p following 42, 1, 2008 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19093412
ABSTRACT
Nurses are the key to hospital efforts to improve patient safety. This foldout section examines Transforming Care at the Bedside and other initiatives designed to help nurses become safety leaders.
Subject(s)
Efficiency, Organizational , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Safety Management , Humans , Medical Errors/prevention & control , Nurse's Role , Nurse-Patient Relations , Nursing Care/standards , Program Development , Quality of Health Care
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Hosp Health Netw
; 82(10): 35-42, 2008 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19031842
Subject(s)
Hospital Administration/standards , Patient Satisfaction , Patient-Centered Care , Quality Indicators, Health Care , Total Quality Management/methods , Attitude to Health , Hospital-Patient Relations , Humans , Organizational Objectives , Patient Participation , Personnel Selection , Social Support , United States
16.
Hosp Health Netw
; 82(9): 54-7, 2008 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18841685
Subject(s)
Awards and Prizes , Hospital Administration/standards , Hospitals, Urban/standards , Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration , Total Quality Management/organization & administration , American Hospital Association , Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499 , Humans , Medical Errors/prevention & control , Medical Errors/statistics & numerical data , Michigan , Models, Organizational , Organizational Culture , Planning Techniques , Professional Staff Committees/organization & administration , Safety Management/organization & administration , United States
17.
Hosp Health Netw
; 82(9): 58-9, 2008 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18841686
Subject(s)
Academic Medical Centers/organization & administration , Awards and Prizes , Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration , Total Quality Management/organization & administration , Academic Medical Centers/standards , American Hospital Association , Creativity , Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over , Humans , Leadership , Michigan , Organizational Culture , Safety Management/organization & administration , Thinking , United States
18.
Hosp Health Netw
; 82(9): 60, 2008 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18841687
Subject(s)
Academic Medical Centers/organization & administration , Awards and Prizes , Total Quality Management/organization & administration , Academic Medical Centers/standards , American Hospital Association , Benchmarking , Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499 , Humans , Organizational Culture , Safety Management , South Dakota , United States
19.
Hosp Health Netw
; 82(9): 61, 2008 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18841688
Subject(s)
Awards and Prizes , Hospitals, Religious/organization & administration , Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care/organization & administration , Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration , American Hospital Association , Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499 , Hospitals, Religious/standards , Humans , Pennsylvania , Quality Indicators, Health Care/organization & administration , United States
20.
Hosp Health Netw
; 82(6): 8p following 32, 2008 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18666733
ABSTRACT
With capital harder and harder to come by, hospitals must get back to basics to impress the markets. This foldout section offers advice from financial experts.
