Tampa, Fla.-based USF Health announced its CEO and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine, Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA, has a vision for the region to become a hub of top-tier healthcare services through disruptive innovation.
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Toby Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, recently detailed his organization's affiliation with Brentwood, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, a for-profit hospital operator, according to a Tennessean report.
PricewaterhouseCoopers identified three major trends driving the healthcare market in its "16th Annual Global CEO Survey — Key findings in the healthcare industry."
Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare: Examples From 3 Top Health Systems Significant changes are occurring throughout the healthcare industry. Click to continue » The Rise of Big Data in Hospitals In and around the healthcare industry there has been a lot…
In the past few years, there has been a heightened focus on collaborative ties between hospitals and other providers. Hospitals have attuned their strategies to include various affiliations, clinical relationships and other community-based partnerships. But to become and remain a…
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Significant changes are occurring throughout the healthcare industry. As hospitals and health systems develop their strategies, they need to determine how to adapt to these changes to be successful in an environment that is moving from fee-for-service payments to pay-for-performance…
In an effort to eliminate efficiencies and streamline processes, many hospitals have turned to Lean, a process improvement framework adapted from the manufacturing-based Toyota Production System. Using Lean strategies, hospitals map out current processes, identify non-value-added steps and redesign the…
Anesthesia group FGTB Holdings this week announced the appointment of Leonard L. Castiglione as CEO.
A recent pilot program to reduce costs of care for chronically ill Boeing Company employees in Washington State provides some idea of the savings that could be realized by accountable care organizations in organizing outpatient care. The Everett (Wash.) Clinic…
With 503 beds, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, in Edinburg, Texas, is one of the nation's largest physician-owned hospitals. Adjacent to McAllen in South Texas, it also is located in one of the nation's poorest regions. Despite this challenge, it was…