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Leadership & Management

We hear a lot about "accountability" in healthcare — from the boardroom, to the workplace, to new payment methodologies like "accountable care organizations" — but most people don't have a clue about what the word really means.

New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has succeeded in delaying the closure of Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn until at least Sept. 11, according to a report from The Sun News.

Applying old strategies in a new landscape with different rules is a recipe for failure, according to a column from Forbes, and healthcare providers need to ensure their innovation efforts aren't reinventing the wheel.

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Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine is trying to increase the representation of women on its faculty by reinforcing an organizational culture that accepts the use of work-life benefits, according to a Harvard Business Review blog post.

Hospitals are facing plenty of pressure to expand externally, whether through consolidation or taking on more risk through insurance offerings. But Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the blog…

It's an informative tale in a recent New York Times article ("In Need of a New Hip, but Priced Out of the U.S.") about Mr. Michael Shopenn and his hip. Mr. Shopenn went to Belgium and paid around $13,600 for…

Improving core clinical operations is critical for hospitals to achieve the real benefits of clinical integration. The Huron Consulting whitepaper "Overlooked Opportunities for Significant Performance Improvement and Cost Savings" shared the following nine questions hospitals can use to self-assess their…

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