Leadership & Management

As a hospital or health system executive, you are likely to find yourself having many opportunities — or requirements — to provide presentations. These presentations may be to small groups or large groups, fellow executives or community members, experienced staff…

What happens to a hospital's marketing campaign when it affiliates with its crosstown rival?

I've spoken to dozens of hospital associations so far this year, and by and large, leaders are all too familiar with the big changes facing their organizations. Most everything is in a state of flux: reimbursement, market competition, physician employment,…

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health intends to lay off 900 employees, 100 more than it initially announced in September, according to an Inside Indiana Business report.

Nashua, N.H.-based St. Joseph Hospital has eliminated 54 positions, resulting in 18 layoffs, according to a report by The Telegraph.

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., has cut 33 leadership positions, according to a report by WALB.

Exeter (N.H.) Hospital is cutting its workforce through layoffs, hour reductions and elimination of open positions, according to a Seacoast Online report.

Many healthcare systems and physician groups are now focused on transitioning into a business model that emphasizes value production as opposed to volume production. Value in this context is defined as outcomes per dollar of cost, and both variables in…

James Sanford, director of client services for Objective Health, will share his expertise on hospital cost management at the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting in May 2014.

Of all American healthcare organizations, safety-net hospitals are facing one of the largest curveballs, as nearly 30 million Americans stand to gain coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act beginning in 2014. Nationwide, only 2 percent of acute-care…