Nate Silver, perhaps the most well-known statistician of his time, shared a few tips with Harvard Business Review for professionals to develop data literacy, integrate "stat-heads" throughout an organization and maneuver colleagues' resistance to numbers.
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A bottom-up approach to performance measurement may be the key to improvement in both education and healthcare, according to a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Healthcare organizations have been described by management legend Peter Drucker as "the most complex systems ever designed by man." To those of us working within these structures, this observation comes as no surprise. Multiple stakeholders, cross-functional services, cutting-edge technologies and…
As the healthcare industry transitions from a fee-for-service to a fee-for-performance model, it is becoming increasingly clear that rather than relying on chance, ensuring long-term success for a physician organization requires a targeted strategy to both define and deliver intended…
In November 2009, Debra Wright, RN, MSBA, stepped into the corner office as CEO of Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville — that is, Nashville, Ark. The 20-bed critical access hospital sits within a city of about 5,000 people halfway between…
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In an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, Tony Mira, president and CEO, discusses three articles in the current issue of Communiqué — a publication released by Anesthesia Business Consultants — that address the question of how anesthesia and pain management…
Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, said the transition to value-based care is being slowed by "criticism, misunderstanding and a reluctance to do things differently," according to a Harvard Business Review blog post.
Tulsa, Okla.-based Hillcrest Healthcare System is laying off about 50 employees, or roughly 1 percent of its workforce, according to a Tulsa World report.
Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance plans to cut roughly 125 employees from Franciscan St. James Health-Olympia Fields (Ill.), Franciscan St. James Health-Chicago Heights (Ill.) and related outpatient clinics, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
More hospitals resemble hotels these days, ramping up amenities, food and other creature comforts in an effort to improve the patient experience. A photo quiz from the New York Times shows just how difficult it's become to distinguish the two.