Attracting New Talent in Small Markets: Q&A With Saint Luke's Surgicenter Administrator Janet Gordon Janet Gordon, administrator at Saint Luke's Surgicenter in Lee's Summit, Mo., a town 20 miles southeast of Kansas City, discusses the challenges of attracting and recruiting…
Arthur Casey, CASC, senior vice president of business development for Outpatient Healthcare Strategies, discusses seven ways to foster surgery center culture that emphasizes cost cutting, innovation and profitability.
The following is reprinted with permission from AchieveIt.One of the six reasons why hospital strategic plans fail is lack of focus. Hospital executives typically pile on objective after objective, which requires an ever-increasing number of strategies and tactics to achieve.…
Bozeman (Mont.) Deaconess Hospital is a healthcare bastion in the three-county area of southwest Montana and has earned a reputation of high-quality care throughout the entire state.
Recently, the United States Supreme Court sent a monumental message to healthcare providers and patients across the country when it upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with the sole exception that Congress cannot penalize states that decline to…
Although women comprise 73 percent of medical and health services managers, only 18 percent of hospital CEOs are women, according to a report from Rock Health.
Memorial Health Care System in Chattanooga, Tenn., has announced it will lay off roughly 70 people, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.
The Supreme Court has rescued the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, at least for now. But is it worth saving? And regardless of what happens to the PPACA, what will be the future for U.S. healthcare? These are really tough…
In today's competitive healthcare environment, a hospital's reputation is critical in attracting physicians, patients and potential partnering organizations. Hospitals build their reputations through a variety of means, including word of mouth, awards and accreditations. After working hard to build a…
The quality of surgery center's reputation is a key factor in attracting and successfully recruiting committed, talented physician investors. "I would hope that the center itself is known as being extremely efficient and well-run with top-notch customer service," says Paul…
