Amy Floria, CFO of Goshen (Ind.) Health System, discusses the health system's goals and challenges for 2010.
Leadership & Management
Various crisis scenarios threaten hospitals, and when these crises hit, their impact can cause both short- and long-term damage to hospitals, both in terms of reputation and financial performance. Planning in advance for these potential disasters and applying key lessons…
Richard Salluzzo, MD, president and CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare in Hyannis, Mass., believes that current healthcare reform efforts are not likely to result in substantive change to healthcare delivery systems, according to a report by the Cape Cod Times.
The use of hospitalists at hospitals throughout the United States has become increasingly popular. Hospitalist programs can improve patient outcomes and reduce the need for admitting physicians to round on patients, both of which are attractive to hospitals looking to…
Cleveland, Ohio-based Sisters of Charity Health System has named Adnan H. Tahir, MD, chief medical officer of the health system in addition to his current duties as chief medical officer at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, according to a…
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Lean management theory and the implementation of lean processes improvement are becoming increasingly popular at hospitals across the country. Lean principles can improve efficiency, financial performance and patient care. However, unless lean management is introduced properly to an organization, its…
he Toyota Production System, which was developed from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s by top Toyota executives to improve the company's manufacturing processes, is now used by numerous companies across various industries to reduce inefficiencies and improve the overall…
Craig Deao, the research and development leader for Studer Group, and the former senior director of education and networking at VHA, an alliance of 2,200 healthcare organizations, has a great deal of experience in facilitating the exchange of best practices…
Modern Healthcare magazine has named CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas, as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2009, according to a release from Modern Healthcare.
Hospitals rely on many people to ensure that they are running smoothly and are able to provide quality and effective care to their patients. However, if a hospital's staff is dissatisfied or not unified towards achieving a shared vision, many…