The slow transition to pay-for-performance is a tricky time for hospital and health system leaders, a phase often compared to having one foot in the canoe and the other on the dock. Here are five can't-miss resources for hospitals making…
Strategy
There is no shortage of challenges in healthcare today. One of the most significant challenges is managing what economic futurist Ian Morrison calls "life in the gap," according to an American Hospital Association report. The "gap" is this awkward period…
The following is a blog post reprinted with permission from AchieveIt.Okay, so this is going to be one of those "you've got to be kidding me" moments, what many of us call a BFO: Blinding Flash of the Obvious. An…
Here are nine strategic investments by hospitals made in the past month, beginning with the most recent.
A proposed partnership between Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System and Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is one of the latest examples of hospitals' strategy to consolidate healthcare services to better manage patients' health through the continuum of care, according to a…
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To meet goals of improved quality and reduced costs in today's changing healthcare environment, hospitals are being forced to be creative and flexible in their strategies. As part of the transformation to value-based care, many hospitals are beginning to focus…
The odds seem to be stacked against the majority of hospitals' strategic initiatives. Whether its inadequate resources, poor planning, low employee morale, resistance to change or unsupportive change management, about 70 percent of hospitals' and health systems' strategic initiatives to…
Forward-looking strategy will be the main focus of discussion at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Chief Executive Officer Strategy Roundtable to be held Nov. 1 , 2012, at the Ritz Carlton Chicago.
Here are 10 strategic investments hospitals made in the past month and a half, beginning with the most recent.
A popular quote from the teachings of Buddhism says that, "An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."