Strategy

Most executives will lead the development of a business, organizational or IT strategy for their department or hospital within the first few years of their career. In the past, strategy and planning documents pointed to priorities that were usually obvious…

No matter what happens with the current health reform legislation, hospitals in the coming decade will have less money and more demands upon them to improve efficiency, outcomes and safety. Since institutions will have to do more with less, strategic…

Mayo Health Services in Rochester, Minn., will begin sharing best practices and resources among its regional health centers and hospitals in order to improve quality of service and costs, according to a report in The Post-Bulletin. 

2009 was a year of hospitals trying to make sure costs and headcounts were in line with business and trying to make sure payor relationships and revenues stayed solid. 2010 is looking like a more strategic year — a time…

Springfield, Mo.-based St. John's Health System has announced that its children's hospital will become an affiliate of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, according to a report by the News-Leader.

The board of trustees at Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., voted to explore potential partnerships for the hospital with larger health systems, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times.

Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth and York, Pa.-based WellSpan are evaluating a strategic alignment, according to The Sentinel.

Healthcare industry veteran George Pillari, managing director for turnaround firm Alvarez & Marsal's Healthcare Industry Group in San Francisco, predicts a "crisis of volumes" ahead for hospitals.

In just eight years, BayCare Clinic has become an extremely profitable, high-quality, physician-owned organization serving the Green Bay, Wis., community. The chief medical officer for BayCare is Paul Summerside, MD, FAAEM, who also serves as the president of the board…