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Hospitals are Successfully Stepping Up the Fight Against Sepsis

Trustee Talking Points Trustee Talking Points Sepsis is a leading caus

The Rise of the New Health Companies

Snapshot A handful of high-performing hospital systems are coming together to form unique new entities that offer better, more convenient care at lower cost.

Restructure Board Meetings to Create More Engaged Trustees

What if the typical hospital board meeting — multiple hours spent on endless pages of financial data, slide after slide of bullet points and little time left for meaningful discussion —

Making the case for community health workers

Spectrum Health, a Michigan health care system serving both urban and nonurban areas, is striving to quantify the benefits that community health workers provide to patients with chronic conditions.

Board Oversight of Culture for High-Performing Hospitals

Trustee Articles
An external review of workplace operations produces a Leadership Letter with observations and recommendations for continuous improvement, followed by open discussion among the board, CEO and top management.

Top 10 Trends to Watch (and Act Upon) in 2020

Trustee Articles
Continued changes in health care, both evolutionary and revolutionary, will require a steady hand and an open mind.

An Ounce of Prevention Hospitals Look to Prevention for Better Security

[byline] Story by Beth Burmahl with data by Jamie Morgan and Suzanna Hoppszallern   [body]

Prevention, Communication, Prediction: Major Tasks of Health Care IT

If they didn’t know it already, members of the hospital field’s C-suites do now: Keeping health care data out of the hands of cybercriminals is harder than ever.

Shared Savings vs. Gainsharing How Do They Work?

Snapshot Successful shared savings and gainsharing programs are based on controlling costs.

Health Care Costs and Choices in the Last Years of Life

Snapshot As Americans live longer, many endure unnecessary interventional treatments at the end of life, driving up spending while overlooking patients’ desires to die peacefully at