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The hospital board and physicians, plus more news for health system trustees

AHA Resources Understanding board’s role in hospital–physician relations The American Hospital Association's Center for Healthcare Governance invites hospita

The Importance of Cybersecurity and Information Sharing

Nearly every day, the news brings word of another data breach at a major corporation.

The Importance of Reducing Nonbeneficial Care

The overuse of antibiotics in both medicine and livestock has been making headlines recently, and patients and community members may be turning to you with questions.

The key to a successful relationship with your CEO

During the course of my 50-year health care management career, it has been my experience that the most successful CEOs maintain an effective working relationship with their board.

The key to new payment programs? Data management.

Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit

The most vexing problem in IT

The once-arcane concept of interoperability among information technology systems has become a mainstream issue, rising from the backrooms of IT departments up to C-suites and the boardroom.

The new health care consumer looking at finances, value

Patients are morphing into health consumers, shaped by paying first dollar for health care services.

The One Trait that Consistently High-performing Health Systems and Hospitals Share

Consistently high-performing health systems and hospitals share a common trait. Their leadership teams are exceptionally humble.

The Path to Lower Readmissions Lies in Patient Support

Snapshot A crucial part of population health is keeping patients healthy outside the hospital.

The Patient Down the Street

My 79-year-old neighbor is a month into her third attempt to quit smoking.