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Rocking the boat can be the best course for hospital boards

Many board members at local, independent hospitals have expertise in a wide range of industries, but they often do not have specialist skills in governing hospitals in today’

The Regulatory Burden on Hospitals and Health Systems

Trustee Articles
Every day, health systems, hospitals and post-acute care (PAC) providers – such as longterm care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies – confront the daunting task of complying with a growing number of federal regulations.

The Imperative for Strategic Workforce Planning and Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Trustee Articles
A critical need exists to elevate the discussion about workforce planning and development to ensure it becomes a standing, rather than crisis-driven, component of comprehensive strategic planning for hospitals and health systems.

Health System-Physician Relationship Continuum

Trustee Articles
This monograph will focus on the Board’s role in plugging into how these processes are carried out within their organizations and on how the Board role is evolving. Among other things, we will address the characteristics of relationships among health care organizations and physicians that, if nurtured and respected, will enable the challenges of tomorrow to be more easily surmounted.

Outpatient Care Inspires New Building Design

Snapshot As inpatient utilization declines, outdated rural hospitals can meet their community’s changing needs by building or converting to ambulatory-driven life enhanceme

The 8 types of ambulatory care settings

Trustee Talking Points Trustee Talking Points Cost is driving a rise i

On the road to fight lung cancer

Carolinas HealthCare System’s Levine Cancer Institute last month launched the first-ever mobile unit with a CT scanner as part of the health system’s effort to address lung ca

Massachusetts General Hospital wins Foster G. McGaw prize for community service

For years, Caitrin Houlihan sought solace in drugs and alcohol.

Filling your physician needs

A medical staff development plan identifies your community's needs for physicians. It establishes your hospital or health system's physician need and recruitment priorities.

Too old for the childrens hospital?

Trustee talking points Three percent of patients admitted to children’s hospitals are at least 18 years old, and trends indicate that their numbers will only grow.