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Responding to a Community Mental Health Crisis
How collaboration with community partners and identification of resources allowed Carroll Hospital to improve coordinated behavioral health services.
Improving Quality Through Physician Engagement
Trustee Articles
From accountable care organizations to clinical integration, forging a close bond between physicians and hospitals for improved quality results is now an imperative.
Governing for Quality in a "No-Outcome, No-Income" World
Trustee Articles
There’s hardly a health care board member, past or present, who hasn’t heard of the age-old governance mantra “no margin, no mission.” For years this simple phrase captured what most trustees came to believe was their primary obligation: to ensure the financial viability of their hospital or health system. Days cash on hand, debt coverage ratio and net operating margin were key measures that defined high or low performance.
Rural ACO Builds on Quality Programs
Trustee Magazine Articles
After years of preparation, nine rural hospitals and physician groups form an accountable care organization to focus on prevention.
Ten Ways to Improve the Board's Use of Quality Measures
Trustee Articles
Hospital and health system boards are being overwhelmed by hundreds of quality indicators from numerous sources. Many are required or linked to payment incentives, but some are part of voluntary improvement programs. Amidst the deluge of numbers, leaders could miss valuable, potentially actionable information.