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The Principles of Lean Can Lead to Better Population Health

Lean principles and processes have become important tools for transforming health care delivery, transparency and cost.

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 Key Role of Trustees in Nurse Retention

Engaging and retaining nursing staff can help drive organizational performance, including improving patient safety, satisfaction and outcomes.

What rural hospitals need to know about MACRA

Trustee talking points The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rolled out a new Medicare physician payment system. The system will affect payment star

Partnering with post-acute providers for better care

Hospital executives are facing a relatively new challenge: managing the financial risk of bundled or capitated payment after a patient is discharged.

Hospital-acquired conditions drop 17%

Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report that found a 17 percent decline

The Engine that Powers Population Health

When physicians, executives and trustees look at the pros and cons of assigning a patient's total cost of care to a physician, they can't get bogged down in philosophical arguments over fairness or

Mental Disorders Outgrow Other Costly Conditions

Cases involving mental disorders and their associated expenditures increased more than those of heart disease, cancer or any of the other top five costliest conditions, according to an

5 inconsistent terminologies that hurt health care

Hospitals and health systems throughout the country face many of the same challenges.

Well-being and value

Burnout takes its toll on physicians. It can also take its toll on health care, and it’s become a growing concern for hospitals and health systems across the country.