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Granting physician privileges

A friend of mine who’s a colorectal surgeon in a city far from my home in Utah told me a fascinating story recently about how colonoscopies are performed in the hospital where he practices.

Building efforts focus on efficiency

From bottlenecks in emergency departments to communication breakdowns between departments to lengthy walks down corridors, hospitals face daily inefficiencies that can affect patient ca

Who Is Accountable for this Patient?

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Payers in population health contracts are using claims data to identify the physician responsible for a patient’s health and spending. It’s an inexact science that can aggravate providers before empowering them.

Performance-based Contracts Require Greater Board Oversight

Hospitals and health systems increasingly are entering performance-based contracts as part of the trend toward population health and value-based care.

How to Maximize Board Retreat Success

The measure of board retreat success can be summed up in one simple statement: “That was a good use of my time.” Developing retreats that leverage leadership time and resources and deliver meaningf

Tech for techs sake?

Trustee talking points As health care becomes more complex and shifts its emphasis from volume to value, decisions on buying technology also need to become more sophisticated.

Meet Nancy Agee, the AHAs chair for 2018

Carilion Clinic President and CEO Nancy Howell Agee is nothing if not a visionary leader.

Cybersecurity: Its clinical, too

Imagine this text message shows up on your smartphone: “Dear John, we have complete control of your pacemaker software.

Improved joint venture performance through enhanced governance

In today’s health care environment, the need for collaboration has perhaps never been stronger, with hospitals and health systems pursuing partnerships in a number of ways, including alliance

Painting a portrait of your patients

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