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What it Takes to Be the New CEO

Snapshot With hospitals moving beyond their four walls to establish ambulatory care facilities, take on financial risk and pr

Case study: Wisconsin hospital embraces NPs as hospitalists

When the independent primary care group that served Rusk County Memorial Hospital started referring patients to a competing facility in another community, the critical access hospital in Ladysmith,

Consumerism Hits Health Care

Snapshot Faced with growing financial responsibility for their health care, individuals are behaving more like consumers when making care decisions.

AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees

Governance AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees The American Hospital Association board of trustees in July approved a plan to strengthen the AHA’s role in s

New views on womens services

Trustee talking points The 2014 birthrate for women ages 25 to 29 was 106 births per 1,000, just slightly higher than the rate of 101 per 1,000 women ages 30 to 34, according t

How to Improve the Patients ED Experience

One of the first — and sometimes only — place patients experience a hospital is the emergency department, where many first and lasting impressions are made.

Hospitals and health systems consider paths to increasing value

Trustee Talking Points Trustee Talking Points Performance data give Medicare and other pay

Re-evaluating diagnostic testing

Hospital radiologists and pathologists are on the receiving end of orders for scans and tests. But they can’t do their work alone.

Empowering a Healthy Culture

Trustee Articles
Boards need to assess troubled areas in their organizations, set goals for improving the culture, and hold leaders accountable for change.

Serving Older Emergency Patients with Extra TLC

Trustee Articles
Hospitals large and small recognize the value of special protocols and services for older patients who seek emergency care.