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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

Reinventing the health care foundation board

Trustee talking points Philanthropy is growing in importance as health care transforms toward new models.

The Role of the CEO in Health Care Philanthropy

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Foundation board members can strengthen their philanthropy efforts by understanding the growing role of the CEO in order to develop a productive and proactive working relationship.

Charleston Area Medical Center Creates Culture of Quality in Winning Baldrige Award

This year’s winner of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the health care category, Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center

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.

Most Wired hospitals using tech to drive efficiency

Many hospitals and health systems across the country have put the technological pieces in place to drive efficiencies and improve patient care and the patient experience, but they still have room f

Hospitals and health systems consider paths to increasing value

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

How to Create Exceptional Patient Experiences Without Exception

• Patient experience is growing in importance as a performance measure for hospitals, especially as patients become more savvy health care consumers.

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.