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Why Your Hospital Should Ditch Its IT System

Snapshot Complaints about poorly performing IT systems are valid.

Culture conflict and strategic partnerships

The not-for-profit hospital board and the for-profit clinic board had agreed to create a separate board for the new cancer center joint venture, but negotiations were bogged down.

Risks can be clinical, too

A strategy to acquire something — a physician practice, an ambulatory surgery center or another hospital — can be desirable for improving an organization’s care for

How to Grow the Amount of Women on Hospital Boards

In many ways, women are on the front line in health care — as consumers, employees and family caretakers. They possess firsthand knowledge of community health issues and needs.

Millennials' Turn at the Top

Trustee talking points Although millennials increasingly fill the workforce, they’re not filling the health care leadership ranks at the pace of previous generations.

Successful discharge planning starts early

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sharpens the sticks and sweetens the carrots to encourage health care providers to reduce avoidable readmissions, better discharge planning has b
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What Hospital Board Members Need to Know: A Seven-Point Framework for Navigating COVID-19

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital and health system boards play a critical role to assure plans, policies and resources are in place.

By the patient, for the patient

By the time Warren J. Smith III met Kavita Bhavan, M.D., he had had dozens of surgeries stemming from a motorcycle accident that shattered his leg.

Why a health care CEO may need a chief of staff

One of the outgrowths of transformational change in health care has been a significantly expanded workload for CEOs.

The Path to Lower Readmissions Lies in Patient Support

Snapshot A crucial part of population health is keeping patients healthy outside the hospital.