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Dousing clinician burnout

Slowly and surely, we’ve been burning out a generation of doctors and nurses. The numbers are startling: Over 50 percent of physicians report one or more symptoms of burnout.

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.

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

The Pathway Back to the Board Room

With careful assessment, health care boards may consider a return to the board room in 2021.
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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.

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

The Path to Lower Readmissions Lies in Patient Support

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

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.