Articles
Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Leadership, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety
The hospital board and physicians, plus more news for health system trustees
AHA Resources
Understanding board’s role in hospital–physician relations
The American Hospital Association's Center for Healthcare Governance invites hospital executives, board members, clinical leaders and others to view a three-part webinar to help health systems continually assess physician relationships and develop collaborative, mutually beneficial strategies for effective recruitment, retention, high-quality patient experiences and outcomes, clinical innovation and transition of leadership.
Workforce Supply and Demand, Workforce
Appointments
Appointments
• The Houston County Health Care Authority appointed Richard O. Sutton system CEO of Southeast Alabama Medical Center and president of the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine as of May 16. In this role, Sutton has executive oversight for Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation and Medical Center Barbour. Sutton was CEO for three Banner Health Northern Colorado Hospitals, North Colorado Medical Center, McKee Medical Center and Banner Fort Collins Medical Center.
Financial Oversight, Care Delivery, Workforce
Century Club Growing
Century Club Growing
Number of Americans 100 years old and older:
1980: 15,000
2000: 50,281
Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning
History repeats. Sort of.
Merriam-Webster offers one definition of revolution as “a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc.” That sounds pretty darn close to what hospital and health system leaders — including board members like yourself — are dealing with right now, doesn’t it?
In this issue of Trustee, we have articles that support the notion of a health care revolution today — and one article that provides a more surprising perspective.
Table of Contents
Features
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Cover Story
Patient Insights
Consumer segmentation is a business strategy long used in the retail world. Here’s how several hospitals and health systems are adapting it to better understand their patients, improve care and meet the demands of population health management. | By Lola Butcher
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Governance
History Lessons
Governance Effectiveness, Leadership, Care Delivery, Strategic Planning
News about boards, the VA, VTEs, and minority and behavioral health
Governance
Great Boards spring newsletter available
The spring issue of the American Hospital Association’s Great Boards newsletter features articles on mission stewardship and governance staffing. Administered by the AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance, the free quarterly newsletter examines hospital and health system governance trends and effective practices.
Delivery System Transformation, Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Nurses, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Physician Workforce, Strategic Planning, Leveraging Technology, Issues & Trends, Workforce
Using predictive analytics to make the most use of Big Data
Is there a more intimidating phrase out there today than Big Data? It sounds like some sort of bully. Oh-oh, avert your eyes, Big Data is swaggering this way.
Delivery System Transformation, Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
How many new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year?
Cancer Forecast
1,685,210 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. this year.
595,690 people are expected to die in the U.S. this year.
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
In Brief April 2016
Strategy
Webinar: Board’s role in population health
The Center for Healthcare Governance is offering a recorded webinar available on demand titled “Gearing Up for Population Health: How Boards Can Lead With Influence.” The webinar outlines four key steps for boards: defining population health for the organization, translating that into a strategic priority, working to leverage contacts in the community and forming a population health committee. Visit www.americangovernance.com.
Delivery System Transformation, Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Operational Excellence, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
3 lessons about health care transformation from the Center for Healthcare Governance symposium
The Center for Healthcare Governance winter symposium in February was a terrific event, and not only because it gave some of us a chance to thaw out in the Phoenix sunshine. This was my first CHG meeting since becoming editor of Trustee in the fall, and what impressed me most was how eager attendees were to get their arms around all the changes now going on in health care.