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Get Involved, Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
Leadership skills for the new health care era
The headline on this month’s cover story can be taken in a couple of ways, but there’s one important way you as a board member should not take it. As the article makes clear, experience matters when it comes to running a hospital. A thorough understanding of health care operations, regulations, physician relations and everything else that impacts the day-to-day management of a complex organization is critical.
Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
Fundraising Up at Med Schools, Teaching Hospitals
Fundraising at U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals increased more than 7 percent in 2014, continuing a recovery trend from the low-giving years of the recession, according to a survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The 2014 Annual Development Survey analyzed data from 139 AAMC-member institutions reporting development program activity for 2013–2014.
Governance Effectiveness, Nurses, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Physician Workforce, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends, Workforce
What Antibiotic-resistant Germs Cause
Health care must become more diverse in its leadership, governance and staff, and it must work hard to eliminate disparities in care. Here’s why:
Changing America:
• Half of all children in the U.S. will be nonwhite by 2020
• The majority of the population will be nonwhite by 2044