Articles
Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Strategic Planning
Painting a portrait of your patients
By Lola Butcher
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
- This is the second in a three-part series on the rise of health insurance exchanges and what they mean for hospitals and health systems.
Delivery System Transformation, Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
As more Americans shop for health care coverage on private insurance exchanges, hospitals face challenges and opportunities
By Lola Butcher
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
- This is the first of a three-part series on the rise of health insurance exchanges and what they mean for hospitals and health systems.
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Nurses, Care Delivery, Physician Workforce, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends, Workforce
Hospitals are Successfully Stepping Up the Fight Against Sepsis
By Lola Butcher
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
- Sepsis is a leading cause of death and the most expensive condition treated in hospitals.
- Nearly half of patients who die in the hospital have sepsis.
- Many hospitals have given sepsis control less attention than other types of patient harm.
- Health systems that make sepsis diagnosis and treatment a priority often are able to reduce sepsis mortality dramatically.