Issues & Trends
American Hospital Association content on issues and trends in the health care field.
Trustee talking points
Health care is undergoing rapid transformation, and developments in 2017 should prove no exception.
Hospital trustees need to stay on top of trends sweeping the field.
New payment structures, cost pressures and system integration — combined with …
By now, you, as a hospital board member, are familiar with three terms that are driving much of the transformation underway in our field: value-based care, population health management and the continuum of care. To achieve the goal of improving the quality of the services our organizations…
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.
It is generally accepted that board diversity is good for governance. Especially in health care, a board needs to be a mirror of the diverse people and communities it serves. And it needs to have different voices and viewpoints to challenge itself and come up with new ideas — for the people…
Patients are morphing into health consumers, shaped by paying first dollar for health care services. At the same time, people have become multichannel omnivores of information and entertainment, enabled by mobile platforms and Wi-Fi networks available where they live, work and play. They’re…
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Health systems now require enterprise data warehouses to create a foundation for future analytics.
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement is driving the need for sophisticated analytics systems that can…
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…
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.
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
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