Care Delivery
You might conclude, judging by the media fixation on whoever says the most incendiary and idiotic things the loudest, that deep thinking about hard issues has gone utterly out of style.
Emily Friedman proved otherwise. In her writing for this publication and others, she challenged us to examine…
Spectrum Health, a Michigan health care system serving both urban and nonurban areas, is striving to quantify the benefits that community health workers provide to patients with chronic conditions. The initiative demonstrates how wide-ranging health care networks like Spectrum can adapt specific…
“I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure ...”
— Benjamin Franklin, on his role in founding the first hospital in the American colonies
In May 1751, Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin created…
Health care is a fundamental right — a civil right and a human right. Statistically, however, underserved patient populations, often minority groups, receive the worst care nationwide.
While daily work at hospitals and health systems is driven by clinicians, staff and executives committed…
Hospitals and health systems are working hard to achieve the Triple Aim — improving the patient experience of care (both quality and satisfaction), improving the health of populations and reducing the per capita cost of health care.
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.
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…
IBM Watson Health last year formally jumped into predictive analytics and has been on a tear ever since, doing deals and partnering with health care providers and commercial enterprises. For years, IBM had a traditional computer infrastructure business in health care.
Century Club Growing
Number of Americans 100 years old and older:
1980: 15,000
2000: 50,281
Developing health care delivery and payment models to achieve the Triple Aim will be challenging.
Changes in care delivery may include new partnerships among payers, providers, government and the community and across the continuum; greater use of technology to empower clinicians and patients…