Governance Effectiveness
For years, Caitrin Houlihan sought solace in drugs and alcohol. She started smoking marijuana at age 12 and gravitated toward painkillers, angel dust, cocaine and heroin in her teens. “Where I grew up, it was very acceptable,” Houlihan, 38, says of her Boston neighborhood. “That’s how I knew how to…
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.
Soon patients may have no excuse to miss a doctor appointment.
MedStar Health, which serves Maryland and Washington, D.C., recently teamed up with Uber, the ride service, to provide patients with a reliable option to get to and from their medical appointments safely.
Perhaps the greatest challenge health care organizations face over the next decade is physician engagement. As integration and value-driven care continue to advance, physician leaders will be increasingly called upon to meet the demands of a changing landscape.
“Effective physician leadership will…
Brandon (Fla.) Regional Hospital has a new nurse recruitment strategy: It’s hiring registered nurses fresh out of nursing school and enrolling them in weeks- or months-long residency programs to learn the technical skills needed to care for patients in critical care and other specialty areas.
The American Hospital Association announced appointments to the 2016 Committee on Governance, a specialty committee of the board that provides input for the AHA’s policy development, leads involvement of hospital trustees in grassroots advocacy, provides advice on trustee initiatives and…
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Misuse of prescription opioids is reaching crisis proportions in the United States, with an estimated 44 people dying every day from an overdose of such painkillers.
The problem cuts across demographic and geographic categories, enveloping the…
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Performance data give Medicare and other payers the ability to measure the value of health services.
Value-based competition will thoroughly disrupt health care markets and will favor innovative players.
Providers will need to reconsider what…
As health care organizations and clinicians join together to address a broader spectrum of health needs, more attention is being focused on how to improve both individual and community health. For many reasons, the American Hospital Association, the Institute of Medicine, the Robert Wood Johnson…