Governance Effectiveness
Hospital and health system leadership teams may look to partner with other organizations in an effort to gain capabilities for evolving care and payment arrangements. While many partnerships have been successfully completed in recent years, participants all too often indicate that their…
Ransomware is a new threat facing computer systems worldwide. Boards of health care organizations need to understand its risks and make sure they are taking steps to mitigate or eliminate vulnerabilities that lead to ransomware attacks.
Nonprofit health care entities are operating today in an environment of uncertainty and unpredictable change. Significant disruption is occurring on many fronts, including the uncertainty surrounding federal legislation, regulatory changes in federal health coverage and payment rules, requirements…
Population health is a hot topic. But what does it mean in practical terms?
Population health encompasses clinical and nonclinical approaches for improving health, preventing disease and reducing health disparities. It also means creating a society that gives all individuals an equal opportunity…
Technology permeates almost every corner of health care. Patient records, the operating room and primary care providers are all increasingly interconnected.
What would having the best reputation in the business do for your business? In answering this question, most leaders would respond, “Everything!”
The same applies to hospitals. Reputation is one of the most important drivers of a hospital’s or health system’s success.
Last year, the American Hospital Association challenged itself to answer this question: “How can we best support good governance in the changing health care environment and reach the widest audience possible?” As a result of extensive study and feedback from the field, the AHA has…
Health care is constantly changing. At perhaps no time in our history has that been truer as science and technology converge to transform not only how we deliver care but how patients experience it.
How can health care trustees stay on top of these changes and help prepare for those that…
Let’s face it, designing a strategy is challenging in the best of times. Add to this the uncertainty of the health reform landscape, and strategy design seems almost impossible. The complexity of working with unknowns, coupled with a strong need to create value, requires that hospitals…
A strategy to acquire something — a physician practice, an ambulatory surgery center or another hospital — can be desirable for improving an organization’s care for its patients, their families and their communities. Service fragmentation and duplication add cost…