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The American Hospital Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.

Turning to nurses for design
In her book Notes on Nursing, originally published in 1859, Florence Nightingale stressed the importance of a number of environmental factors that are now understood to be critical to patient care, such as cleanliness, noise control, natural light and views of nature. Nurses have long…

Appointments
Appointments • The Houston County Health Care Authority appointed Richard O. Sutton system CEO of Southeast Alabama Medical Center and president of the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine as of May 16. In this role, Sutton has executive oversight for Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Alabama…

Century Club Growing
Century Club Growing Number of Americans 100 years old and older: 1980: 15,000 2000: 50,281

Health care CEOs can build engagement by cultivating physician leaders
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…

Massachusetts General Hospital wins Foster G. McGaw prize for community service
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…

Using predictive analytics to make the most use of Big Data
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.

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Policy

The Ins and Outs of Physician Payment After Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Reform
On April 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

Data about obesity, schizophrenia, patient lies
Our Obesity Problem 36.5% of American adults are obese. Here’s how it breaks down by age.

Hospitals step up efforts to fight opioid abuse epidemic
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…
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