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Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, discuss the evolution of hospital/physician relationships from alignment to engagement and integration as a critical path for the improved performance necessary to achieve greater value. They focus on the…
As the patient-centered medical home model gains momentum, providers must strike a balance between evidence-based best practices and patient care preferences. Donald Lurye, M.D., CEO of the Elmhurst Clinic in Illinois, talks to H&HN Senior Editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about managing this…
Kaiser Permanente developed a home-based model of palliative care that uses an interdisciplinary team of providers to manage symptoms and pain, provide emotional and spiritual support, and educate patients and family members on an ongoing basis about changes in the patient's condition. One…
This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders are facing as they move into 2013. It is written within the context of health care consolidation that is occurring at all levels.
Three hazards involve health IT system-related technologies While today's health technology advances provide countless new ways to improve patient care, some also create new opportunities for harm. And with the evolution of health care information technology systems such as electronic health…
Bernard J. Tyson, a Kaiser Permanente employee and leader for 28 years and its chief operating officer and president for the last two, will take over from retiring chairman and CEO George Halvorson in a series of steps over the next six months. Halvorson announced in October that he would step down…
Efforts to improve U.S. health care must include payment reforms that encourage greater efficiency and reduce waste. Over the past six years, 25 states have pursued changes in how their two major public insurance programs for low-income families—Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance…
'Commitment to caring' and 'quality improvement' and'patient engagement' are more than catchphrases at UNC Hospitals. They are embedded in the culture at the 804-bed academic center in Chapel Hill, N.C. For example, Commitment to Caring teams identify opportunities and follow up with plans to…
For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shifting from predominantly communicable diseases spread by germs to chronic ailments. This shift has been accompanied by a deeper understanding about what keeps people healthy or leaves them vulnerable to…
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