David Weldon

The growing demand at hospitals and healthcare organizations is for a strategic CFO -- someone who truly sits at the right hand of the CEO as a strategic partner.

America's physicians are a frustrated lot -- fed up with long hours, increased regulations, and changes in reimbursement practices. As a result the healthcare industry is scrambling just to keep up when it comes to physician hiring.

Competition for skilled healthcare workers is fierce, and that's why some healthcare organizations are turning to teleworking to give them a competitive advantage.

America has a major drug problem, but it's not the one that probably comes immediately to mind. It is a continual and rotating shortage of important drugs.

Anticipated shortages in healthcare professions are causing savvy healthcare organizations to turn to labor forecasting and workforce planning strategies.

Much public discussion about the Affordable Care Act has focused on the health insurance exchanges. But a lot of work has gone on behind the scenes to support the exchanges, including the creation of thousands of new jobs.

The healthcare industry is undergoing dramatic change, which means a new role for the hospital chief financial officer. CFOs must now be more strategic, and possess some very specific skills and experiences.

An effective workplace safety program is imperative in healthcare settings to ensure the well-being of workers and hold down costs related to worker injury.

Many hospitals use group purchasing organizations to buy in bulk and keep costs down. But group product purchasing also complicates the product supply trail, often leading to errors that prevent fulfillment, delivery and payment.

As medical supply prices have steadily risen in recent years, many hospitals have turned to group purchasing organizations to buy in bulk and keep costs down, but group product purchasing also complicates the product supply trail, often leading to errors that prevent fulfillment, delivery and payment.