Operations
The ongoing partial federal government shutdown is having a varied impact on healthcare provider operations. Some have experienced the impact in the form of curtailed survey and certification activities.
How should healthcare executives measure the effectiveness of their marketing communications programs? There is no "one size fits all" formula, but your approach doesn't have to be complex.
Florida's Baptist Health has devised a more efficient way to manage their medical devices and share risk, and it's helping them place real controls on capital costs.
The recession and the mandates outlined in the Affordable Care Act are changing the way hospitals do business, with a greater emphasis on clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, and quality of care and less emphasis on patient volume.
Once an independent hospital decides it wants to join a larger hospital or health system, it must do the footwork to prepare for a merger and find the right partner.
When it comes to aging with dignity and independence, the enduring dilemma of how people and society should pay for needed long-term care services often grabs the spotlight. But while cost remains a top-tier issue in delivering long-term care, quality from the person’s perspective matters regardless of who pays for the care.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is attempting to get a referendum to voters that would create staffing ratios in the state's hospitals. The experience of California hospitals provides insight into the real-world impact of such laws.
Keeping a medical practice going these days has become a complex and pricey endeavor. Near the top of the list of increasing costs: information technology.
The Medical Group Management Association 2013 annual conference will offer a granular focus on the policy and technology issues that matter to physician practices, said Robert Tennant, MGMA's senior policy advisor.
Among the themes at the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference in San Diego next week is the impact of personality -- from using personality for branding to understanding why people do what they do.