Workforce
A panel discussion taking place at MGMA-ACMPE's annual conference in San Antonio Monday morning focused on the state of healthcare with an eye toward the future.
Our complex healthcare system is often challenging for those who work in it. For those who don't -- patients -- a new brand of companies is rising up to help. Patient navigation companies may be patient-centric but they will impact the way the traditional healthcare system does business.
According to a PwC Saratoga report on human capital effectiveness in the United States, organizations across a variety of industries, including the hospitals sector, continued to control costs and manage an evolving workforce in 2011. Organizations also experienced increases in turnover and continue to struggle with quality of hire and high performer retention.
In a live webcast Tuesday, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) called on healthcare organizations to step up quality and error reporting.
As part of the Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA) annual conference Oct. 21 to 24, industry experts will be presenting 30-minute education sessions on various topics in the Healthcare Innovations Pavilion in the conference exhibit hall.
Physician practices that create an empowered, deft workforce aligned around a central philosophy have the ability to react and adjust quickly to change and are better prepared to maximize revenue and flourish during tough economic times.
Bestselling author Patrick Lencioni has penned eight books on leadership and organizational health and is the founder and president of San Francisco-based management consulting firm The Table Group. Lencioni will speak at the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference in San Antonio on Oct. 23. He recently discussed his presentation with Healthcare Finance News Editor Rene Letourneau.
Electronic health record systems vendor Allscripts announced Monday that it has hired Richard J. Poulton as its new CFO. Poulton will step into the role on Oct. 29.
A new survey of America's physicians doesn't offer any surprises but paints a gloomy picture of the state of mind of the country's physician workforce.
Kaiser Permanente's longtime chief executive officer and chairman, George Halvorson, announced Thursday his plans to retire in December 2013. The nonprofit health system that he has helmed since 2002 is beginning a search for his replacement.