PLF hosted a session on achieving team-based health care delivery. David Nash, MD, founding dean ...

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UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

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A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

July 19th, 2012
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Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

July 2nd, 2012
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As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

March 1st, 2012
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My goal in this article is to use the laws of physics to help readers think in new ways about sha...

February 21st, 2012
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Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

January 1st, 2012
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Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

November 29th, 2011
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Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to...

November 22nd, 2011
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Success in strategic organizational initiatives depends on changing the way people work together.

November 10th, 2011
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Careful planning and multidisciplinary teamwork were keys for Bethesda Hospital, a 140-bed long-t...

November 7th, 2011
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The eighth biennial survey of ACPE members identifies key trends and factors driving today's phys...

October 19th, 2011
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While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

September 22nd, 2011
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Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

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"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

April 18th, 2011
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As hospitals and health systems adjust to a new health care environment, quality performance and ...

June 28th, 2010
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For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...

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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

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The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...

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The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...

August 1st, 2009
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