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H&HN Current Issue
Cover Story
The Mental Health Crisis
Lola Butcher
Public funding for behavioral health care continues to dwindle, and the number of psych facilities and providers can't meet the demand. What are some hospitals doing to avert a growing crisis?

Features
The interview
Transforming Care Delivery
Bob Kehoe
The president of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and IBM's global director of health care transformation describes the challenges left for creating the patient-centered medical home model.

The boardroom
Focus on the C-Suite: Frontliner-in-chief
Howard Larkin
Improving patient outcomes and operating efficiency requires expanded nurse role and CNO leadership

Quality matters
Hospital Engagement Networks: 10 Big Goals in 2 Short Years
Mark Taylor
National HEN project and its 3,900 hospitals take the quality and safety movement to a whole new level, proponents say


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Departments
InBox
People & Business
Where Need — and Appreciation — Overwhelm, Business Watch, Calendar.
Your Turn
Quality Update


Hot Topics
Seeing Device Costs Clearly


It's time to step it up
Hospitals that use antibiotics wisely can reduce lengths of stay and morbidity and mortality, and save on costs. Here are keys to an antimicrobial stweardship program.

Expert Panel Discussion on The Road to CPOE
Expert CIOs and CMIOs share their experiences with the planning and implementation of CPOE.

Expert Panel Discussion on Bio-Med and the CIO
Hospital information systems forging a link between biomedical engineering and the CIO.

Capital Challenge
Improving trust and accountability through transparency.



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AHAVoices

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Celebrating Innovation in Palliative Care
H&HN's editorial director offers keen insight on some of health care's biggest trends. H&HN editors Bill Santamour and Matthew Weinstock look at operational issues impacting hospital managers. Commentary from AHA officials.
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Problem Partners in Safety
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Team-Based Health Care Delivery: Lessons from the Field
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Calling All Rural Hospitals to Phoenix
Keeping Hospitals in Top Form
Ending Disparities
Getting the Most Out of Your Board Meeting
Lessons Learned
Working Together to Spread Improvement
Memo to the Field