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Let's create systems that will take on real risk and compete for customers based on real results and real prices.

Premier CEO Susan DeVore chats to <em>H&HN</em> senior editor Matthew Weinstock about the quality improvements and cost savings from Premier's QUEST program.

The Global Director of Healthcare Transformation for IBM discusses the IT needs of ACOs, the challenges of value-based reimbursement and increasing online communication between patients and hospitals.

Changing the structure of payment and ensuring accountability is a better approach to reform.

The decision by Medtronic to cancel its GPO contracts and bargain directly with hospitals illuminates the oft-forgotten role of the supply chain and its impact on rising health care costs.

A rural hospital adopts zero-defect strategy to reduce medical errors, even linking executive compensation to error rates.

Susan Douglass of Douglass and Associates addresses the evolution of physician relations in a fast-changing health care environment.

Martha Stewart has become a crusader for "healthy aging," and whatever else you might think of her, her work on this particular issue is worth applauding

Can we come together on health care?

Hospitals are implementing wellness programs for employees and their family members.