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Clinical Integration
Finding a Path to Clinical Integration
Collaborating on care delivery through integration isn't easy. Here are different ways hospitals can approach it.
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Fiscal Fitness
H&HN's Fiscal Fitness series looks at tested methods hospitals and health networks are using to contain expenses while improving quality of care in an increasingly constrained financial environment.
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H&HN Daily
Do Hospitals Need Genius Bar-like Services?
Learning by doing is part of the app strategy behind the launch of HealtheConnect, an mHealth-focused store at Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center.
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3 by 3: A Formula to Promote Equity of Care
Improving cultural competency and eliminating disparities in health care are moral imperatives — and they make good business sense, too.
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AHA President Rich Umbdenstock to retire at end of 2015
He has been American Hospital Association CEO and president since 2007. "Together we have accomplished a great deal," he tells association members.
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Health Matters
In a Crisis, Communication Matters
The Ebola crisis was a stark reminder of how important it is for hospitals to have a well-developed and well-tested crisis communications plan.
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H&HN and Trustee
Employers: On the Fence or in the Game?
Many of the disrupters bearing down on health care are being ignored, contends Tami Graham, director, global benefits design Intel Corp., but they aren't going to give up. Employers should be pushing providers to transform.
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How Health Care Partners Can Improve Dementia Care
Providers have made great strides in achieving quality of care goals in many areas. This one ought to be easy.
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The Role of IT in Understanding and Managing Cost
In a system that reimburses for value, it becomes ever more critical to understand exactly how much it costs to deliver patient care.
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Extra Mile
Veterans Get 'Platinum' On-the-Job IT Experience in Rush University Medical Center Program
This program helps veterans jump-start careers in IT with paid training.
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Getting the Most Bang for Your Hospital's Buck from Continuing Medical Education
A New American Hospital Association report assesses the current state of CME.
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Nemours Expansion Designed by Patients for Patients
Patients had a say on everything from blinds to window colors at the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children expansion in Delaware.
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Most Wired
Protecting Patient Data from Security Breaches
Most Wired hospitals are employing various techniques to safeguard patient records from data breaches.
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Mental Health and mHealth: What Would Google Do?
Mental health may be an untapped arena for mobile technologies. Some researchers suggest that one of Google's underlying philosophies may hold the key.
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IBM, Mayo Team Up to Speed Up Innovation
The Mayo Clinic and IBM announced Monday that they're working in concert on a new version of Watson that would link patients more quickly with clinical trials.
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Physicians Need Better Bedside Manner
Hospital leaders should demand that providers deliver competent and collaborative care in partnership with patients, H&HN Daily readers argue. In this edition of the mailbag, readers also sound off on an IOM proposal to alter funding for ...
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Health Matters
Buyer's Market
Can your hospital stand toe-to-toe with the Cleveland Clinic? Can it match Intermountain Healthcare's quality metrics? Do you offer the same value as Scott & White Healthcare or Virginia Mason Medical Center?
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CDC Advises Hospitals on Ebola Outbreak
Rather than fanning the flames of hysteria, hospital leaders need to communicate a consistent message to staff and the public about protections against the spread of the Ebola virus.
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2020 Vision: Preparing for the Future
Catholic Health Initiatives has embarked on an ambitious plan to develop or participate in a clinically integrated network in all of the markets it serves. In this video, CEO Kevin Lofton discusses those plans, as well as the health system's ever ...
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Readers Respond: HCAHPS, Physician Leaders
A dip inside the H&HN Daily mailbag reveals some spirited debate around the topics of patient satisfaction and physician leaders.
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Patient Safety | Executive Rounding
Experts explore the common links between successful executive rounding programs.
Experts offer tips for best practices in executive rounding.
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