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As millennials assume their leading role in the workforce, health care leaders find ways to groom them as managers.

Nursing braces for flood of retirements, physician shortages and aging boomers, in a wide-ranging discussion with academic Peter Buerhaus.

Mike Slubowski, president and CEO of SCL Health, Broomfield, Colo., describes what a "microhospital" is and why he views it as a sound alternative to urgent care clinics or those of the regular acute care variety.

Rapid growth of data analytics enables hospitals to spot trends, from avoidable readmissions to staffing needs.

Soon patients may have no excuse to miss a doctor appointment.

Consumers, also known as patients, are not monolithic. They have different motivations, concerns and needs. Consumer segmentation — grouping individuals based on shared factors — is one way of understanding consumers better.

With 'a generation at risk', health care executives share their strategies and techniques for addressing a horror that knows no barriers.

From the emergency department to the operating room, hospitals are taking a fresh approach to treating an aging population.

Some hospitals have found that a coordinated, low-cost strategy dramatically reduces infection and mortality. It’s an approach others may want to adopt.

Hospitals are aiming to retool every service they offer, in order to provide care in a more convenient, less costly fashion. Labor and delivery may be next.