Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to G S Bilchik.
Before you can really think in terms of a system rather than individual hospitals, you need to understand how to operate as a single team without individual agendas or interests. The next step is to create a streamlined board structure--the simpler the better. See how Crozer-Keystone Health System developed a board triumvirate and how it avoids the common problems of ¿governance gridlock.¿
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Physician-assisted suicide is out of the shadows--a raging debate being carried all the way to the Supreme Court. But what role does money play for people who ask their doctors for help in hastening death? An increasingly potent one, say alarmed ethicists and scholars.
"We're getting dozens of calls every day from people who are frustrated and fed up," says one health care consumer rights advocate. The scenario is familiar: first come the horror stories, then trailblazing, media-engaging lawsuits, and finally the public learning curve starts to accelerate. Then the heat gets turned up on the government to act. That's where we're at right now. Where will we be tomorrow?
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The practice of recruiting directors from outside the community is changing the face of health care governance. Beyond the skills needed for expanding hospitals and health systems, outsiders can bring to the table an objective perspective that goes beyond the sometimes parochial concerns of community trustees.
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However scientific advancements change the lives of patients, they're sure to unsettle health care finance, organization, and delivery.