Community health. Part and parcel.
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Community Health Planning↗
Biomedical subjects
Jan Greene
Publications and source records attributed to Jan Greene.
Rural hospitals. SHIPs come in.
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Financing, Government↗
Compliance. HIPAA hangover.
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Guideline Adherence↗
Insurance. The car problem.
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Automobile Driving↗
How to plan for new technology.
New technology on the horizon will dramatically change the way health care is delivered. Hospitals must start planning now for the strategic issues they will face in the not-too-distant future.
Budgets↗
Attracting nurses. Why magnet hospitals succeed.
The magnet hospital designation is a way of showing that an organization is a preferred place for nurses to work. How do you know whether the status is worth the expense and effort, and what does the application process entail?
Benchmarking↗
Patient safety. It's an infection. Is it a lawsuit?
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California↗
Inoculating for smallpox.
In California, one hospital decided the time was right to inoculate staff volunteers with the smallpox vaccine. Weighing the same pros and cons--civic responsibility, health risk, cost and reluctance of staff--other hospitals opted out of inoculations, at least for now. What led these organizations to such divergent decisions?
Bioterrorism↗
To be or not to be vaccinated. The smallpox controversy plays out in California hospitals.
The debate continues over whether hospitals will vaccinate their clinicians for smallpox. Some hospitals see the vaccination program as part of their mission, while others are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
Bioterrorism↗
Information technology. The $5 billion plan.
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Delivery of Health Care↗
Clinical technology. Getting rid of the hassles.
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Ambulatory Care Information Systems↗
The medical workplace. No abuse zone.
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Employee Discipline↗
Procurement. Groceries or meds?
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California↗
Employee satisfaction. A happy workplace.
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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Dr. Discontent.
Physicians are angry, that that's bad news for hospitals. Increasingly, doctors are unable to pay soaring liability insurance premiuyms, are refusing to accept new Medicaid and Medicare patients, and are balking at taking ED calls. What's more, many physicians are setting up niche facilities that compete directly with hospitals in the most lucrative service lines.
Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Rural renewal. As momentum builds, critical access hospsital program shows signs of success.
The critical access hospital program looks like a success so far, keeping vulnerable rural facilities from closing and maintaining a continuum of care in communities where the next nearest hospital might be hours away. Although conversions can be bumpy, one in four rural hospitals is now a CAH and that number is increasing.
Health Facility Planning↗
Managed care. HMO boot camp.
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Insurance, Health, Reimbursement↗
Side by side. Communication is key to a successful side by side CEO-board chair partnership.
Great partnerships require hard work, and that goes double for the health care board chair and CEO, whose relationship is complicated by a whole host of issues. But the effort will pay off in organizational success. One essential element: frequent, two-way communication.
California↗