Recently added articles from Journal of Healthcare Management:
Editorial.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2009; ... For most healthcare institutions, improving the health of the community is a salient part of the mission statement and the strategic goals. The monetary investments in community efforts are substantial, and nonprofit, government, and social welfare facilities document these investments ...
Interview with David P. Gehant, FACHE, president and chief executive officer, Boulder Community Hospital.(INTERVIEW)(Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives )(Interview)
Sep 01, 2009; ... For 21 years, David P. Gehant, FACHE, has led Boulder Community Hospital (BCH), a 265-bed, not-for-profit institution that employs more than 2,000 people. Under Mr. Gehant's leadership, in 2003, BCH became the first hospital in the United States to earn LEED certification, a prestigious ...
Engaging physicians to adopt healthcare information technology.(PHYSICIAN RELATIONS)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Healthcare information technology (HIT) is one of the most expensive capital investments for any healthcare organization. HIT adoption is a complex process because adoption and implementation depend on buy-in from physicians, most of whom are not employed by the organization and whose ...
Reporting community benefit: a guideline for navigating the IRS Form 990, Schedule H.(TRENDS)(Internal Revenue Service)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Bruce Vladeck (2008), former chief of the Health Care Financing Administration (now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services} recently told a group of community benefit leaders, "The IRS Form 990 Schedule H is doing for community benefit what DRGs [diagnosis-related groups] did for ...
Complex adaptive strategy to produce capacity-driven financial improvement.
Sep 01, 2009; ... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Managing capacity in hospitals and emergency departments (EDs) is a global problem. This article demonstrates an efficiency model applied to an acute care hospital facing a budget shortfall as a result of capacity constraints that negatively affected admissions ...