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Serving Older Emergency Patients with Extra TLC
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Hospitals large and small recognize the value of special protocols and services for older patients who seek emergency care.
From Pro Forma to Proactive
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As hospitals buy physician practices, board compensation oversight must shift into high gear.
Physicians Key in Value-Driven Environment
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Executive and board support is needed for physician leadership that lasts. Collaborative leadership with physicians will be essential for hospitals to successfully create and maintain agile organizations that can compete in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
Physician Whiplash
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Board support is essential in helping doctors take on and succeed in leadership roles. The emerging health care environment requires far more physician leadership than has been needed in the past. But there is a natural barrier to physicians who answer the call to lead, and it is best described as “physician whiplash.”
Physician-Hospital Alignment: Meeting on What Matters
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The evolving U.S. health care system will demand more standardization, reduced variation in outcomes and lower costs, necessitating new care delivery methods. A variety of models may emerge but physicians are the one constant to any emerging care paradigm, making hospital physician alignment imperative.
Perils of Payment
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The complexity around physician compensation demands defined, layered board oversight.
Maternal Health: Improving Quality Outcomes
Designing care that improves quality and patient safety contributes to improved pregnancy outcomes. These AHA resources highlight success stories of hospitals and health systems that focus on models of care aimed at improving their maternal care quality and outcomes.
Getting Strategic about Shared Decision Making
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Boards can foster patient-centered care by encouraging meaningful conversations during patient encounters and by incentivizing clinicians.
Empowering a Healthy Culture
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Boards need to assess troubled areas in their organizations, set goals for improving the culture, and hold leaders accountable for change.
Accelerating Progress Through Leadership Integration
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Sustainable change requires a strategy to align improvement efforts and act on the interdependencies of four performance domains.