Intelligence Unit
Special Reports
Special Events
Subscribe
Sponsored
Departments
- Leadership
- Finance
- Technology
- Physicians
- Community Hospitals
- Health Plans
- Marketing
- Quality
- Nursing
- HR
Follow Us
Whitepapers
Meeting the Needs of Today’s Healthcare Landscape: Strengthening Your Acute Care Continuum
May 13, 2013Streamlining care and improving operational efficiencies are more critical than ever in the face of new reimbursement models and rising healthcare costs. While executives are able to establish goals and set the framework for care delivery, it will ultimately be up to a hospital's physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff to ensure that metrics are met. In this white paper, we will illustrate the steps to foster physician engagement and leadership leads to improved metrics and higher patient and staff satisfaction.
BY:
CEP America
www.cepamerica.com
(PDF format - click here to download the latest version of acrobat reader)
Health Care Profitability in the E-Commerce Era: Ending Hospital Revenue Loss with Online Patient Scheduling and Waiting Services
April 15, 2013Robert Steele, MD, FACEP, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, InQuicker
Stacie Pawlicki
VP Marketing, InQuicker
Is your hospital website driving patients into the arms of your competitors? Based on recent industry data, providers with as few as 10 website visitors per day may be losing between $34,000 -$41,000 in annual patient revenue opportunity every day.
In this white paper, InQuicker demonstrates how online scheduling and waiting services on hospital websites help providers better engage today's health care consumers to improve hospital revenue, patient satisfaction, and coordination of care among a number of other timely benefits.
BY:
InQuicker
www.inquicker.com
(PDF format - click here to download the latest version of acrobat reader)
Staffing in Rural and Critical Access Hospitals
April 4, 2013Marvin Drake, VP & COO, HeW interviews Travis Singleton, Senior VP, Merritt Hawkins
It's no secret to anyone that staffing is an increasingly significant challenge for rural and critical access hospitals. Through HeW's AsK program, we received several questions specific to staffing in rural and critical access hospitals. To address these questions, HeW enlisted the expertise of Merritt Hawkins, the most successful in the physician recruiting industry, placing thousands of physicians and advanced practice allied healthcare professionals nationwide.
In this interview, Mr. Singleton addresses staffing related questions specific to retention, funding, the impact of electronic health records and the need to implement sound operational processes.
BY:
HeW
www.hewedi.com
(PDF format - click here to download the latest version of acrobat reader)
The Observation Unit as a Catalyst for Efficiency
February 26, 2013Observation Units (OUs) that provide evaluation and care for up to 48 hours will become an increasingly important part of the hospital in coming years. This white paper will present the environment factors that have fostered the emergence of OUs, the benefits that they create, and the strategies that hospitals are using to integrate OUs in order to capitalize on this opportunity for the future.
BY:
CEP America
cepamerica.com.com
(PDF format - click here to download the latest version of acrobat reader)
The Medical Staff Development Plan: New Hospital Planning Tools for Today’s Healthcare Environment
February 22, 2013Since the early 1980's, hospitals have adopted medical staff development plans that outline the projected need for physicians in each specialty and the qualifications they must possess. Today, due to the growth in accountable care models and continued competitive, economic and legal pressures, most hospitals have some form of Medical Staff Development Plan.
BY:
HealthGroup West
www.healthgroupwest.com
(PDF format - click here to download the latest version of acrobat reader)