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By: Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2011
The use of business analytic tools can shift from the transactional to the transformative, helping healthcare organizations to not just discover financial savings, but strategic opportunities, as well.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2011
Reports show that doctors are having a harder time staying in business at a time when they are needed more than ever.
By: David A. Lips, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2010
In addition to the obvious costs of information technology, accountable care organizations require continuing expenses relating to reporting. What you may not realize is that ACOs also involve financial and legal risk related to forthcoming regulations.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, December 27, 2010
With hospital readmission rates as high one in five nationwide, we asked experts for tips on getting those numbers down. Some strategies aren't yet proven, but many providers are experimenting with anything that sounds plausible.
By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, January 14, 2011
Wall Street sees huge profit potential in healthcare, which lags behind other industries in rooting out inefficiency and waste. Technology could make a greater impact on efficiency in healthcare than any other industry it's tackled in a generation, and that's the big draw.
By: December 16, 2010
Women are a vital audience to reach—is your marketing cutting it? As the primary healthcare decision-makers and the key to unlocking additional service audiences, you need up-to-date, effective marketing strategies to win women’s loyalty—thus, business—and expand your market share. Join HealthLeaders Media on January 31, at 1 p.m. (EST) for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A, and learn from women’s health marketing experts. http://www.hcmarketplace.com/prod.cfm?id=9339&s=EZINEADH&e_topic=WS_HLM2
By: January 10, 2011
As hospitals and physician practices continue merging for survival, hospital-physician integration is of growing interest to the IRS and is increasingly subject to scrutiny from regulators. Additionally, the new Form 990 disclosure requirements related to highly paid officers or employees have created an easily accessible public format for viewing executive compensation. Join HealthLeaders Media on February 16, 1 p.m. (EST), for this 60-minute audio conference, including Q&A, to get the analysis and strategies you need for current tax law requirements. http://www.hcmarketplace.com/prod.cfm?id=9412&s=EZINEADH&e_topic=WS_HLM2
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