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Flat-World Healthcare
Globalization is no longer an uncertain trend in the distant future. U.S. providers must refine their organizational strategy to compete in a marketplace that is broader than ever before.

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Governance in a Hurry
A new president, reimbursement shifts, and a struggling economy add up to a quickening pace of change in healthcare. Will your board be able to keep up?
Power to the Patient
5-Minute Consult
Human Limitations
Many health IT systems promise to reduce medical errors, and they often do if used properly. But that’s a big if.
A Vote of Confidence
Beyond the CPOE Mountain
Future Tense
The Path to Unification
Trinity Health’s gradual transition into unified revenue cycle functions means improved efficiency—and new responsibilities for the system’s CFOs.
Convenient Opportunities
Better Estimates=Faster Collections
Money Talk
A Spinal Shift
As minimally invasive procedures consume a larger portion of spinal care, provider organizations have many opportunities—and challenges—in an increasingly outpatient service line.

Mission Possible

Mission statements are often mocked for being uselessly generic. Random mission statement generators (really) can spit out any combination of "trust" and "teamwork" and "patient needs." Yet many real mission statements adopted by hospitals and healthcare systems are seriously specific, with careful and clear thought given to who should be served, how they should be served, and how management and the medical staff should work together toward those ends.

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