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Cover Story:
20 People Who Make Healthcare Better - 2009

The very essence of healthcare is to make a difference for good. In our annual HealthLeaders 20, we offer profiles of some who are doing just that.



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Who Really Rules?
The fall of Wayne Sensor shows that independent physicians can still control the levers of power . . . for now.
HealthLeaders Media '09: Moving Forward
Five-Minute Consult
Avoid the Vendor Upsell
Here are some strategies to manage the vendor-provider relationship in the era of the HITECH Act.
Assessing HIPAA Risk
Future Tense: Stem-Cell Surgical Thread
Running the OR Like a Business
Focusing on operational tactics and strategic goals can help improve efficiency, morale, and the bottom line.
Money Talk
Rethinking the Banking Relationship
Emerging Service Lines
Hospitals that lead the way in emerging service lines may find themselves positioned to be market leaders in the future. Here's a look at which services are emerging and why.

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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