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Faith in the Hospital
In a shifting healthcare world, faith-based systems face a new set of challenges in their quest to stay true to their mission.

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Accountable for Quality
Listing quality among your organization's strategic pillars is one thing. Basing your leaders' annual compensation on it is quite another.
Funny Numbers
The Corner Office
Five Minute Consult
Claims Quagmire
Despite federal laws to facilitate transactions, reimbursement claims processing remains mired in a complex tangle.
Low Cost, High Reward
Hand-Me-Down Supplies
Reporter's Desktop
Deal!
Forecasting Made Simple
Well, maybe not simple. But automated data management tools can make estimating revenue a little easier for CFOs.
Rebuilding from the Inside
Money Talk
Armchair Finance
Patient Safety Pays

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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