Hospital leaders are focusing on personalized, humanistic, consumer-driven healthcare, through recognizing patient inconveniences and improving patient-staff communication. The result increases transparency and reduces wait times, leaders say.

To create a viable ACO, leaders at Summa Health System recognized the need to convince independent physicians that the model can work for them, despite the many risks.

Voice recognition software helps physicians with notes and orders.

Trimming labor costs by even 1% is a challenging task, but some hospitals and health systems have begun the time-consuming process of analyzing time and attendance data by department to uncover patterns of payroll leaks.

To succeed under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' value-based purchasing plan, CFOs must collaborate with clinical leaders and monitor efforts closely.

Healthcare leaders find that a push to improve women's heart health through educational campaigns—of patients and clinicians—on symptoms and care specifi to women, is essential to expanding the service line.