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5 Intersections
From pay for performance to the rise of the uninsured, healthcare is eyeing a convergence that could transform the industry.

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Five Minute Consult
Color Hazard
Charity bracelets blur an already opaque patient-band system.
Quick Visits
Overcrowded hospitals look to short-stay units to get patients in and out.
Rule-Breaking Rainmakers
High-maintenance + high-revenue = HR headaches.
Standard Setters
Many hospitals find excellence designations warrant the time and money they require.
DEAL!
An inside look at an IT contract.
EMR Experiment
A secure messaging development project pays off for a New Hampshire health system. It just took patience—three years worth.
Reporter’s Desktop
Two Systems, One Device
Looking to quash medication errors, a Pittsburgh hospital combines barcode and radio frequency technologies.
10 Questions for Your Patient Financing Program
Armchair Finance
CDHP Winners and Losers
Metrics to Watch
Key ratios show lenders your hospital is building a healthy balance sheet.
MONEY TALK
Who’s up and who’s down
Shifting Ownership
Hospitals are trying a new tack with some real estate projects: Let someone else build it.

An Agenda for the Board

The trend of mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and affiliations of healthcare organizations continues, creating ever-larger entities and sometimes unlikely bedfellows. How long will it persist?

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