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"Turnover is good" (and other surprises overheard in healthcare)
 Healthcare leaders spend a lot of time predicting and planning for the future, but when it comes to hiring and retaining employees, I hear a lot more about future problems than I hear possible solutions. Read More
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Healthcare Association of New York receives $105,000 state grant
The Business Review of Albany, May 9, 2008
Web site to help Georgians make decisions about healthcare
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 9, 2008
New leader hired for UConn Health Center
Hartford Courant, May 9, 2008
Blue Island, IL, hospital to get second chance, new name
Chicago Tribune, May 9, 2008
North Carolina denies hospital plans
Raleigh News & Observer, May 8, 2008
Loan to help fund North Carolina hospital expansion
Raleigh News & Observer, May 8, 2008
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Audio: From TLT: The Performance Dashboard
CFO Kimberly Boynton and CEO Paul Kronenberg of Crouse Health Hospital in Syracuse, NY, described their hospital's performance dashboard and how it impacts quality, builds employee trust, and fosters healthy competition. +
HealthLeaders Media
May 9, 2008
Commentary: Beyond the White Gloves
CMS' recent proposal to include C. diff on its list of "never events" and figures released recently by the federal government have brought increased media attention to the hospital-acquired infection. +
Maureen Larkin, for HealthLeaders Media
May 8, 2008
Contributed Feature: Does Performance Really Matter?
Recently CMS indicated its intention to move forward with measures to support value-based purchasing, a system where Medicare pays hospitals based on the quality of care delivered and patient outcomes. However, CMS failed to state whether the value-based model will transition healthcare to a new model or create the worst case scenario, a hybrid model where performance only partially counts and regulation requirements remain heavy. +
Trent Haywood, MD, for HealthLeaders Media
May 8, 2008
What do you think of the advanced medical home model?
It's the future of healthcare.
Some will find success with it, but the model isn't going to make much of a dent on healthcare.
It will fail.
I'm not sure because there hasn't been enough research done.
What's an advanced medical home?

An Expanded Look
Carolyn Scanlan, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, explains how the state's annual infection report is encouraging the state's 165 acute care hospitals to work for improvement.
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