Strategies for Time of Deep Uncertainty
Healthcare capital planners should respond volatility in the healthcare marketplace by attending to nuances in financial planning, understanding risk, and preparing for business model shifts.
Technology as a Thriving Enabler
Technology and technology-enabled access to data are profoundly beneficial to health care, making it critical for healthcare boards to give priority to ensuring cybersecurity.
Patient Safety and Quality: Reimagining the Role of Finance
Healthcare finance leaders should not focus only on meeting externally imposed payment requirements; they should collaborate with clinicians and health plan leaders on sustainably improving healthcare safety and value.
The Power and Potential of Telehealth: What Health Systems Should Know
Healthcare leaders should play a role in advocating for new payment policies that will promote the continued expansion of telehealth services throughout the healthcare marketplace.
Reengineering Integrated Care Relationships
Leaders of integrated care networks should be alert to opportunities for improvement in changing circumstances, whether the organization requires only small adjustments or a complete overhaul.
Club and a Dream
At 60 years old, Robin Bradbury finally reached his 50-year goal to become a world-ranked golfer.
Navigating Uncertainty in Health Care in 2017
Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the continuing transition to value-based care, and the possibility of significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid are key healthcare industry trends to watch in 2017.
Negotiating Maternity Care Bundles
UTHealth’s maternity bundled payment pilot encountered two challenges: developing fair and consistent quality measures and defining what services would be part of the bundle.
Taking a Systematic Approach to Hospital Policy Development
Hospitals can develop effective policies by developing a “policy on policies,” taking into consideration content guidelines, making policies easily accessible by all staff, and considering how staff will interpret the policy language.
Tool: Key Question Checklist for CFOs When Evaluating Population Health IT Investments
Hospital and health system CFOs can use this checklist to assist with population health IT investment decisions.