3 Actions for Hospital Disaster Preparedness
Hospitals and health systems can take specific actions to continue operations, protect revenue, and limit credit rating downgrades.
New Committee for Patient Safety Will Coordinate National Efforts
As CFOs field more funding requests for patient safety initiatives, they need to be included in initiatives that develop a culture of safety.
Refining the Art and Skill of Juggling
The relationship between patient satisfaction and payment challenges financial leaders to keep both balls in play.
A New Framework for Healthcare Performance Improvement
Improvement initiatives must increasingly focus on long-term, high-impact areas that reengineer clinical care, sharpen an organization’s service portfolio, and exploit the system’s scale of operations.
6 Tactics of Successful ACOs
To gain the assurance of success under value-based care, all accountable care organizations (ACOs) should adopt the best practices of the most high-performing ACOs.
Identifying Opportunities for Innovation in Healthcare Finance
Healthcare finance leaders should be attuned to the presence of opportunities for innovative improvements that may exist all around them.
The Experience Economy Is Coming to Health Care
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer discusses the implications of the experience economy for healthcare finance leaders.
Atul Gawande: A World of Promise
The appointment of Atul Gawande to lead the Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPM Morgan Chase healthcare venture could be an important step toward finding effective solutions to the deficiencies of the nation’s healthcare system.
Disaster Preparedness Entails Advance Planning, Ability to Adjust
Health systems can prepare for large-scale disasters by installing a command system, drilling on procedures, partnering with community agencies, and being able to adjust on the fly.
Building Trust with Physicians During Times of Disruption
Changing the funds-flow model can disrupt age-old processes at an academic medical center. The CEO of a Wisconsin health system offers advice for physician leaders on how they can align physicians when altering the funds flow and making other cultural changes.