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Health Reform

For Hospitals and Meaningful Use, Context is Everything

The final rules push hospitals toward safety and quality
September 1, 2010
Matthew Weinstock
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The final rules push hospitals toward safety and quality
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TRUworkforce2
Update

Reform to lead to more crowded Eds

More than two-thirds of emergency physicians expect emergency department visits to increase, and nearly half predict conditions will worsen for emergency patients despite the new health care reform law.
July 1, 2010
Trustee Staff
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More than two-thirds of emergency physicians expect emergency department visits to increase, and nearly half predict conditions will worsen for emergency patients despite the new health care reform law.
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TRUpatientcare3
Update

Uninsured have higher in-hospital mortality rates

Uninsured patients who are treated in the hospital for heart attack, stroke or pneumonia are more likely to die from their conditions.
July 1, 2010
Trustee Staff
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Uninsured patients who are treated in the hospital for heart attack, stroke or pneumonia are more likely to die from their conditions.
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TRUquality3
Update

Pre-Symposium Workshop features Quality Curriculum

The Center for Healthcare Governance's Quality Curriculum examines how the six levers of responsible governance—mission, culture, performance, leadership, strategy and allocation—drive quality improvement.
July 1, 2010
Trustee Staff
No Comments
The Center for Healthcare Governance's Quality Curriculum examines how the six levers of responsible governance—mission, culture, performance, leadership, strategy and allocation—drive quality improvement.
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TRUtech2
Update

Making 'meaningful' progress on IT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a regulation defining "meaningful use" of electronic health records that proposes overly ambitious requirements and ignores up-front costs, time and logistical challenges.
June 1, 2010
Stephen Smart
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a regulation defining "meaningful use" of electronic health records that proposes overly ambitious requirements and ignores up-front costs, time and logistical challenges.
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TRUquality2
Back To Basics

Clinical Integration: The Key to Reform

Achieving greater clinical integration in care delivery is essential to the system change needed to achieve these goals.
June 1, 2010
Ellen Pryga, Linda Fishman, and Melinda Hatton
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Achieving greater clinical integration in care delivery is essential to the system change needed to achieve these goals.
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TRUpatientcare2
Above Board

Care Coordination

There are a number of interventions that hospitals are implementing today to address gaps in care coordination.
June 1, 2010
Maulik S. Joshi and Bernard J. Horak
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There are a number of interventions that hospitals are implementing today to address gaps in care coordination.
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TRUgovernance3
Center Voices

The Board's Role in Managing a Crisis

A smart hospital board and management team will always, like the Boy Scouts, be prepared to deal with any crisis whether it's a financial shortfall, management disruption or quality failure.
May 1, 2010
Steve Rivkin and Fraser Seitel
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A smart hospital board and management team will always, like the Boy Scouts, be prepared to deal with any crisis whether it's a financial shortfall, management disruption or quality failure.
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TRUworkforce2
Feature

Do You Hold Staff Accountable for Safety?

Peer pressure, keen monitoring and clear expectations compel physicians and others to follow hospital protocols
May 1, 2010
Ken Terry
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Peer pressure, keen monitoring and clear expectations compel physicians and others to follow hospital protocols
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TRUdelivery3
Updates

The Committee on Governance corner

Bumps on the Road to Reform
April 1, 2010
Stephen Smart
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Bumps on the Road to Reform
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