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Physicians must continue to work effectively as individuals while simultaneously functioning as part of a more complex health care team.

Before a hospital board can oversee a meaningful and lasting cultural transformation of the organization it governs, it must first assess and transform its own culture.

A primer on helping hospital-owned physician practices succeed

Many health care organizations want to overcome disparities by improving their diversity management, but they face considerable challenges.

New approaches to malpractice claims aim to satisfy patients and physicians.

Having a patient share his or her story at a board meeting changes the dynamic in the room.

While physicians are essential to hospital quality improvement efforts, competing time and financial pressures are hurdles to their participation.

After 10 years of decreases in hospital professional liability claims, the frequency of claims is on the rise and is expected to continue increasing at a 1 percent annual rate.

The $1.1 billion in new federal funding for comparative effectiveness research presents a host of opportunities for community hospitals to get involved with real medical research.

The issues facing health care are immense, but AHA Chair-Elect John Bluford believes that common sense will prevail in the end.