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The Cleveland Clinic and Lowe's made waves when they announced in February that they'd be teaming up to offer heart surgery at no charge to Lowe's employees.

Throughout the country, clinical integration is helping hospital systems overcome legal, institutional and cultural barriers that lead to redundancies and other inefficiencies.

Boards that are not prepared for the changes health care reform brings will not be able to effectively fulfill their missions.

Key leadership factors for attaining a high level of operating performance

More than 43 percent of primary care providers received some form of additional compensation for on-call coverage.

Achieving greater clinical integration in care delivery is essential to the system change needed to achieve these goals.

For struggling hospitals, challenging the status quo may be the only way out of the zone of insolvency

There are a number of interventions that hospitals are implementing today to address gaps in care coordination.

Accountable care organizations unite hospitals and other providers in caring for the community

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.