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7 criteria can guide hospital boards in medical staff development planning

Data reveal how burnout differs among hospitalists, internists

Hospital boards should make workforce issues part of strategy

New AHA report: Think strategy when you think about your care team

Health care leaders prepare for, plan and adapt to health care transformation challenges.

Caring for newly insured patients amid pressure to improve quality requires hospital leaders to develop creative workforce strategies.

Improving hospital nurses' work environment and staffing levels may reduce 30-day readmission rates.

According to SullivanCotter's 2011 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey report, nearly 75 percent of the 424 survey participants reported adding an average of 12 specialists and nine primary care physicians to their staffs.

For hospitals looking for ways to reduce unplanned readmissions and emergency department visits, nurse staffing levels may hold the key.

The IT workforce shortage could bring meaningful-use efforts to a halt

Before contract negotiations begin, hospitals should prepare to weather a strike

Progressive boards are realizing that their financial success and quality of care are predicated on the human resources their organization recruits, retains and develops.