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Leadership Advice from Retiring Sentara CEO David Bernd
Veteran Sentara CEO David Bernd reflects on what it takes to be a committed leader in healthcare as he nears retirement.
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Viewpoint
Burwell, and Enterprise Risk Oversight
How your board handled the recent Supreme Court case offers a window into its governance role.
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COG
Multiple Surveys Show Decline in Number of Uninsured
Community stakeholders again need to ensure qualified people get enrolled.
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Dashboard
Hospitals Lag in Cybersecurity Exercises
Thirty-seven percent of hospitals perform cybersecurity incident response exercises annually.
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Viewpoint
Is It Time for a Board Checkup?
Periodic board assessments help boards to achieve and maintain optimal governance performance
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Patient care
CMS Announces Savings in First Year of Home Care Demonstration
Practices participating in project’s first performance year saved more than $25 million by delivering patient care in the home.
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Quality/Patient Safety
From Volume to Value to Volume Again?
Three hospitals and systems have initiated a campaign to define a minimum annual volume threshold for hospitals and surgeons for 10 surgical procedures.
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Regulatory and Legal
BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies
The court decided that federal subsidies are allowable in states that have federally run health insurance exchanges.
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Patient Safety
National Patient Safety Foundation Issues New Root Cause Analysis Guidelines
The new guidelines aim to help hospitals and systems make patient care safer in settings across the continuum of care.
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Center Voices
Restructure Board Meetings to Create More Engaged Trustees
A long-time governance officer shares proven strategies to engage and energize trustees.
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Viewpoint
Bottom Line in Patient Safety and Quality
Boards should be tracking a total patient harm rate and discussing strategies for improvement.
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Viewpoint
How to Achieve Your Mission as a Health Care Leader
Great leaders connect people with purpose to create high-performance organizations.
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Center Voices
Orientation and Evaluation Key to Successful Trusteeship
A Florida system provides trustee orientation and annual evaluations to foster effective governance.
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From The Editor
Governance Quality and Resources to Improve it
These three AHA resources are just what you need to further your development and improve your governance performance.
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Center Voices
Governing in the Digital Age
As the need for IT acumen grows, hospital boards have a variety of options for filling that knowledge gap.
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From The Editor
The Patient Down the Street
When we talk about the transformation underway in health care and the potential of population health, this is where I want to see the change.
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Viewpoint
Patient-focused Care Means Quality Comes First
Savvy boards realize that quality of care is a financial imperative.
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