What Bosses Should Never Ask Employees to Do

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Written by Jeff Haden, Ghostwriter, Speaker, Inc. Magazine Columnist, January 6, 2014 They’re bosses. They’re in charge. They have the power. But while some tasks are obviously out of bounds, others are less so — which is why bosses also shouldn’t use their powers to: Make employees feel they should attend “social” events. No matter… Read more »

8 Ways Outsourcing Can Help Hospitals and Patients

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By Tom Lowery, December 1, 2013, The Huffington Post Over the last 15 or 20 years, hospital billing and collections policies and practices toward uninsured and under-insured patients have come under increased scrutiny, resulting perhaps with the creation of the highly controversial Affordable Care Act. Ostensibly, the business of every hospital is to provide the… Read more »

Medicaid Growth Could Aggravate Doctor Shortage

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By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Published: November 28, 2013, New York Times SAN DIEGO — Dr. Ted Mazer is one of the few ear, nose and throat specialists in this region who treat low-income people on Medicaid, so many of his patients travel long distances to see him.  But now, as California’s Medicaid program is preparing for… Read more »

Interim NICU Manager

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Location:  New York Morgan Hunter HealthSearch is recruiting for an immediate opening for and Interim Manager of NICU for a major, north eastern, academic medical center. The NICU is comprised of 24 critical and 8 step-down beds with a staff of 45 RNs and 4 unit clerks.   The interim will report to the Director… Read more »

Here’s how a Cincinnati hospital scored 100 percent in patient satisfaction surveys

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November 19, 2013, Cincinnati Business Courier If it weren’t for a couple of signs in front of the gray, low-slung building in the back of the Village Crossings shopping center off Glendale-Milford Road in Evendale, you might not even notice one of the top-rated hospitals in Greater Cincinnati. The only thing remarkable about the exterior… Read more »

How healthcare reforms affect nurses

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October 24, 2013 | By Alicia Caramenico, Fierce Healthcare Many organizations are looking to the nurse workforce to help close the primary care gap and meet the rising demand for healthcare services. But maybe we should consult nurses before relying on them to solve the problem of a growing shortage of physicians and the growing… Read more »

A New Health Care Workforce

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Originally posted on Forbes.com, 10/28/13 Matching labor supply with service demand is a challenge for many US industries, but perhaps no industry faces greater workforce pressures than health care. In the new era of system reform, with 32 million more newly insured Americans seeking health care coverage in 2014, resources will be stretched and staffing… Read more »

Negotiation Strategies for Doctors — and Hospitals

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by Deepak Malhotra and Manu Malhotra  |   12:00 PM October 21, 2013, Harvard Business Review A 54-year-old man presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with crushing chest pain and is found to have an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (heart attack). The patient needs a heart catheterization with likely stent placement, but he insists on leaving the ED…. Read more »

Staffing the Hospital of Tomorrow

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By Christopher J. Gearon, U.S. News & World Report, October 16, 2013 A few years ago, hospital leaders like William Leaver were hiring radiologists, cardiologists and other specialists to maximize fee-for-service payments. Today, the CEO of Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Healthcare seeks patient navigators, care coordinators and mid-level nurse practitioners to guide patients’ care outside… Read more »

Costliest 1 Percent Of Patients Account For 21 Percent Of U.S. Health Spending

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By Sandra G. Boodman | Kaiser Health News, Published: October 7 A 58-year-old Maryland woman breaks her ankle, develops a blood clot and, unable to find a doctor to monitor her blood-thinning drug, winds up in an emergency room 30 times in six months. A 55-year-old Mississippi man with severe hypertension and kidney disease is repeatedly… Read more »