Written by Jeff Haden, September 16, 2013 In the best interviews, job candidates say a lot and interviewers very little – after all, the interview is about the candidate, not the interviewer. But there are a few things interviewers would like to tell job candidates well before the interview starts. 1. I want you to… Read more »

Written by Bob Herman (Twitter | Google+)  | September 06, 2013 , Becker’s Hospital Review   Employee productivity, staff retention and the quality of hires are all major issues within the hospital and healthcare workforce, and many labor trends related to those issues bubbled to the surface last year, according to the 2013/14 Human Capital… Read more »

Written by Molly Gamble (Twitter | Google+)  | September 09, 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review   Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and one of the most creative leaders of our time, once told Forbes magazine his philosophy for innovation. “It’s not about money,” he said. “It’s about the people you have, how you’re led and how… Read more »

Liv Osby, The Greenville (S.C.) News 2:38 p.m. EDT September 4, 2013 The question is whether costs will decrease, patients will benefit in long run.   GREENVILLE, S.C. — Hospitals across the country are buying more physician practices as they prepare to move away from fee-for-service reimbursements to a system that pays for treatments focusing… Read more »

By BRETT NORMAN | 9/9/13 5:10 AM EDT, POLITICO   The health insurance industry and business allies are stepping up their campaign to repeal another new Obamacare tax this fall — one that they argue will hit consumers smack in the health care part of their wallet. As Congress returns from recess, expect to hear… Read more »

Written by Bob Herman, Becker’s Hospital Review The highest-priced hospitals within a market often have charges that are 60 percent higher than the lowest-priced market competitor, and the high-priced hospitals often wield an immense amount of influence in their areas, according to a study from the Center for Studying Health System Change. Researchers looked at… Read more »

Written by Molly Gamble | August 26, 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review The relative youth of accountable care organizations make the model ripe for further study and analysis. Are there more Medicare or commercial ACOs? Do physicians regard the model differently based on their employment status? How much savings can ACOs generate for specific conditions? To help… Read more »

August 22, 2013 | By Ilene MacDonald, Fierce Healthcare   Hospitals could improve patients’ quality of life, satisfaction and even health outcomes if they simply model adult hospitals after the ones designed for children, according to an opinion piece written by a fourth-year medical student in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Mark… Read more »

By JULIE CRESWELL and REED ABELSON, Published: August 12, 2013, New York Times Hospitals across the nation are being swept up in the biggest wave of mergers since the 1990s, a development that is creating giant hospital systems that could one day dominate American health care and drive up costs. The consolidations are being driven… Read more »

Written by Russ Wilson, Consultant, and Susan Sulisz, Director, Towers Watson | August 26, 2013   The only constant is change — and nowhere is this more true than in today’s healthcare industry. The impact of healthcare reform cannot be overestimated. And when we consider reform in combination with other market forces (rising medical cost trends,… Read more »