February 23, 2016 Not-for-Profit Post-Acute Providers are Ideal Partners in Population Health Strategies Older adults are among the fastest growing age groups, and they are at high risk for developing chronic illnesses and related disabilities. Population health is a strategy that can improve their health and health outcomes.
February 17, 2016 Crucial Health System Financing, Affordable Seniors' Housing—and a Home for Sister Teresa Ann As a health system leader, martialing resources to improve the health and health care of our patients and communities are some of my most important responsibilities.
January 14, 2016 Do Rural Residents Deserve Less Access Than Their Urban Counterparts? Health care is undergoing a major transformation as we move from a volume-based model of care to a value-based model. The Triple Aim focus of improved patient experience, population health, and reduced health care costs is appropriate. But not every hospital can get to the destination at the same pace or even in the same way. The challenge is greatest for small, rural providers.
April 16, 2015 Understanding Hospital Ratings: Consider the Source The federal government has just started using stars (five being the best) to rate patients’ experience of their hospital care.
January 22, 2015 Treat Me Like a Person Not a Number—The Total Patient Experience is What Matters Health care leaders, some more reluctantly than others, are joining a growing national conversation about treating patients as consumers. To be direct, they are facing the fact that the hospital community is not very consumer-friendly when it comes to the total patient experience.