How can a simple, systemwide framework empower 20,000 frontline staff and leaders across Scripps Health to boost retention, ...

As our health system moves toward value-based models which incentivize positive results rather than individual procedures and treatments, healthcare industry leaders increasingly are regarding the ...

Some common medical services vary greatly in cost depending on the facility or specialist. This study examines ways to incentivize physicians to refer to sites that offer lower cost and equivalent or ...

Effective board governance in complex health systems requires structured approaches that cascade quality and safety ...

WellSpan Health, an integrated system of eight hospitals and more than 170 outpatient locations, adopted a systemwide approach to implement team-based advance care planning (ACP) processes and during ...

Over 5 years, an initiative by leaders at Atrius Health has contributed to a reduction of messages, and it reflects and builds on their team-based care model for adult primary care.

The very nature of this global public health crisis presents not just clinical challenges, but organizational and managerial ones as well. Together, health care staff — from the front lines to the ...

Following previously established professional and organizational precepts, the authors developed criteria and associated threshold triggers that allow recognition and, thus, declaration of Crisis ...

The root causes of suffering during the Covid-19 pandemic in two disparate communities of color — Navajo Nation and Chelsea, Massachusetts — have striking parallels. Here are recommended steps to help ...

Let’s start with clarifying some concepts. Leaders who work in the public sector use the term public health, leaders who work in health systems use the term population health, and often I find that ...

One year after the deployment of ambient artificial intelligence scribes, The Permanente Medical Group in northern California reports rapid growth in physician usage, highly positive experiences am ...

The President and CEO of The Joint Commission delves into the history of the organization and its various branches, which are all focused on inspiration, improvement, and accountability; its direct ...