Tapping into hospital champions--strategic middle managers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the prevalence of evidence-based interventions to improve quality in health care systems, there is a paucity of documented evidence of a financial return on investment (ROI) for these interventions from the perspective of the investing entity. PURPOSES:To report on a demonstration project designed t...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Greene SB,Reiter KL,Kilpatrick KE,Leatherman S,Somers SA,Hamblin A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Law and the professional standards of doctors, nurses and aides control the performance of their jobs and their response to directives of the institution's chief administrative officer. They might be surprised if he asked them to sit down together and discuss how a particular problem should be handled--but it's a big ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Levinson H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a survey of 184 directors from 15 hospitals are analyzed to determine their corporate social responsiveness orientation. They indicate that board members whose occupational background is not in health care exhibit greater concern for economic performance and the legal component of corporate responsibili...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Ibrahim NA,Angelidis JP,Howard DP

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delivering safe patient care remains an elusive goal. Resolving problems in complex organizations like hospitals requires managers to work together. Safety leadership training that encourages managers to exercise learning-oriented, team-based leadership behaviors could promote systemic problem solving and en...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Singer SJ,Hayes J,Cooper JB,Vogt JW,Sales M,Aristidou A,Gray GC,Kiang MV,Meyer GS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies indicate that better patient compliance and higher patient satisfaction result when agreement exists between the physician and the patient regarding the medical problem and its treatment. PURPOSES:This study will extend previous work by investigating (1) under what conditions patients prefer to be a...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Ryan J,Sysko J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased use of health care teams merits further investigation in terms of their impact on patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction and patient experience generally have come front-and-center given trends within the health care industry around "patient-centered care" and "consumer engagement." PURPOS...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Hoff T,Prout K,Carabetta S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between operating margin and quality of care is investigated by using survey and financial data for 82 small and medium-sized hospitals. A positive relation between the variables is found, and implications of that relationship are discussed. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Harkey J,Vraciu R

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hospital director seeking to bring his institution to the brink of solvency found himself with ten pounds of data but no "information"--at least, not the kind of information he could use as a basis for management decisions. What he needed was a system that would not only present data, but the meaning of the data...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Davis S,Freeman JR

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article profiles the premerger marketing, management, and mission characteristics of the combined Columbia and Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) entity relative to local market hospitals. The findings show that the Columbia/HCA hospitals had fewer Medicaid patients, lower proportion of outpatient revenues, hi...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McCue MJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fitness and wellness programs can be a strategic extension of a hospital's services, assist in attracting totally new patients to a facility, and help improve a hospital's image. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Boscarino JA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The United States has invested nearly a billion dollars in creating community health information organizations (HIOs) to foster health information exchange. Community HIOs provide exchange services to health care organizations within a distinct geographic area. While geography is a key organizing principle f...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Vest JR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care researchers and managers have viewed physicians traditionally through three major lenses, that is, as professionals, suppliers, and caregivers. This article makes a case for another lens, that of the physician as worker. The worker perspective complements these existing perspectives, serves as a generative...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Hoff TJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health information technology (HIT) purports to increase quality and efficiency in health care organizations. However, health care organizations are situated in constantly changing environments. They need dynamic capabilities to implement HIT effectively. PURPOSES:This article builds on the dynamic capabili...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Leung RC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because health care organizations (HCOs) are complex adaptive systems (CASs), phenomena of interest often are dynamic and unfold in unpredictable ways, and unfolding events are often unique. Researchers of HCOs may recognize that the subject of their research is dynamic; however, their research designs may n...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McDaniel RR Jr,Lanham HJ,Anderson RA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For almost a decade, public and private organizations have pressured hospitals to improve their patient safety records. Since 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has no longer been reimbursing hospitals for secondary diagnoses not reported during the point of admission. This ruling has motivat...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Fareed N,Mick SS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scholars have noted a disconnect between the level at which structure is typically examined (the organization) and the level at which the relevant coordination takes place (service delivery). Accordingly, our understanding of the role structure plays in care coordination is limited. PURPOSE:In this article,...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Louis CJ,Clark JR,Gray B,Brannon D,Parker V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Double-digit health care inflation, coupled with widespread reports of poor care quality and deadly medical errors, has caused private sector employers to reevaluate their health benefits purchasing strategies, with a focus on supply chain management approaches. In other industries, this strategy has proven ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Ford EW,Scanlon DP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How some organizations improve while others remain stagnant is a key question in health care research. Studies identifying how organizations can implement improvement despite barriers are needed, particularly in primary care. PURPOSES:This inductive qualitative study examines primary care clinics implementi...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Kerrissey M,Satterstrom P,Leydon N,Schiff G,Singer S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement away from cost-based reimbursement by Medicare and other third party payers has prompted an increasing number of hospitals to implement more advanced costing techniques in their operations. Findings from a recent survey of hospital executives regarding cost accounting methods shed light on the extent of t...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Orloff TM,Littell CL,Clune C,Klingman D,Preston B

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's competitive health care environment, service excellence is rapidly becoming a major differentiating advantage between health care providers. Too often, senior executives talk about their commitment to a mission statement that extols the virtues of providing world class service to their patients only to unde...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Ford RC,Sivo SA,Fottler MD,Dickson D,Bradley K,Johnson L

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-centered innovation is spreading at the federal and state levels. A conceptual framework can help frame real-world examples and extract systematic learning from an array of innovative applications currently underway. The statutory, economic, and political environment in Washington State offers a spec...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Hernandez SE,Conrad DA,Marcus-Smith MS,Reed P,Watts C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stringent rules apply to the kinds of things hospitals can say about themselves and their services, over and above the ethics that apply to all advertising. Yet it seems clear from the levels of interest in advertising among hospitals and the growth in the use of this marketing technique in recent years that persuasio...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： MacStravic RS

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitals are using several methods to establish a budget for advertising. The Strategic Planning Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a study of advertising practices on nearly 200 corporations and over 1,000 individual businesses. Decision rules, developed in the study, are used to show how hospitals...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： McCarthy EJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nursing home administrators (NHAs) are in key positions to improve nursing home quality. NHAs require state-level licensure, which involves passing a national NHA licensure examination and fulfilling state-level licensure requirements that vary widely across states. With multiple pathways to NHA licensure, l...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Siegel EO,Leo MC,Young HM,Castle NG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses epidemiological methodology: comparing rates, confounding, the use of confidence intervals, Bayes' theorem, and occurrence screening. An appreciation of the limits of epidemiological methods will provide the manager with realistic expectations of the quality assurance process. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Everett WD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American hospitals hoping to capitalize on the lucrative market for international patients may be in for some surprises. Not only is this market limited, but also the drawbacks may outweigh the potential benefits for hospitals seeking to enter this business. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Berliner HS,O'Toole JB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reframing surprise as an opportunity rather than as a threat can be facilitated when we recognize that efforts to deny, control, and prevent uncertainty operate as barriers to reframing. Removing the barriers requires trust and risk-taking among key stakeholders, especially among patients, physicians, and health care ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Montgomery K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory study of hospital planners was completed to determine if there was agreement between theory and practice concerning mission statement components and development. Results showed that mission statements have received little attention as part of the overall strategic planning process. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Gibson CK,Newton DJ,Cochran DS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This aim of this study was to investigate the interactive effects of psychological empowerment and job satisfaction on the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and nurses' perceptions of the quality of patient care they provide. BACKGROUND:Studies of high-performing organizations in a variety ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Leggat SG,Bartram T,Casimir G,Stanton P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reform of the Medicare hospital reimbursement system proposed by HCFA may create incentives for hospitals to transfer costs to other payers, thus reducing the financial incentives to increase efficiency. ...

journal_title：Health care management review

authors： Rosko MD,Broyles RW

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00