Journal of Healthcare Management articles from January 1999

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from January 1999

Morris A. Graham, President, Graham and Associates and Author of The Horizontal Revolution.(Interview)
January 1, 1999... Morris A. Graham, Ph.D., the president of Graham and Associates in Laie, Hawaii, is the author of The Horizontal Revolution and the forthcoming book, Inside-Out: Ultimate Leadership, Learning and Leverage. Following his graduate education at...

Leadership--An Introduction.
January 1, 1999... In the next 12 months, I will be writing six columns on the topic of leadership. In these columns you will read about the nature of leadership, important leadership initiatives for both individuals and organizations, and how to employ...

Managed Care and Physician Contracting.
January 1, 1999... Medical school candidates, current students, and house staff remain committed to caring for the sick and disadvantaged through the exercise of their considerable skills and talents. But during weekly rotations into office-based practices, these...

Polarity Management: The Key Challenge for Integrated Health Systems.
January 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Integrated health systems are confronted with numerous dilemmas that must be managed. Many of these dilemmas are an inherent part of the system's structure, given that multiple competing hospitals, medical groups, and...

Incentives for Vertical Integration in Healthcare: The Effect of Reimbursement Systems.
January 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the United States, many healthcare organizations are being transformed into large integrated delivery systems, even though currently available empirical evidence does not provide strong or unequivocal support for or...

Managing Environmental Uncertainty: An Analysis of Executive Behavior in the Health and Social Service Sector.
January 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executives who are involved in a variety of professional associations may be in a more favorable position to manage environmental uncertainty because of their ability to access information through the informal network....

Telemedicine, Hospital Viability, and Community Embeddedness: A Case Study.
January 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Many hospitals today struggle to remain competitive through the adoption of medical technology or expansion of hospital services. This article presents a case study of one hospital's attempt to remain viable through the...

Health Network Innovations: How 20 Communities Are Improving Their Systems Through Collaboration.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Health Network Innovations: How 20 Communities Are Improving Their Systems Through Collaboration. Richard Bogue and Claude H. Hall, Jr., 1997, 419 pp. Chicago: American Hospital Publishing In Health Network Innovations, Bogue and Hall...

Tyler's Guide: The Healthcare Executive's Job Search, Second Edition.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Tyler's Guide: The Healthcare Executive's Job Search, Second Edition. J. Larry Tyler, 1998, 208 pp. Chicago: Health Administration Press Tyler's Guide: The Healthcare Executive's Job Search is a concise and easy-to-read handbook that...