Journal of Healthcare Management articles from January 2007

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from January 2007

Editorial.
January 1, 2007... In this first issue of 2007, our features explore many aspects of performance and improvement. Throughout his diverse career, healthcare professor and economist Stuart Altman has made critical contributions to national and local health...

Interview with Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., HFACHE, Dean and Professor, the Heller School, Brandeis University.(Interview)
January 1, 2007... Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., HFACHE, is dean and Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. An economist whose research primarily covers...

The future of healthcare technology.(Column)
January 1, 2007... During my 25-plus-years career in healthcare, many things have stayed the same in the field. Much has changed as well, however. Advances in technology for the treatment and care of patients have been profound, but use of information technology...

Practical issues in the design and implementation of pay-for-quality programs.
January 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Health plans, healthcare purchasers, and provider organizations throughout the United States are crafting pay-for-performance programs with the intent of improving the quality of care and with recognition of the need to...

A comparative performance scorecard for federally funded community health centers in North Carolina.(Bureau of Primary Health Care)
January 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To make informed management decisions, healthcare executives must have timely and useful information about the performance of their organizations. A review of the methods used by the Health Resources and Services...

Hospital administration in the early 1900s: visions for the future and the reality of daily practice.
January 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article explores the first vision of modern hospital management as it was advanced by the American Hospital Association in the early 1900s and compares it with the reality of daily practice at the time. The findings...

The performance management system: applying and evaluating a pay-for-performance initiative.
January 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The clinical operations and programs division at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center undertook an initiative, as part of a new performance management system, to determine the effectiveness in aligning...

A cultural diversity assessment and the path to magnet status.(cultural shift in health care sector)
January 1, 2007... ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION This urban medical center is a 758-bed, two-campus acute care facility that operates as part of an investor-owned, six-hospital system in a metropolitan region with a population of approximately one million. The...