Journal of Healthcare Management articles from July 1998

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from July 1998

Warren Bennis, Chairman, The Leadership Institute.(Interview)
July 1, 1998... Warren Bennis is university professor and distinguished professor of business administration and founding chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California. He has written more than 25 books and 1,500 articles on...

Major Challenges Facing Governing Boards of Healthcare Delivery Organizations.(part 2)
July 1, 1998... In the March/April issue of JHM, we identified and described the core responsibilities of boards of trustees, with emphasis placed on trustees' roles in fulfilling such core responsibilities. Further, we suggested that community-based leaders...

Managed Care Information Systems.
July 1, 1998... Even though the financial, delivery, and organizational variations in the managed care arena are many, underlying managed care is a system philosophy. So it follows that managers must have in-depth knowledge of the system components and their...

Critical Success Factors in the Development of Healthcare Management Careers.
July 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article documents the results of a survey of healthcare executives in several western states focusing on factors influencing career satisfaction, progression, and change. The results of our analysis suggest that,...

The Financial Risk to Hospitals Inherent in DRG, Per Diem, and Capitation Reimbursement Methodologies.(diagnosis related group)
July 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study uses Monte Carlo simulation to assess the short-term financial risk to hospitals inherent in three reimbursement methodologies. The results are quite consistent across a wide variety of assumptions concerning...

The Emergency Department and Managed Care: A Synergistic Model.
July 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Managed care organizations (MCOs) have recently focused on the high cost of patient visits to the emergency department (ED). MCOs emphasize preventing the access low-acuity patients have to the ED, believing that billions...

Evolution of an Integrated Health System: A Life Cycle Framework.
July 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This life cycle framework can help administrators, planners, community leaders, physicians, and other healthcare professionals anticipate and plan for the challenges of health system integration. Integrated health systems...

Healthcare Strategic Planning: Approaches for the 21st Century.
July 1, 1998... Healthcare Strategic Planning: Approaches for the 21st Century by Alan M. Zuckerman. 1998. Health Administration Press. The use of strategic planning in hospitals in recent years has declined with the rising popularity of total quality...