Journal of Healthcare Management articles from March 1998

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from March 1998

Managing Risks in Managed Care.
March 1, 1998... Being a manager in a healthcare organization is probably not listed on the underwriters' list of riskiest jobs. But given the risks that healthcare managers face on a daily basis, maybe it should be. There is business risk, financial risk,...

Ernst Wynder, M.D., President, American Health Foundation.(Interview)
March 1, 1998... It is not every day that we are able to talk with someone whose dedication to research for the betterment of individual and societal health has produced landmark research. Dr. Ernst Wynder, founder and president of the American Health...

Core Responsibilities of Board Trustees.
March 1, 1998... The significant changes in healthcare delivery and finance that are underway in our society have called into question the future of voluntary, community-based boards of trustees of healthcare delivery organizations. Have such boards outlived...

Managerial Competence at Senior Levels of Integrated Delivery Systems.
March 1, 1998... Beaufort B. Longest, Jr., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The advent of integrated delivery systems (IDSs) in the healthcare industry has changed much about the work involved in running many healthcare organizations....

Hospital CEOs, CFOs, and Nurse Executives: Opportunities for a New Alliance.
March 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article examines the involvement of Utah acute care hospital nurse executives (NEs) in financial management roles. The authors surveyed NEs and their career supporters and hinderers. Findings suggest that NEs: ...

Determinants of Successful Community Health System Planning.
March 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Needs assessment and other community health planning projects are being conducted in many parts of the country. Whether these projects are successful, in that they lead to implementation of recommendations, has not been...

Rural Hospitals: Organizational Alignments for Managed Care Contracting.
March 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In order to facilitate the process of determining how best to respond to the recent growth of rural managed care, this study discusses various organizational alignments for managed care contracting. The organizational...

Enhancing Care Delivery Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: A Case Study.
March 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This exploratory research investigates the factors contributing to and detracting from collaboration across professional groups that are working within an academic medical center. Examined within the context of three...

The Economic Era of Health Care: A Revolution in Organized Delivery Systems.(Review)
March 1, 1998... The Economic Era of Health Care: A Revolution in Organized Delivery Systems by Everett A. Johnson, Montague Brown, and Richard L. Johnson; 1996, 293 pp., Jossey-Bass Publishers Everett A. Johnson, Montague Brown, and Richard L....