Journal of Healthcare Management articles from March 1999

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from March 1999

Interview with U. S. Air Force Surgeon General, Charles H. Roadman, II, M.D.
March 1, 1999... Lieutenant General Charles H. Roadman, II, M.D. is the Surgeon General of the United States Air Force. In this capacity he serves as the functional manager of the USAF Medical Service with 52,000 personnel, 87 medical facilities, and a $4.5...

Leadership: Some Things to Think About.
March 1, 1999... Several powerful concepts set great leaders apart from average leaders. This column is devoted to what leaders must consider as they move upward in their organizations and get involved in their communities. Leadership begins with a vision....

Structuring Managed Care: Lessons from Traditional Insurance.
March 1, 1999... Similarities between managed healthcare and traditional benefit design have evolved in ways that one might not have initially predicted. These developments in managed care are accompanied by a shift in emphasis from the expanded social role of...

Animated Simulation: A Valuable Decision Support Tool for Practice Improvement.
March 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Animated computer simulation is a powerful tool for healthcare operation improvement. As a decision support tool, it offers a systematic method to compare alternative approaches to healthcare operations. Because staff...

Mission-Driven Marketing: A Rural Example.
March 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Marketing receives little attention in the academic healthcare management literature, possibly because it is associated with pursuit of profit rather than community benefit. However, a marketing perspective can be applied...

In Their Own Words: How Hospitals Present Corporate Restructuring in Their Annual Reports.
March 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hospitals operate in an environment with strong institutional pressures, in which legitimacy is critical to an organization's access to resources. In such an environment, organizations can increase their legitimacy by...

Evaluation of the VA Mobile Clinics Demonstration Project.
March 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 1988 the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act attempted to solve the problem of the lack of adequate VA healthcare facilities in rural areas by establishing a demonstration program using mobile clinics. Six clinics...