Journal of Healthcare Management articles from May 2003

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from May 2003

Editorial.(Journal of Healthcare Management)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2003... The fiduciary responsibilities of healthcare managers are paramount to the development, sustenance, and long-term viability of their institutions. Healthcare executives, community planners, and external policymakers are accountable for...

Interview with David L. Bernd, FACHE, CEO, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Virginia.(management)(Interview)
May 1, 2003... David L. Bernd, FACHE, is chief executive officer of Sentara Healthcare, a not-for-profit integrated health system that provides services in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. In 2001, Sentara was named as the number one...

Building job security: strategies for becoming a highly valued contributor. (Careers).(healthcare executives)
May 1, 2003... Some healthcare executives continue to believe that job security is something that is automatically provided by their organizations. This perception may have been true in the past, but even then, executives still had to make contributions to...

The value of market research. (Strategic Marketing).(healthcare management)
May 1, 2003... According to the Marketing Research Association (2003), market research is a multibillion dollar industry in the United States that is dedicated to providing valuable information to companies that provide products and services. Market research...

A profile of hospital acquisitions.(United States, includes statistical tables)
May 1, 2003... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The number of hospitals acquired by hospital systems has declined from 99 facilities in 1996 to less than 63 facilities between 1999 and 2000. We evaluated the market, operating and organizational factors, and their...

Physicians and hospital managers as cofiduciaries of patients: rhetoric or reality?(healthcare management research)
May 1, 2003... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The reality of physicians and hospital managers as cofiduciaries of patients is of vital importance today. In this article we develop the concept of physicians as fiduciaries of patients based on the work of John Gregory...

Organizational downsizing: a review of literature for planning and research.(healthcare management research; includes tables)
May 1, 2003... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The use of downsizing as management's strategic response to environmental and institutional changes is prevalent in all U.S. industries, including healthcare. The popular and research literature is inundated with reports...

Development of an inpatient rehab facility in an urban safety-net hospital. (Fellow Project).(healthcare management research)
May 1, 2003... ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION Hospital A is a 620-bed nonprofit medical teaching facility serving a metropolitan area of approximately one million people. The hospital was established in 1829 and provides general medical/surgical services,...