Journal of Healthcare Management articles from May 2007

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from May 2007

Editorial.
May 1, 2007... Leadership is a process, not merely a responsibility. A good leader is able to move others toward a specific goal. The columns and articles in this issue illustrate this point. In the interview, Douglas Hawthorne conveys this process of...

Interview with Douglas Hawthorne, FACHE, president and chief executive officer, Texas Health Resources.(Interview)
May 1, 2007... At Texas Health Resources (THR), Douglas Hawthorne, FACHE, oversees acute care hospitals, a continued care hospital, fitness centers, psychiatric/addiction treatment facilities, extended care and long-term care facilities, and a medical...

Regional health information networks and the emerging organizational structures.(TECHNOLOGY)
May 1, 2007... A regional health information organization (RHIO) can be defined as "a network of stakeholders within a defined region who are committed to improving the quality, safety access and efficiency of healthcare through the use of HIT [health...

The role of leadership in creating a diversity-sensitive organization.(DIVERSITY)
May 1, 2007... Leadership in the context of diversity presents unique challenges for healthcare executives. Glenn Fosdick, FACILE (2007), who is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Nebraska Medical Center and who led a successful diversity...

Management development: a study of nurse managerial activities and skills.
May 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study discusses an activity competency model that may be used to investigate the perceived importance of managerial activities and skills required by three levels of nurse managers (top, middle, and supervisory...

Real options reasoning in healthcare: an integrative approach and synopsis.
May 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For the past 40 years, practitioners and researchers alike have been grappling with the natural shortcomings associated with the net present value approach to strategic decision making and capital budgeting. Work by...

Hospital patient safety: characteristics of best-performing hospitals.
May 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hospitals have made slow progress in meeting the Institute of Medicine's patient safety goals, and implementation of safety systems has been inconsistent. The next logical question is this: What organizational...

Establishment of a communitywide EMS first-responder program.(FELLOW PROJECT)(emergency medical system )
May 1, 2007... ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION The organization is a 142-bed acute care hospital, located within a rural county of 32,000 people. It also operates a 174-bed nursing home and skilled rehabilitation unit, a home health agency, a hospice, a...