Journal of Healthcare Management articles from May 2008

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from May 2008

Editorial.(Editorial)
May 1, 2008... The healthcare industry is in a perpetual state of flux. Ironically, this truth does not mean that changes are quickly made or that changes are sustained. This contradiction, however, is natural in an industry that has so much to lose if it...

Interview with Wayne B. Sorensen, PhD, FACHE, associate professor, Texas State University-San Marcos.(Interview)
May 1, 2008... Since 1993, Wayne B. Sorensen, PhD, FACHE, has been associate professor at Texas State University-San Marcos, and until 2003, he was the chair of and associate professor in the Department of Health and Administration at the university. For...

What's in it for you? Understanding the plight of the uninsured.(COVERING THE UNINSURED)
May 1, 2008... Through reports, commentaries, and personal anecdotes shared in various media, we learn that lack of health insurance is associated with limited access to comprehensive medical services, lower health status, and financial catastrophe for many...

Happy together: consumer expectation for a public-private healthcare system.(CONSUMER--DRIVEN HEALTHCARE)(Survey)
May 1, 2008... What consumers want from healthcare is tightly linked to what they want from the government. As a case in point: The government now pays nearly half of the bill for all healthcare consumed in the United States. We are close to a tipping point...

Variations in hospital administrative costs.(Statistical table)(Financial report)
May 1, 2008... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Administrative costs in hospitals are substantial and can have a major effect on performance. Despite this fact, not much research has been done to better understand such costs. This study examined variations in hospital...

Organizational resiliency: how top-performing hospitals respond to setbacks in improving quality of cardiac care.
May 1, 2008... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite substantial improvement in recent years in hospital performance in many quality measures for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), national performance lags in a key publicly reported quality indicator for...

Application of Six Sigma/CAP methodology: controlling blood-product utilization and costs.
May 1, 2008... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Blood-product components are a limited commodity whose cost is rising. Many patients benefit from their use, but patients who receive transfusions face an unnecessary increased risk for developing infections; fatal,...

Strategic planning processes and hospital financial performance.
May 1, 2008... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Many common management practices in healthcare organizations, including the practice of strategic planning, have not been subject to widespread assessment through empirical research. If management practice is to be...