Journal of Healthcare Management articles from November 1998

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from November 1998

Garen Wintemute, M.D., Founding Director, Violence Research Program and Time Magazine Hero in Medicine.
November 1, 1998... Headlines demand our attention--we live in an era of school violence and gun-control debate. Against this backdrop, we, as healthcare professionals, might well ask: "What is my responsibility? How can I contribute to my community?" Garen...

Developing Clinical and Community Health Priorities.
November 1, 1998... Providing quality healthcare to the ill or injured is not enough; leaders in the healthcare community have a responsibility to find the root cause of health problems and a way to intervene before a patient even enters the clinic or hospital....

The Chronically Ill and Managed Care.
November 1, 1998... Managed care institutions differ in their structures and strategies, but their organizational missions consistently include the improvement of community health. Despite this avowed mission, it is increasingly evident that this vital goal...

Physician Executives in Managed Care: Characteristics and Job Involvement Across Two Career Stages.
November 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper examines characteristics, job involvement, and career stage differences among 294 physician executives working in managed care settings. The following research questions guide the study: * What types of...

Gains From Public-Private Collaborations to Improve Community Health.
November 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In several disciplines there exists theoretical and empirical evidence to show that community affects health and behaviors; but to date such evidence has remained largely outside the health services field. In this...

Competitive Strategy in Turbulent Healthcare Markets: An Analysis of Financially Effective Teaching Hospitals.
November 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the healthcare marketplace, characterized by declining revenues and heavy price competition, continues to evolve toward managed care, teaching hospitals are being forced to act more like traditional industrial...

Strategic Positioning: A Case Study in Governance and Management.
November 1, 1998... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case describes the experience of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) in restructuring its governance and management. It provides a background on the DMC, examines the driving forces that led to modification of its...