Journal of Healthcare Management articles from November 2001

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from November 2001

Editorial.(Editorial)
November 1, 2001... We are constantly reminded of dilemmas and disparities that exist in healthcare. Complexity and rapid change in the healthcare system can obscure compromises we make in the application of our core values. Population-based healthcare,...

Interview with Charles S. Lauer, HFACHE, publisher, Modern Healthcare. (Interview).(Interview)
November 1, 2001... Charles S. Lauer, HFACHE, is the publisher of Modern Healthcare, the nation's leading healthcare news weekly. Aside from being the corporate vice president of Crain Communications, Mr. Lauer is also an author of two books, Soar with the Eagles...

When your Orthopedic Group threatens to walk. (From the Field).
November 1, 2001... Al Endres is president and CEO of Lead HealthCare, one of the three largest hospital systems in the Tampa, Florida, area. St. Luke's Medical Center, owned by Lead HealthCare, is conveniently located in downtown Tampa, has a renowned reputation...

Creating a learning environment: a win-win approach. (Customer Service).
November 1, 2001... Example 1: Memorial Hospital has invested $100,000 in customer service training for its staff. However, the organization's satisfaction surveys still show little or no improvement. Example 2: Roberta Miller, vice president of Human...

Impact of the "new science" of genomics. (Future Trends).
November 1, 2001... Breaking a taboo against creating human embryos expressly for medical experiments, scientists at a Virginia fertility clinic have mixed donated eggs and sperm to derive embryonic stem cells, the primordial cells at the crux of a national debate...

Suddenly out of the field, part II: dos and don'ts of moving on. (Perspective).(job search techniques for hospital administrators)
November 1, 2001... To an individual who had lost a job (or the OTF), moving on is a process: (1) get over the shock, (2) muddle through the personal and professional implications, (3) accept the situation so it can be improved, (4) prepare for the come back, and...

Change in the population of health systems: from 1985 to 1998.
November 1, 2001... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article compares the predictions in Stephen Shortell's 1988 seminal article, The Evolution of Hospital Systems: Unfulfilled Promises and Self-Fulfilling Prophesies, with current data on health systems over a 14-year...

Race, ethnicity, and careers in healthcare management.
November 1, 2001... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article discusses the result of a study we conducted to investigate the factors that facilitate or impede healthcare management career opportunities and satisfaction from the perspective of racially and ethnically...

Automating the medication distribution process.
November 1, 2001... ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION Regional Medical Center is a 355-bed, for profit, investor-owned acute care hospital located in western North Carolina. The institution serves a four-county, predominantly blue-collar community with a population...