Journal of Healthcare Management articles from November 2006

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from November 2006

Editorial.
November 1, 2006... This issue of the Journal addresses governance, strategy, performance, and outcomes, all of which are critical pieces of the healthcare management puzzle. In the interview, Danny Jones, the 2006 recipient of ACHE's Robert S. Hudgens...

Interview with Danny L. Jones, Jr., FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Independence Regional Health Center and the Medical Center of Independence.(Interview)
November 1, 2006... Since 2004, Danny Jones, FACHE, has served as chief executive officer of Independence Regional Health Center, a 363-bed acute-care facility and Level II trauma center, and Medical Center of Independence, a 185-bed acute-care facility. In the...

Unintended consequences: getting the most while avoiding the worst.(PAY FOR PERFORMANCE)
November 1, 2006... This year we examined a variety of issues that complicate a seemingly straightforward and intuitive premise: pay should somehow be tied to performance. The pay-for-performance experience, both in the United States and abroad, has identified a...

Leadership.(COMPETENCIES)
November 1, 2006... The fifth and final competency of the Healthcare Leadership Alliance (HLA) (1) model is leadership. This competency involves cultivating an environment in which all employees can contribute to their full potential in support of the...

Return on investment in pay for performance: a diabetes case study.(Case study)
November 1, 2006... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With purchasers' increasing frustration with healthcare costs, more innovative approaches to performance-based reimbursement are in demand. Establishing pay-for-performance programs has become a popular strategy for...

Hospital governing boards: a study of their effectiveness in relation to organizational performance.
November 1, 2006... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This article describes the development and evolution of governing boards and summarizes critical findings from a research study on hospital governing boards. The purpose of the research was to examine factors that measure...

Is anybody managing the store? National trends in hospital performance.
November 1, 2006... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nine standardized measures compiled from Medicare data show trends in the safety, quality, financial management, and efficiency for more than 2,500 community hospitals over five years ending in 2003. Although much public...

Establishing and sustaining healthcare operations in a contingency: a logistical perspective.(FELLOW PROJECT)
November 1, 2006... Healthcare executives are faced with a daunting new task of being able to respond to terrorist activities that can disrupt the established healthcare system. The preplanned programs and skill sets developed by military healthcare executives can...

2005 fellowship theses.
November 1, 2006... The following theses have been approved as fulfilling the Fellow Project requirement of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Eric A. Bachenheimer, FACHE The Relationship Between Weather and Hospital Emergency Department...