Journal of Healthcare Management articles from September 1999

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from September 1999

Interview with Brigadier General Donna F. Barbisch, D.H.A., Senior Advisor to the Biological Warfare Improved Response Program.(Interview)
September 1, 1999... Brigadier General Donna Barbisch is a U.S. Army Reserve general officer currently serving on active duty as the senior advisor to the Biological Warfare Improved Response Program. During her career, General Barbisch held a variety of...

Managed Care and Hospitals.
September 1, 1999... Hospitals were viewed as both culprit and victim during the early planning, development, and implementation of managed care. Resource-intensive operations, fueled by capital expansion, mired in infrastructure complexity, primed by technology,...

Strategic Cycling: Shaking Complacency in Healthcare Strategic Planning.
September 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the conditions affecting business and healthcare organizations in the United States have become more turbulent and uncertain, strategic planning has decreased in popularity. Strategic planning is criticized for...

Trends in Burnout and Related Measures of Organizational Stress Among Leaders of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Psychological burnout significantly and detrimentally affects individuals and the organizations for which they work. Leaders with burnout often display characteristics that are the opposite of those required to implement...

New Factors in the Antitrust Regulation of Hospital Mergers.(Illustration)
September 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This research Considers four recent hospital merger attempts in smaller urban areas where a hospital merger clearly presents antitrust concerns, as determined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or Department of Justice...

Managerial Implications of Corporate Board Involvement and Perceived Market Competition for Quality Improvement in Nursing Homes.(Illustration)
September 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study examines the relationships among corporate board involvement, total quality management (TQM) adoption, perceived market competition, and the perceived effect of quality improvement (QI) activities for a sample...

Improving System Performance: A Case Study in the Application of the Theory of Constraints.(Illustration)
September 1, 1999... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To thrive in a capitated managed care environment, health systems must enroll more lives to increase revenue, yet they must also control costs to remain viable. This article is a case study of how a team of junior...