Journal of Healthcare Management articles from September 2007

Journal of Healthcare Management archives from September 2007

Editorial.(Editorial)
September 1, 2007... As healthcare becomes more complex, the management techniques and processes that have served leaders well in the past can benefit from reassessment. This issue provides new strategies, frameworks, and tools for managing the current challenges...

Errata.(Correction notice)
September 1, 2007... In the July/August issue of the Journal, the article entitled "Retail Medicine: The Cure for Healthcare Disparities?" failed to cite two sources of information--MinuteClinic's website and an article in Disease Management journal (Volume 10,...

Interview with Diane Peterson, FACHE, chairman and chief executive officer, D. Peterson & Associates.(INTERVIEW)(Interview)
September 1, 2007... Diane Peterson, FACHE, has extensive experience in healthcare management and marketing that spans nearly 30 years. Her healthcare management consulting firm, D. Peterson & Associates, focuses on strategic planning, governance, and customer...

Weblogs: a communication tool.(TECHNOLOGY)
September 1, 2007... The term "weblogs" (or blogs, as they are more commonly known) is a contraction of the words "web" and "log." According to Webopedia (2007), a weblog is "a web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual."...

Recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce: challenges and opportunities.(DIVERSITY)
September 1, 2007... Workforce exits and entries will dramatically change the landscape for healthcare organizations and their leaders in coming years. As the first set of baby boomers retires in 2008, the workforce will contract by 11 percent. In 2008, boomers...

Assessing the performance of freestanding hospitals.
September 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Freestanding hospitals are becoming less common as more hospitals are joining or establishing relationships with multihospital systems. These associations are driven by factors, such as unrelenting competition in local...

Competing values in healthcare: balancing the (un)balanced scorecard.
September 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Facing a complex environment driven by two decades of dramatic change, healthcare organizations are adopting new strategic frameworks such as the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) to evaluate performance (Kaplan and Norton 1992)....

The informed decisions toolbox: tools for knowledge transfer and performance improvement.
September 1, 2007... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In recent years, spurred by developments in evidence-informed medicine, a movement to strengthen evidence-informed managerial decision making in healthcare organizations has emerged in the United States and in other...

Adopting and implementing a policy governance model.(FELLOW PROJECT)
September 1, 2007... ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Regional Hospital is a 100-bed, not-for-profit, independent community hospital located in a city of 20,000 people in the northeast corner of a midwestern state. The hospital's primary service area consists of six...