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Attend Physician Engagement and Retention with Results-Driven Onboarding to see how The Iowa Clinic created an extended Physician Onboarding Academy to ensure cultural integration through a strategy that promotes alignment, engagement and retention.

We are pleased to announce registration is officially open for the ASHHRA 52nd Annual Conference & Exposition! The first 200 full conference or conference package registrations take $100 off with discount code TAKE100.

Posted by dculbertson The Health Care Cost Institute is out with its annual report on health care spending and use for those covered by employer-sponsored health insurance.

Posted by dculbertson Want to know more about National Hospital Week, Pain Awareness Month, Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, National Trauma Survivors Day or National Humor Month? The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development’s annual calendar identifies over 200 health observance and recognition dates.

Laura Dyrda, Becker’s ASC Review ECG Management Consultants released the 2015 Physician Compensation Survey results, noting both primary care physicians and specialists reported higher compensation than 2014 levels.

Ayla Ellison, Becker’s Hospital Review Both CFOs and CEOs of U.S. publicly traded companies saw their compensation increase at a slower rate in 2015 than the year prior, with finance chiefs faring slightly better overall than chief executives, according to a study from accounting and consulting organization BDO USA.\

Jon Asplund, H&HN In August, Hospitals & Health Networks hosted the webinar "Talent Management and Succession Planning Best Practices: Assessing Impact on Financial, Workforce and Value-Based Purchasing Metrics." Kevin Groves, associate professor at Pepperdine University and president of Groves Consulting Group, gave the presentation.

Marty Stempniak, H&HN If hospital leaders want to properly tend to the diverse patients that populate their communities, experts believe it’s important that they field an executive team that mirrors those they serve. And while health care has made some progress in this regard in recent years, there’s still a long way to go, according to a new survey by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, released Monday.

Erin Marshall, Becker’s Hospital Review Giving constructive feedback is undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of being a leader. But what happens when the employee receiving the feedback shuts down, reacts negatively or doesn't follow through on promises?

Diane L. Dixon, H&HN Health care executives and boards no longer can lead with only one organization in mind. Value-based payment, along with a renewed emphasis on developing healthy communities, makes care coordination among community providers in multiple entities a necessity.

Ayla Ellison, Becker’s Hospital Review Geisinger Health System President and CEO David Feinberg, MD, said the Danville, Pa.-based health system is going to start offering a money-back guarantee to patients who receive care at its facilities, according to a Times Leader report.

Emily Rappleye, Becker’s Hospital Review Patients are beginning to approach health care as consumers, meaning they look at hospitals and health care providers like any other service. At the same time, a growing portion of reimbursement is tied to patient satisfaction and experience.

Kelly Gooch, Becker’s Hospital Review The health care industry is about to see a surge of retirements among baby boomer nurses, just as the demand for RNs reaches an all-time high, according to the results of AMN Healthcare's annual survey of registered nurses.

Michael Sandler, Modern Healthcare Major health care staffing companies increasingly are serving as general contractors for hospitals scrambling to staff up with contingent physicians and nurses.

Jessica Davis, Healthcare IT News Vocera Communications has released the findings of its first Humanizing Efficiency in Healthcare study, which surveyed more than 100 senior-level health care executives. The results are eye-opening.

Zack Budryk, Fierce Healthcare Health care providers are under increased pressure to take serious action against employee drug theft, according to the Deseret News, especially after the revelation that it may have led to nearly 5,000 patients in a Utah hospital being exposed to hepatitis C.

David Ferguson, FierceHealthcare MedStar Washington Hospital Center launched a new program to ensure that terminally ill patients have someone with them as they are dying, even when no relatives or family members are on hand, the hospital announced.

Karen Handmaker, Healthcare IT News The rise of population health management in recent years has been one of the most significant strategic shifts in the health care industry. It not only brings its own benefits to patients and providers, it is also an enabler of other changes – not the least of which is the transition from fee-for-service to value-based billing.