August 2014
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Observation Deck:Moving Beyond ‘Sick Care’
Authors argue for a coming-together of healthcare and public health By Mark Thill The U.S. healthcare system has often been described as a “sick care…
MAX Insights: Come Together
Hospital and IDNs are seeing more benefits in affiliations and collaborations By William Foltz, analyst for the Major Accounts Exchange (MAX) As health systems face…
What Would Teddy Roosevelt Do?
The government reviews competition By Curtis Rooney Well-known trustbuster, Columbia law school dropout, and 26th President of the United States Teddy Roosevelt would have looked…
VHA recognizes excellence in supply chain, clinical care and sustainability
Providence Health and Services, Sanford Health and Yale New Haven Health System received the President’s Award of Honor during VHA’s Navigating to Excellence Forum this…
MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit
More than 550 suppliers and 1,500 providers gathered in Las Vegas, Nev., this spring for the MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit. “The primary goal of hosting…
Premier CEO: Healthcare is personal
Keep in mind the personal nature of healthcare, Premier President and CEO Susan DeVore asked more than 4,000 attendees at Premier Inc.’s Breakthroughs Conference and…
Amerinet conference highlights healthcare transformations
Amerinet welcomed members and suppliers to its 2014 Member Conference in Las Vegas, Nev., in May to honor their outstanding achievements and provide strategic information…
System Reinvention
Strong leaders are needed to transform healthcare systems into clinical quality organizations Repairing or redesigning a car is challenging under any circumstances. Doing so when…
IV shortage tests providers and suppliers
Smarter usage policies, conservation strategies, protect patients’ well-being From adversity can come good things. Take the recent (and at press time, ongoing) shortage of IV…