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| Building a Pipeline |
| Nowhere is the need for innovative thinking more apparent than in healthcare recruiting. We get expert advice on leading-edge techniques. |
| Technology: Modeling Success |
| New tools and tighter controls can help hospitals keep PC maintenance under control. |
| Management: Easing In |
| Donna King, chief nurse executive at Advocate Illinois, tells the story of lower turnover, happier staff, and better patient care thanks to a nurse residency program. |
| Legal: New Era |
| The recent Florida Supreme Court ruling on peer-review privileges may signal a shift in patient and physician rights. |
| Finance: Easy Pay |
| Finance expert Nancy Fragus says hospitals and clinical practices of all sizes can benefit from promoting patient payment programs. |
| Best Practices: Right Care, Right Time |
| Palliative care programs are gaining momentum as a way to help hospitals deal with patients suffering complex conditions. |
| Aspen Valley Hospital: Critical Difference |
| Dave Ressler outlines the path this critical access hospital took to move from striving to thriving. |
| Care Station Medical Group: Slow and Steady |
| A gradual evolution has enabled this primary care medical group to flex with industry trends. Dr. Richard Bezozo explains. |
| Central Baptist Hospital: More Than Medicine |
| President and CEO Bill Sisson discusses the strength of this general acute care facility and his desire to look beyond the competition of healthcare. |
| Physicians First: Central Utah Clinic |
| Scott Barlow divulges how a physician-knows-best attitude has helped this medical group to cut costs and deliver better care in a healthcare crisis. |
| CSAAC: Epidemic Issues |
| Ian Paregol describes this autism service provider’s effort to shed more light on a growing problem. |
| Delphi Healthcare Partners: Life Savers |
| This contract management and physician recruiting firm is relieving the strain on hospitals and physicians, says David Joyce. |
| Florida’s Blood Centers: There Will Be Blood |
| Anne Chinoda describes how Florida’s largest blood service provider works to increase donations and promote prevention. |
| Franklin United Methodist Community: Continuing to Care |
| To ensure another 50 years of success, this faith-based CCRC is investing in its facilities and people. Dr. Joe Trueblood provides the details. |
| Highlands Regional Medical Center: Upping the Ante |
| Harold Warman explains the measures one Kentucky hospital is taking to remain independent and increase the accessibility of its growing number of services. |
| B-K Medical Systems: Pioneering Imaging |
| Close customer relationships and a focus on continuous improvement led this urology ultrasound market leader to growth. Renaud Maloberti explains. |
| Ista Pharmaceuticals: Rising Above |
| Dr. Vicente Anido, Jr. details how this ophthalmic pharmaceutical company rose from the ashes to become an industry leader. |
| Medi-Dyn: Ahead of the Game |
| Scott Brown explains how this hospital support management company helps its clients improve infection control and patient satisfaction. |
| Second Opinion: The Right Direction |
| Managing editor Michael Sharkey says HHS's Hospital Compare site is getting better, but still has quite a way to go. |
| Contrarian Edge: Where’s the Urgency for the Emergency? |
| Healtcare guru Clay Sherman wants to know why it's taking so long to develop and implement digital medical records. |
| Dose of Reality: The Way It Should Be |
| Editor-in-chief Jill Rose is glad to see some health insurers are realizing it’s less expensive to keep people healthy than to treat them after they become ill. |