Friday, July 16th, 2010
By Lowell C. Kruse
Former CEO, Heartland HealthÂ
No matter how hard the healthcare delivery system works, it is very difficult to keep up with the demand for healthcare being created by the lifestyles of our citizens and the misuse of the system. At the end of the day, the two key factors impacting the health status [...]
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
By Rick Norling
Former CEO, Premier healthcare alliance
As healthcare reform efforts begin to take shape, you can expect to see changes in the next five years or so in terms of how hospitals function and how they and various physicians offices offer care. Recently our blog team of former healthcare system CEOs discussed what we think [...]
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
By Kester Freeman
Former CEO, Palmetto Health
What a morning in Washington, DC! Hospital leaders and members of Congress, including Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, were on hand as the Premier healthcare alliance kicked off a special program that will help U.S. hospitals form Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs.Â
Methodist Medical Center and Billings Clinic are among [...]
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
By Jennifer Mitchell
Editor, Action for Better Healthcare
One of the challenges facing the healthcare system in the United States is how to deliver good care when dealing with a payment model that currently rewards doctors for more care, instead of the best care.
Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, is the Director of the Center for Health Policy Research at Dartmouth Medical School. He [...]
Friday, January 8th, 2010
By Rick Norling
Retired CEO, Premier healthcare alliance
In the early 90s, ten health systems came together with faculty, including Steve Shortell, David Anderson, and the late Walt McNerney, to explore integrated care in the Health Systems Integration Study (HSIS).
For those participating systems, it was a tremendous learning experience and many great ideas were implemented.
At Fairview Hospital [...]
