Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Next page › Last page Last Addressing Housing Affordability for the Healthcare Workforce Housing affordability—a problem that used to affect primarily the healthcare workforce in large urban centers and high-priced enclaves—is becoming an issue in a growing number of... Article Operating a Provider Enterprise: Leveraging the Promise of Advanced Practice Providers While physicians have historically constituted the vast majority of a health system’s providers, in recent years advanced practice providers (APPs) have grown in number and importance... Article Reframing the Workforce Conversation Healthcare executives can reframe the conversation about the evolving values of the workforce in a way that builds on what drove many years of success while embracing changes and advancements that will once again set us apart from the pack. Blog Covenant Challenges Signal Need to Chart a Path to Sustainability The possibility of breached covenants is a symptom of deeper problems that require an all-hands-on-deck approach to get back on a sustainable path. Blog Viewing Workforce Needs with a Beginner’s Mind “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are few.” This famous observation by Shunryu Suzuki, which posits the importance of intellectual... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman A Special Workforce Edition of the National Hospital Flash Report A nationwide shortage of healthcare workers made worse by the pandemic, and hospital and health systems’ increased reliance on contract labor, is driving expenses upward and contributing to steep declines in profit margins, according to a Special Workforce Edition of Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. Research Report Getting a Handle on Observation Status Patients Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight rule for determining observation status in 2013, observation patients have represented a growing... Article An Empathic Approach to Post-Merger Integration Empathy can play a powerful role in building a common culture within a newly combined organization. Article Operationalizing Value-Based Primary Care: Lessons from the Field For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward providers for the value of the care they provide. Article Recruitment and Retention Strategies Can Help Mitigate Impacts of the Great Resignation To mitigate the impact of labor shortages, health systems must ensure they can move nimbly in hiring qualified staff while doubling down on their employee retention strategies. Article 2021 State of Healthcare Performance Improvement Report: COVID Creates a Challenging Environment The COVID-19 pandemic continues to undermine performance improvement efforts at hospitals and health systems across the country. Workforce realignments, a rapid push into telehealth, lower volumes, and rising labor and supply costs point to the need for transformative change. Research Report Creating Patient-Centered Access to Care When your mother is sick, do you give her the number to your health system’s call center and hope for the best? Or do you start working your relationships to figure out how to get her... Article Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Next page › Last page Last
Addressing Housing Affordability for the Healthcare Workforce Housing affordability—a problem that used to affect primarily the healthcare workforce in large urban centers and high-priced enclaves—is becoming an issue in a growing number of... Article
Operating a Provider Enterprise: Leveraging the Promise of Advanced Practice Providers While physicians have historically constituted the vast majority of a health system’s providers, in recent years advanced practice providers (APPs) have grown in number and importance... Article
Reframing the Workforce Conversation Healthcare executives can reframe the conversation about the evolving values of the workforce in a way that builds on what drove many years of success while embracing changes and advancements that will once again set us apart from the pack. Blog
Covenant Challenges Signal Need to Chart a Path to Sustainability The possibility of breached covenants is a symptom of deeper problems that require an all-hands-on-deck approach to get back on a sustainable path. Blog
Viewing Workforce Needs with a Beginner’s Mind “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are few.” This famous observation by Shunryu Suzuki, which posits the importance of intellectual... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
A Special Workforce Edition of the National Hospital Flash Report A nationwide shortage of healthcare workers made worse by the pandemic, and hospital and health systems’ increased reliance on contract labor, is driving expenses upward and contributing to steep declines in profit margins, according to a Special Workforce Edition of Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. Research Report
Getting a Handle on Observation Status Patients Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight rule for determining observation status in 2013, observation patients have represented a growing... Article
An Empathic Approach to Post-Merger Integration Empathy can play a powerful role in building a common culture within a newly combined organization. Article
Operationalizing Value-Based Primary Care: Lessons from the Field For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward providers for the value of the care they provide. Article
Recruitment and Retention Strategies Can Help Mitigate Impacts of the Great Resignation To mitigate the impact of labor shortages, health systems must ensure they can move nimbly in hiring qualified staff while doubling down on their employee retention strategies. Article
2021 State of Healthcare Performance Improvement Report: COVID Creates a Challenging Environment The COVID-19 pandemic continues to undermine performance improvement efforts at hospitals and health systems across the country. Workforce realignments, a rapid push into telehealth, lower volumes, and rising labor and supply costs point to the need for transformative change. Research Report
Creating Patient-Centered Access to Care When your mother is sick, do you give her the number to your health system’s call center and hope for the best? Or do you start working your relationships to figure out how to get her... Article