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Practical Assignment |
Find out why BU’s healthcare MBA program tripled in size over the last five years—and what’s being taught to the next generation of physician leaders. |
To the Rescue |
This unusual organization’s journey to deliver healthcare to its community contains valuable lessons for the federal government. |
Clear Case |
Providence Regional Medical Center’s healthy financials and satisfaction scores are proof that a little corporate know-how works wonders in healthcare. |
Aero-Med: Ready for Liftoff |
This company has become one of the largest disposable medical supply distributors in the country, thanks to its high-volume, low-margin approach. |
American Dental Concepts: On a Mission |
This dental management company is using a multi-disciplinary model to change how dentists operate and how patients feel. |
Saint Michael's Medical Center: Stable Condition |
After teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, this medical center has rebounded strongly and is about to begin an ambitious building project. |
IntraNexus: A Smarter Solution |
This software vendor has a team with clinical experience and a background in consulting, and it's using both to get ahead. |
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center: Health For All |
By offering programs across all demographic and economic levels, this health center helps address the disparity of care for its community. |
Alexian Brothers Hospital Network: A Strong Turnaround |
This four-hospital system experienced financial challenges a few years back, but after refocusing its operations, it’s back on top. |
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care: A Better End |
Using an approach to hospice care that includes the family and treats the patient as an individual helps this company grow. |
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center: Improving on Excellence |
The nation's only Korean-owned hospital, this Los Angeles medical center is trying to offer something for everyone. |
Kaweah Delta Healthcare District: Learning and Growing |
A long-term replacement project is just one of the many ongoing goals to improve access and quality in this fast-growing hospital system. |
Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan: Time of Transformation |
With healthcare in a period of extensive change, this organization is looking for ways to maximize health savings and create options that provide quality and value. |
UMass Memorial Health Care: Above and Beyond Community Benefit |
Instead of looking just internally for ways to improve quality and reduce costs, this system is going into the streets. |
Abaxis: Faster, Cheaper, Better |
This company provides one tool that can help physicians reduce costs and provide better care. |
Health Outcomes Sciences: A Better Outcome |
This software company developed a solution that allows clinicians to better predict what an individual patient’s risk is, based on clinical data and personal history. |
Sterling Life Insurance Company: Authentic Value |
These Medicare experts are focused on serving the needs of Medicare beneficiaries, providers, and business owners. |
Affordable Care: Making the Leap |
Good isn't good enough for the new leader of this fast-growing dental care company. |
American Health Centers: On the Go |
This mobile imaging service provider is constantly looking for ways to better serve those in its communities. New service lines are just the beginning. |
Technology: True Connections |
Dr. Charles Jaffe of HL7 talks about what’s needed to deliver better HIT interoperability. |
Finance: Fully Compliant |
With the government taking a keen interest in hospitals claiming provider-based status, it pays to know the rules. |
Finances: Slimming Down |
Do lean methods lead to lower costs? We’ve got the proof right here. |
Best Practices: Do Ratings Matter? |
We look at how the ratings game affects hospitals, what it takes to move up, and whether you should care. |
Technology: Can Open Source Help Healthcare? |
It may not be the magic bullet some imagine, but open source could help create standards, leading to a streamlined system with fewer errors. |
Bastyr University: The Best of of Both Worlds |
This accredited, internationally recognized pioneer in natural medicine combines multidisciplinary curriculum with leading-edge research and clinical training. |
Centre for Neuro Skills: A Family Approach |
What started as an effort to help a family member has grown into an organization that provides the best care possible for people with brain injuries. |
Covenant Retirement Communities: Committment to Connection |
Everything this retirement community organization does reflects its Christian mission to provide person-centered benevolent care. |
Delta Dental of Arizona: Strong Benefits |
By relying on its sister companies and adjusting to changing markets, this dental insurer managed to have a great year despite the economy. |
Nanticoke Health Services: FIlling the Gap |
Peace of mind and broader coverage are just two of the benefits of Nanticoke Health Services’ venture into the outsourced hospitalist model. |
California Transplant Donor Network: Handling With Care |
Organ donation can be a tricky process for potential donors and their families, but this nonprofit handles it with a caring and knowledgeable attitude. |
Elk Regional Health Center: Jewel of the Town |
Customer satisfaction is the highest it’s ever been at this community hospital in rural Pennsylvania, and it’s all thanks to a gem of a management model. |
Infinity HealthCare: Born Problem Solvers |
Rather than following the status quo, this physician-led staffing and management practice looks for new avenues of innovation. |
The Care Management Company: Complex Care |
The days of treating one disease at a time are long gone for this New York managed care company. |
CompleteRx: Holistic Approach |
This pharmacy management company considers the entire system when working to reduce drug order errors. |
Dental Services Group: Quality Construction |
Keeping on top of the production of quality products has this dental services laboratory group primed for growth. |
Delta Health Alliance: Working Today for a Better Tomorrow |
Since 2001, this alliance has focused on addressing healthcare gaps in the Mississippi Delta. |
Dose of Reality: The Naked Hospital |
Editor-in-chief Jill Rose says hospitals should no longer expect their contracts to remain hidden from public view or their business behaviors to go unnoticed. |
Dose of Reality: Do You Tweet? |
Editor-in-chief Jill Rose has sound advice for healthcare executives trying to wrap their brains around social media outlets. |
Contrarian Edge: Why Staff People Fail |
Management guru Clay Sherman wants to know why no one is interested in telling people how to be successful as staff—since only 7% of the workforce occupy leadership positions. |