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Large systems: Learning through sharing

By Rachel Landen | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

For more than a decade, Scripps Health of San Diego has worked to create internal structures that improve quality—a major cultural shift for the institution.
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Ascension's Seton Healthcare Family names Jesus Garza CEO, and other moves

By Modern Healthcare | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

Seton Healthcare Family, an Austin, Texas-based division of Ascension Health, named Jesus Garza CEO, effective July 1. Garza, 60, will also start providing oversight of Ascension's Arizona ministry, Carondelet Health Network, and continue serving as the ministry market leader for Ascension...
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Targeting salt intake—despite controversy | Hospitals encourage reducing sodium to aid patients, readmission rates

By Ashok Selvam | April 05, 2013 | Print Magazine

Though scientists remain divided over the importance of reducing dietary salt, some healthcare systems struggling to lower their readmission rates are taking public health warnings to heart.
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Reducing risk | Structure may lead to safer handoffs

By Andis Robeznieks | March 30, 2013 | Print Magazine

The key to solving an emerging patient-safety concern could be to have doctors act more like nurses.
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Behind the scenes | Although patients may not know it, ACOs are increasingly on their team, aiming to provide better care at lower costs

By Joe Carlson | March 29, 2013 | Print Magazine

Sitting in his living room in rural Knoxville, Ill., Jack Fisher wouldn't appear to represent the next wave in 21st century healthcare. But he does.
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Beyond primary care | NCQA extending medical home recognition

By Maureen McKinney | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine

Specialists and medical societies are cheering the launch of a medical-home-type recognition program for specialty practices, an option they say will extend the emphasis on care coordination outside of primary care and ease communication among providers.
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Banking on wellness | Companies push to get workers into health programs

By Ashok Selvam | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine

CVS Caremark Corp.'s attempt to nudge employees into a rigorous wellness program blew up into a minor media mess for the company.
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Combining efforts | Hospitals, health departments team up

By Paul Barr | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine

Despite a history of generally limited cooperation, hospitals and public health departments are responding to new incentives to work together on improving health at the population level.
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Exercising their influence | As policymakers struggle in battle against obesity, providers and insurers are offering their own solutions

By Maureen McKinney and Jessica Zigmond | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine

Healthcare providers and insurers are moving onto the front lines of the nation's war on obesity as policymakers' efforts flounder.
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Strategic partnership | Cleveland Clinic, CHS focus on costs, best practices

By Jaimy Lee | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine

The Cleveland Clinic's unlikely partnership with Community Health Systems is supposed to marry the best of both worlds: an outcomes-driven academic medical center known for handling complex medical cases and the operational discipline of a large and successful investor-owned hospital chain.
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