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Making progress | Sustained efforts to increase minority representation in healthcare executive ranks are delivering results, but barriers still remain
By Ashok Selvam | May 18, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Just as growing diversity is shaking up the nation's politics, the increasingly multicultural populations served by U.S. healthcare providers are also driving changes in the organizations' C-suites and boardrooms. But the transformation is still a work in progress.
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A new sensory system | Next generations of wireless monitoring technologies—some still years off—promise to transform healthcare
By Jaimy Lee | May 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
It might be hard to grasp how large and transformative the market for so-called medical body area networks could be in the years ahead.
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The rural route | Hospitals in underserved areas taking different roads to recruit, retain physicians
By Beth Kutscher | May 04, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Bisbee, Ariz., is a former mining town of about 6,700 people, some 12 miles north of the Mexican border. It's now known as an enclave of sorts for artists and hippies. But while it has attracted galleries and coffeehouses, it has struggled to find healthcare providers.
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Changes on the menu | Increasing emphasis on wellness and healthier dietary choices leads to new directions in hospital food service
By Jaimy Lee | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Food service companies and hospitals say the move toward healthier food options on hospital menus and cafeterias is shaping purchasing practices, food contracts and business strategies.
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The next level | Annual workforce report shows nurse practitioners pushing for increased autonomy in their roles
By Ashok Selvam | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As healthcare reform unfolds, midlevel health professionals such as nurses and physician assistants are advocating for more autonomy so they can play a bigger role in the delivery of primary care.
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In the spotlight | For-profit hospital chains boost their defenses as regulators step up anti-fraud scrutiny
By Beth Kutscher | March 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Investor-owned healthcare systems have been adding to their legal ranks and boosting self-policing in an attempt to get one step ahead of heightened regulatory activity around fraud and abuse.
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Losing preferential treatment | Physicians face limited choice in medical device selection as hospitals push to slash supply-chain costs
By Jaimy Lee | February 15, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Gagged by their supply contracts, some hospitals have devised a simple way to educate physicians about the cost of pricey implants: using color-coded stickers to indicate the level of a device's price.
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Insurance policy | Once again, hospital systems see value in adding health plans to their organizations
By Beth Kutscher | January 19, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
One of the lasting ripple effects of healthcare reform has been the drive toward consolidation—with health systems increasingly looking to take more control over the entire spectrum of care.
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More cliffs ahead | Providers brace for additional budgetary and regulatory challenges emanating from Washington
By Rich Daly and Jessica Zigmond | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
This year was anticipated as the final dash toward the 2014 rollout of the healthcare reform law's major provisions. But the healthcare industry is also coming to the realization that 2013 will probably be remembered for more fiscal fights and deep federal cuts.
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Changes expected to be good
By Andis Robeznieks | January 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
For physicians who view a crisis as an opportunity, 2013 might be a great year. By necessity and statute, changes in payment and practice design are coming, and that could be good, two experts say.
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