Dr. Eric Topol mixed together advances in social media, wireless technologies and genomics to paint a picture of the future of healthcare. FULL STORY »
“Our minds have been marinated to believe more is better,” says Rosemary Gibson, an author of books on medical overuse who spoke about the dangers of overutilization. FULL STORY »
By Christine LaFave Grace | March 24, 2011
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Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, Ill., established its eICU telemedicine program in 2003. Eight years later, it's still tweaking the program—and still working to assert the program's value. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Assistant Digital Editor Christine LaFave Grace wraps up the ACHE's 2011 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, discussing sessions on genomics and overtreatment. FULL STORY »
Two executives with Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., said executives looking for quick answers might be neglecting the consultants they already have on the payroll: their own staff members. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Joe Carlson interviews Thomas Dolan, president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives, about the attendance and focus of the organization's 2011 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda interviews Michael Connelly, president and CEO of Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners, about the system's efforts to improve patient safety and his thoughts on for-profit companies buying Catholic hospitals. FULL STORY »
James Connolly, president and CEO of Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, N.Y., talks about reinventing his hospital as a medical home in an interview with Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch. FULL STORY »
In their telling of two tales of trying to integrate their hospital systems with physicians, two prominent healthcare executives highlighted how difficult that process will be for other systems. FULL STORY »
By Christine LaFave Grace | March 23, 2011
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The American Hospital Association's immediate past board Chairman Richard de Filippi called equity of care “a central parameter of quality of care.” FULL STORY »
Donna Sollenberger, executive vice president and CEO of University of Texas Medical Branch Health System in Galveston, talks about career planning and development with Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Assistant Digital Editor Christine LaFave Grace closes out the third day of the 2011 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership with a discussion of AHA board chairman Richard de Filippi's "Diversity in the Boardroom" address and a recap of Modern Healthcare's annual Puttin' on the Ritz reception. FULL STORY »
Many economists like to fret about the state of the U.S. economy and national debt, but one says Americans have, and will continue to have, plenty of money to spend on their healthcare. FULL STORY »
Frankie Perry established the division of marketing and communications at the ACHE and rose to executive vice president. Robert Fanning Jr. served as chairman of the organization from 1991 to 1994. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Assistant Digital Editor Christine LaFave Grace wraps up the second day of the 2011 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership, discussing a legislative update from the AHA's Richard Pollack and an address by Dr. Joseph Betancourt, director of the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch interviews Dave Bernd, CEO of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara, about health information technology and clinical integration in a growing healthcare system. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda interviews Rulon Stacey, president and CEO of Poudre Valley Health System, Fort Collins, Colo., and new board chairman of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Stacey says the challenges healthcare executives face are often oversimplified. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda speaks with Dr. Shari Welch, an emergency physician and research fellow with Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare about the most pressing issues facing hospital emergency rooms. FULL STORY »
