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Better Together: Framework and Engine (Part One)

Posted January 19, 2016

Whether inspired by the personal passion of caring for patients, or the increasing transparency in quality and patient experience metrics, healthcare professionals feel an unprecedented urgency to improve how their organizations deliver care.

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Q&A: How to Navigate Challenges in Rural Healthcare

By Jenny Fischer, JD, BSN, RN

Posted January 06, 2016

What is the most important issue facing rural hospitals right now? The statistics about the crisis in rural healthcare are by now well known, but no less troubling. Rural hospitals are closing at a faster rate than any time in the past, and close to 300 of these hospitals are on the brink of closure. The National Rural Healthcare Association estimates that these closures would result in the loss of 36,000 rural health care jobs and 50,000 rural community jobs, causing a $10.6 billion loss to the gross domestic product.1 Rural hospitals are disproportionately disadvantaged by many of the ongoing cuts to Medicare, including cuts to Medicare’s bad-debt program and disproportionate-share hospital payments. Sequestration hit rural areas with older populations especially hard. Federal legislation introduced in both chambers of Congress to alleviate some of these pressures on rural hospitals have received little attention and most likely have little chance of passage.2

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Developing and Empowering Front Line Leaders

Posted October 15, 2015

Solid leadership creates results that last. However, many healthcare professionals are moved into leadership roles without the skills needed to succeed. Studer Group has long coached organizations to develop and train leaders through regularly scheduled, two‐day leadership training sessions, known as Leadership Development Institutes (LDIs). The purpose of these training events is to develop new, current and future leaders in the organization. 

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