“We’re stalled and the competition is killing our margins.” Statements like this have surfaced from many CEOs recently, signaling a discernible detour along the road to economic recovery. Read More Here
Category Archives: Press Coverage
A wave of renaming activity has been taking place among healthcare organizations throughout the past two years. Our research shows almost 75 hospitals or healthcare systems have changed their names, and the list is still growing. Read More Here
The World Health Organization declared the 2014 outbreak of Ebola in Africa an extraordinary event. Experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cite crisis communication as critical in stemming the outbreak. The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative’s Health COMpass has made social and behavior change communication materials publicly available. Read More Here
In my last Hospital Impact blog post, I wrote about recent research that my firm conducted for a healthcare client, contacting various hospitals in the Northeast to better understand how they treated patients searching for cancer care options. Read More Here
At a time when the need to respond to dramatically changing times is particularly acute, the pressure is on for the once staid and stable world of healthcare to develop a new found culture of innovation. A common question during CEO workshops we conduct is: “How many of you have innovative cultures in your companies?” […]
I recently worked with a hospital improve its cancer program. It had wonderful doctors and an uptodate facility. Nurses were very patientfocused and the staff smiled a lot. What could be better? Read More Here
Given the ongoing changes following the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there has been some preliminary discussion around the need for new metrics, and contemporary best practices, as hospitals shift from volume to value. Similar to all new metrics, they can be challenging to determine. But that shouldn’t prevent people in […]
With all the pressure these days on healthcare administrators to realign their organizations fast and often in order to thrive, or even just survive, perhaps what is needed is to “play” a little more. Serious play, using proven, insight-producing Innovation Games®, is one of the best ways we have found to help all levels of […]
I work with healthcare providers to help them become more innovative. Inevitably, they ask me to make it simple. So here’s a cheat sheet on 10 things to consider for a more innovative hosptial culture. Read More Here
Recently, we received a large number of inquiries about our last several blogs here at Hospital Impact. In particular, people are interested in how they can create a culture of innovation in their organization. They’re also interested in why it’s so hard to get people to become more innovative, creative and capable problem solvers. Times […]
