Search Tag: Management
Blue-health-intelligence-names-sam-mohanty-as-chief-technology-officer
2022 01 Nov
Data Expert to Develop Next-Generation Analytics Platforms for Customers Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI®) – a leading healthcare data and analytics firm – appointed pharmacy benefit management veteran Sam Mohanty as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Mohanty will oversee BHI’s IT and data engineering functions that support...Read more
Governance-and-management-changes-at-affidea
2022 01 Sep
Following its July acquisition of a majority stake in Affidea, the largest European provider of advanced diagnostics, outpatient and cancer care services, GBL is initiating changes in the company’s governance, including the composition of a new Supervisory Board. Guy Blomfield, former CEO of Alliance Medical Group, has been appointed Chairman...Read more
How-to-step-up-your-post-pandemic-leadership-game
2021 06 Jul
COVID-19 has not just impacted the world at large, but also it has also changed the DNA of our healthcare workplaces in many ways. Leaders must change and adapt communication and management techniques to lead effectively in this new era. HealthManagement offers healthcare leaders a few takeaways to consider in your newly transformed role. If...Read more
The-global-effort-to-manage-covid-19-through-collaboration-and-clinical-terminology
2020 11 May
Management of patient information and information standards regarding sharing, analysis and planning have become critical today. SNOMED International offers SNOMED CT, the world’s largest clinical terminology with a collection of 350,000+ clinical concepts for improved management of patient data. The global campaign to address COVID-19 is being...Read more
2020-our-view-on-the-year-ahead
2019 28 Dec
Editors-in-Chief for HealthManagement.org share their views on what to look out for in 2020 healthcare management. Alexandre Lourenço, our Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for EXEC and President Portuguese Association of Hospital Managers says technology, patient-centred care will continue to play a pivotal role in how healthcare will develop....Read more
Swisslog-embraces-the-evolving-healthcare-landscape-via-the-medication-management-supply-chain
2019 20 Nov
The company announces a new brand position and corporate identity consistent with providing hospitals with connectivity between transport and pharmacy automation solutions leading to better patient outcomes. Buchs, Switzerland (19 November 2019) – Swisslog Healthcare, a leading global supplier of solutions for medication management...Read more
The-hospital-as-a-brand
2019 26 Aug
Summary: The authors examine the process involved in creating a strong brand and the advantages that this can bring to an organisation and in particular hospitals by enabling them to establish a significant and distinguished position against their competitors. In manufacturing, retailing and the service sector, it is indisputable: in order...Read more
Addressing-overall-expenditures-in-the-u-s-health-care
2019 20 Jun
PART 1 It is important to differentiate between the terms of costs, cost containment, expenditures, and price. Cost is usually the amount spent to produce goods or services. Cost containment is a dominant problem in the health care field, but not addressed from a comprehensive management and policy perspective. In order to...Read more
Are-doctors-really-resistant-to-becoming-leaders
2019 12 Feb
The work of a doctor often involves managing a care team or coordinating teams. However, medical schools train their students to be medical specialists, often not providing formal training for future doctors to learn essential leadership skills such as how to lead a team and how to resolve conflict. A new study, led by Prof. Marco Sartirana,...Read more
Highlights-from-the-i-i-i-blog-4
2019 21 Jan
(I expert, I question, I answer) Have you got something to say? Visit https://healthmanagement.org/blog/index or contact [email protected]. Michael E. Ramsay Chairman - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Baylor University Medical Center, US. TOP QUOTE FROM ZOOM-ON-PROFILE Making healthcare...Read more
How-to-deal-with-toxic-underperfomers
2019 09 Jan
Much has been said about the positive characteristics of leadership . To be a good leader, for instance, you should be able to motivate your team towards a goal. The ability to mentor others and help them in their professional growth is also associated with effective leadership. It should be said that leadership entails a deep accountability, and...Read more
3-ways-to-contain-medicine-costs-and-shortages
2019 08 Jan
With drug prices and supply often at odds with each other, for example when supplies are plentiful but costs reach sky-high levels, what can a hospital exec do to mitigate the impact on operations? Pharmacy directors at three health systems give their views. Create your own drug company Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Michigan,...Read more
Iso-implementation-how-to-motivate-lab-personnel
2018 07 Nov
Transforming the pressure of accreditation into team engagement. With the requirement that ISO 15189 imposes on medical laboratories, which approach can motivate personnel to embrace the assessment criteria? As an internationally-recognised benchmark for quality management systems and competence standards, medical laboratories are constantly...Read more
Compassion-1
2018 07 Nov
The human dimension of productivity. Findings from recent studies on compassion in the workplace, the business case for compassion and some practical tips on how to create a more compassionate workplace. If you work in the healthcare sector, you agree that compassion is fundamental to patient care. The majority of the people...Read more
How-the-simple-ingredient-of-delight-can-transform-healthcare
2018 22 Sep
A small dose of ‘magic’ in the healthcare setting can lead to a more efficient experience. With an emphasis on health rather than sickness, healthcare can make simple but profound adjustments to align for a healthcare experience patients can actually look forward to. Healthcare futurist, entrepreneur, professor of molecular oncology, author...Read more
3-top-tips-for-execs-from-key-opinion-leaders
2017 14 Mar
1. Encourage Shared Decision-Making Shared decision-making between members of an emergency department team, including input from the patient, is key to delivering an accurate diagnosis as well as high quality treatment and care. “When teams share mental models of a situation and communicate effectively, they...Read more
Closing-the-mentor-generation-gap
2016 21 Jun
Talented managers and successful executives are often faced with the dilemma of being inundated with mentoring requests at the cost of sacrificing time for daily responsibilities. Sally Helgesen, an author, speaker, and leadership development consultant, argues that organisations often try to address the mentor gap by instituting formal...Read more
Saying-no-is-often-the-key-to-effective-leadership
2016 14 Jun
As difficult as it can be, saying no is often the key to effective leadership, says an ethics and management expert, just as most successful leaders have little difficulty to say no to a losing deal, to a project that’s wasting money, or to a request that doesn’t align with their priorities. These same leaders may feel awkward to speak up...Read more
10-principles-of-strategic-leadership-and-how-to-retain-leaders
2016 31 May
Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they are facing a critical deficit: they lack people in positions of power with the know-how, experience, and confidence required to tackle what management scientists call “wicked problems.” Such problems can’t be solved by a single command,...Read more
Hospital-execs-in-soul-search-for-leadership
2016 17 May
Executives in the healthcare sector know they need to work hard to create an environment that fosters the healing process and many are now resorting to spiritual health to improve their own personal capabilities, writes Shannon Barnet of Becker’s Hospital Review . Three healthcare leaders — Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Washington,...Read more
3-leadership-essentials-for-an-exceptional-service-culture
2016 08 Feb
All organisations talk about service, but for healthcare organisations, service is everything. Fostering an exceptional service culture throughout your healthcare organisation can be a challenge, but it can be done. In my book, Raising the Bar on Service Excellence , I talk about what it takes to get the people within the organisation to this level....Read more
Our-top-management-leadership-tips-for-2016
2015 17 Dec
HealthManagement.org: Top Management & Leadership Tips HealthManagement.org publishes the latest on cutting edge practice in healthcare management across our Imaging, ICU, Admin, IT and Cardiology platforms contributed from top experts around the world. We’ve compiled a list of the best management tips we’ve received from our valued contributors...Read more
Hmi-annual-conference-2015
2015 30 Sep
Our conference is an ideal starting point to debate what ‘CHANGE for the better’ could look like. Our exceptional panel of Irish and international speakers will lead the discussion on the lessons we can take from the past to inform the future. It focuses on two main areas. The first area is innovation in processes, practices and technology used in...Read more
Greece-finding-the-finest-tools-in-hospital-management-for-change-by-theodoros-p-dimopoulos-1
2015 09 Jun
Today’s Health-care System in Greece suffers from many “diseases”. After five years of financial adjustment, Greek Healthcare officials and some important stakeholders are facing the challenge to co-lead the Greek National Healthcare System and Public Health towards a new era. The recent reality of the critical situation with the national economy is...Read more
Management-innovation-at-hope-agora-2015
2015 09 Jun
Healthcare management innovation in the fields of patient care, clinical work, nursing, human resources and information systems were high on the agenda at the thirty fourth European Hospital and Healthcare Federation Agora (HOPE AGORA) congress held in Warsaw on the first two days of June. Held on the theme of “Hospitals 2020: hospitals of the future,...Read more
Green-hospitals-for-reduced-power-bills-1
2015 26 May
Focusing on ways of reducing power consumption through green energy production methods is one key way of reducing the bills for a fixed hospital cost. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, what used to fall under the category of expensive trend is now becoming a necessity as health facility operators seek ecological ways of economising, especially...Read more