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Retiring Advocate Aurora Health CMO Dr. Lee Sacks leaves legacy of advanced-care models
Early population health management supporter Dr. Lee Sacks is retiring as Advocate Aurora Health CMO and founding CEO of Advocate Physician Partners, after a total of more than 40 years at the system.
Do providers have the data chops to succeed with direct contracts?
Healthcare consultants question whether health systems have the data analytics skills necessary to lower the cost of care and improve outcomes through direct contracts with large employers.
CHI-Dignity merger approval may hinge on Catholic religious rules for care
The central role of Catholic religious rules in the CHI-Dignity merger highlights the challenges healthcare organizations face as they increasingly partner to gain scale and survive in the tough new healthcare landscape.
Female leaders aim to reshape healthcare, despite the C-suite’s gender gap
Female executives are being urged to take charge in creating a healthcare system that keeps people healthy by looking beyond clinical processes to social determinants.
A waiting game: Meeting minutes reveal challenges to closing CHI, Dignity megadeal
The respective governing boards at Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives have encountered multiple setbacks in their quest to merge the two organizations since formal negotiations began in 2016, and there are few indications that they will…
As healthcare changes, systems need to broaden search to find disruptive CEOs
Healthcare’s new operating environment will require openness to change, willingness to listen to customers and front-line staff, and courage to radically redesign systems to improve quality and cut costs.
Data Points: Stand-alone EDs flock to affluent ZIP codes
The past decade has seen a proliferation in the number of stand-alone emergency departments. But in some markets, the saturation is too much to handle.
Q&A with AHA Board Chair Nancy Howell Agee on sharing industry best practices
The American Hospital Association in September will launch its Center for Health Innovation, which aims to spread best practices across the membership. AHA Board Chair Nancy Howell Agee has been a key driver behind the association’s efforts to…
Week Ahead: Zika webinar planned by the CDC
There’s no shortage of webinars focused on public health issues this week, including Zika, preparing for infectious disease outbreaks on public transit, and better explaining genomics to patients.
Variety of factors drive wide variation in opioid treatment across the U.S.
Data show a significant variation in utilization and cost of opioid-related treatment, which may be explained by provider capacity, coverage networks or financial incentives.
