Culture. Productivity. Strategy. Execution. These ideas will never go out of style for hospital and health system leaders.
The following leadership articles were published by Becker's Hospital Review in the last week.
1. Thoughts on big threats for hospitals today
Here are four key thoughts on the biggest threats facing hospitals today.
2. 7 key areas to address under the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model
In the past, healthcare providers' pay was primarily driven by the volume of patients and services rendered, with weaker correlation to outcomes. However, the healthcare industry — led by initiatives enforced by CMS — has embarked on a permanent departure from this approach.
3. The CEO's employee engagement manual: 13 must-reads for leaders
Disengagement is endemic in the U.S. Just 32 percent of employees indicated they were engaged in their work in 2015, according to the latest poll from Gallup.
4. 5 tips to identify and address health systems' strategic dissonance
The concept of strategic dissonance is not new. In the mid 1990's it was used to describe why a high-technology organization might hang on to its old way of doing things too long.
5. 5 forces reshaping US healthcare
The $5 trillion U.S. healthcare industry is in the midst of transformative change generated by what PwC describes as a collision of forces.
6. The effects of CMS' star ratings: 5 things hospital leaders should know
Three experts — including the chief clinical officer of Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System — gauge the ratings' repercussions and observations on their aftermath.
7. Examining leadership potential through science: 5 key takeaways
More than half of employees quit their job because of their managers, according to Gallup survey data cited by the Harvard Business Review. While irreconcilable differences between employees and managers can sometimes be the result of incongruent personalities or poor employee performance, it is commonly the result of bad management by the boss and recruiting mistakes by human resources.
8. Study: Activist investors threaten CEO job security
The presence of activist investors — those that scoop up large numbers of shares and try to secure board seats — can double CEO turnover, according to study featured by Bloomberg Businessweek.
9. 7 tips for implementing great physician liaison programs
When physicians and hospitals collaborate, both parties benefit. Physician liaisons can act as the cornerstone to enhance engagement and facilitate this collaboration.
10. The danger of labeling people as 'low performers'
In a world where 87 percent of employees are not engaged in their work, it's no surprise that improving engagement is top of mind for many organizations' leaders. Managers can pursue a variety of approaches to increase employees' happiness and commitment to work, but there is one simple, often overlooked change they can make, according to the Harvard Business Review: change the categories by which you label your employees.
11. A CEO's job interview checklist: 5 questions to better identify the best employer for you
Just as boards and executive teams develop lists of qualifications for CEO candidates, the candidate too should have a list of criteria to assess a possible new employer.
12. Why this CEO invites interviewees out for dinner
If you land an interview at email marketing service MailChimp, it likely won't be at the Atlanta-based company's headquarters.