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Hospital Review
EDITORIAL
Lindsey Dunn / Director of Editorial Operations, Becker's Healthcare
Editor in Chief, Becker's Hospital Review
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Laura Dyrda / Editor in Chief, ASC Review & Becker's Spine Review
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Molly Gamble / Managing Editor
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Helen Gregg / Lead Editor, Health IT
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Carrie Pallardy / Lead Editor, GI & Endoscopy
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Heather Punke / Lead Editor, Quality
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Ellie Rizzo / Lead Editor, Becker's ASC Review
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Helen Adamopoulos / Lead Editor, Finance
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Ayla Ellison / Writer/Reporter
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Shannon Barnet / Writer/Reporter
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Akanksha Jayanthi / Writer/Reporter
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Tamara Rosin / Writer/Reporter
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FEATURES
8 Publisher's Letter
Executive Briefing: Payment Models and Reimbursement
25 6 Steps to Health-System Success in the New Reimbursement Landscape
30 100 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Oncology Programs
39 Untangling Innovation, Regulation and Competition in Healthcare
Executive Briefing: Alternate Care Networks
43 The New Normal: 6 Keys to Optimizing Alternate Care Supply Chain
CEO Roundtable
47 4 Health System Leaders Define Their Top Priorities, Challenges and What is Most
in Need of Innovation in Healthcare
Executive Briefing: Patient Safety
51 Are Hospitals Really Serious About Patient Safety? 6 Things We Can Learn from
Other Industries
Clinical Integration & ACOs
55 What the 'Father of Modern Sociology' Can Teach Hospitals About Physician
Engagement
60 15 Things to Know About the Physician Shortage
63 ACO Leader Roundtable: 3 Leaders on ACO Difficulties, Mistakes
66 The 10 Most In-Demand Clinician Specialties
66 22 Pioneer ACOs Remain After Sharp Healthcare Drops Out
66 Physicians' Top 10 Considerations for New Job Opportunities
Executive Briefing: Patient Blood Management
68 Patient Blood Management Improves Outcomes, Lowers Costs
Financial Management
72 Has Maryland Found a Solution to the U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis?
78 Finding the True Cost of Care: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Takes on Activity-
Based Costing
78 Moody's: Nonprofit Hospital Revenues, Cash Flow Hit Record Low in 2013
80 Average Cost Per Inpatient Day Across 50 States
Executive Briefing: Growing OR Case Volume
83 Has Your Surgery Department Lost Business to ASCs?
Health IT
90 How 3 Startups Found Success in the Current Digital Health Market
92 Cleveland Clinic, Medstar, Others Begin to Monetize Their Innovation
92 Where Hospital IT Departments Are Adding Staff
92 The Conflicting Views on Epic's Interoperability
Executive Briefing: Critical Access Hospitals
94 How to Put Critical Access Hospitals in Positions of Strength
Leadership & Management
98 The Most Important Thing a CEO Does: 17 Healthcare Leaders Weigh In
100 Rising Stars: 25 Healthcare Leaders Under 40
104 Who Are You Hiring for Your C-Suite? 10 Statistics
Executive Briefing: Executive Compensation
106 The Growing Influence of For-Profit Pay
Practices on Nonprofit Executive Pay
112 Chuck Lauer: EHRs Seem Like More of a Problem
Than a Solution
115 From the Editor's Desk: Uber's 3 Innovation
Lessons for Healthcare
116 Corner Office: Dr. Ronald DePinho of
MD Anderson Cancer Center on His One
and Only Mission
118 Hospital & Health System Executive Moves
120 Hospital & Health System Transactions
122 Advertising Index
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