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Learn how corporate coaches are especially effective at improving communication and employee attitude in healthcare organizations. |
| A Sense of Urgency |
| Would a national niche for urgent care help overcrowded EDs and primary care practices? Dr. Scott Burger and his partners are banking on it. |
| Order from Chaos |
| Seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as a rare opportunity, Ochsner Health did more than serve its community in a time of need—it expanded and improved. |
| Truxtun Radiology Medical Group: Bold and Beautiful |
 Through cutting edge technology and calculated risks, this radiology company has staked out a place as the leading radiology group in Bakersfield. |
| RBB Architects: Right the First Time |
 For every project this master planning and design firm takes on, it does the right thing for patients, clients, and the environment. |
| Community First Health Plans: Putting the Community First |
 A new, strategically placed location has strengthened this organization's already successful outreach program. |
| Desert Radiologists: Regional Imagination |
Becoming a leaner organization with high-quality equipment and an ample supply of radiologists is how this imaging services provider plans to expand. |
| APS Healthcare: Bright Future |
This company’s clear set of guiding principles is paving its road to success in spite of a challenging economy and uncertain future. |
| MediTract: On the Right Track |
The capabilities of the contract management software solution this company offers is matched only by the high level of service it provides. |
| 55th Medical Group: The Transformers |
 Despite the challenges of military healthcare in a time of war, this US Air Force medical group has been able to transform its main facility without dismantling services or hurting quality. |
| Sonic Healthcare USA: Under the Umbrella |
 Since 2005, this medical diagnostics company has grown from having no US presence to seven geographic divisions and eight brands through smart acquisitions and top performance. |
| University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: Stops for No Storm |
 The worst hurricane to hit Texas in a century has only temporarily slowed the growth at this academic health center, one of the largest and oldest west of the Mississippi. |
| StoneGate Senior Care: Building a Strategy |
 This senior care company is building new skilled nursing facilities to meet the changing needs of an aging population. |
| Sansum Clinic: Model Service |
 The team at this multi-specialty clinic is looking both inward at its employees and outward at changing government regulations to determine how it will operate in the future. |
| Sierra Kings District Hospital: Local Support |
 The team at this small rural hospital lobbied against statewide Medi-Cal reimbursement reductions that threatened the organization’s survival. |
| Stanislaus Surgical Hospital: Redefining the Race |
 This California surgical specialty hospital strives to bring value to its service area and change a competitive environment into a collaborative one. |
| Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital: Mission and Margin |
This faith-based suburban hospital is working to establish a new standard of care that will benefit patients and guarantee its success for years to come. |
| LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine: Thriving Again |
 Despite the severe damage Hurricane Katrina caused in New Orleans, this medical school never lost sight of its responsibility to train physicians and provide care to the poor. |
| Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services: Bridging the Gap |
As its core donor group continues to age, this organization looks for ways to draw in a younger generation of donors. |
| Technology: Cracking the Code |
| We’ve got advice for hospitals preparing to ramp up for ICD-10: consider the big picture. |
| Management: The Gender Game |
| Despite the huge number of women in healthcare, women leaders face greater challenges than their counterparts in other industries when it comes to gender equity. |
| Finance: Tighten Up |
| Sometimes, practitioners with the best of intentions run afoul of the Medicare Strike Force. We’ve got the scoop on practices that help you avoid accidental fraud. |
| Best Practices: Details, Details |
| Our communications expert reveals the secrets to success for nonprofits facing greater transparency on IRS Form 990. |
| Technology: Tools of the Trade |
| Hospitals are dumping casual meetings with physician groups in favor of using data to better their relationships. |
| Angleton Danbury Medical Center: United They Stand |
| Just south of Houston, this medical center has a four-decade tradition of working with community stakeholders to ensure the best services aren’t too far away. |
| Avamere Health Services: Better Living |
| This Oregon-based skilled nursing and assisted living company knows how to make its residents feel more at home. |
| Avon Health Center/ West Hartford Health & Rehab Center: It Takes Two |
| Despite the fiscal challenges of operating nursing facilities in Connecticut, these sister facilities are combining their overall capabilities to meet the needs of the community. |
| Brazosport Regional Health System: Right Care, Right Here |
| The long and successful history of this community health system gained another chapter with the addition of a world-class orthopedic center. |
| Christian Homes: Home Sweet Home |
| This organization is changing the senior-living model, offering more choices and flexibility for its residents. |
| Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group: Better Service |
| This multi-specialty service group has invested heavily in its physical infrastructure in recent years, and it’s seeing great results. |
| The Davis Community: What's in a Name? |
| After growing significantly, this organization underwent an important rebranding process to ensure its facilities remain unified. |
| Dayton VA Medical Center: The Mission of Service |
| As part of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, this medical center and its associated clinics never stop working on providing much needed care to American veterans. |
| Anesthesia Staffing Consultants: Staffing Flexibility |
| Having the right staff in the right place can save smaller hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers money when staffing an anesthesia department. |
| KPFF: No Egos in Engineering |
| A unique approach and an emphasis on providing value are keeping this engineering firm in the black. |
| SXC Health Solutions: Reassess, Redefine |
| With a strong team and a deep resource pool, this technology organization is helping redefine the structure of pharmacy benefit management. |
| t: Staffing Flexibility |
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Having the right staff in the right place can save smaller hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers money when staffing an anesthesia department. |
| Dose of Reality: Do You Tweet? |
| Editor-in-chief Jill Rose has sound advice for healthcare executives trying to wrap their brains around social media outlets. |
| Contrarian Edge: Why Staff People Fail |
| Management guru Clay Sherman wants to know why no one is interested in telling people how to be successful as staff—since only 7% of the workforce occupy leadership positions. |
| Dose of Reality: A Different Type of Reform |
| Rather than lamenting the loss of patients to mini-clinics, editor-in-cheif Jill Rose wants physicians to take their practices in a new direction. |
