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This profile from American Hospital Association’s Value Initiative describes how Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC), a small rural hospital, purchased a local retail pharmacy.

The PowerPoint presentation, Futurescan 2019, features highlights from the latest edition of Futurescan, one of the industry's most respected health care trends forecasts. Ready for immediate use at your organization, you can employ this presentation tool for staff, leadership or boards.

This report distills these discussions so that other strategic leaders connected with SHSMD can lead their organizations toward stronger market relevance through strategy that develops cultures of collaboration and innovation.

This 16-page report on telehealth strategy provides hospitals and health systems with an overview of telehealth services, including the most common use cases, potential objectives and an outline of current barriers to implementation. It also provides a maturity model for providers to use as they consider telehealth opportunities and it concludes with strategies for building telehealth capacity.

This article details how the aging of the baby boomers will have a dramatic impact on the country.

More than ever before, health care communicators need to have a content strategy that directly contributes to bottom line business results. Orlando Health is doing just that and reaping the benefits of increased exposure by positioning itself as a trusted health care system with compassion.

In the Direct Mail in 2019 eBook, you'll learn: What is the 2019 Trend to Watch; Innovative Dimensional Mail Ideas; Data Aggregation Tips for Improved Targeting; and much more.

Order on-demand access for SHSMD series on health care communications trends, strategies, and case studies. Develop strategic communication skills and tackle real-world challenges with expert faculty guidance.

Dive into dozens of innovation resources, all dedicated to advancing your career in health care strategy.

SHSMD ADVANCE™ is a comprehensive learning framework that includes a series of skill building tools that will help you and your health care strategy team assess, build, and promote your strategic abilities.

Customizing care for seniors will gain significance as more and more baby boomers age into this varied group. Learn lessons from one health system in its multi-faceted approach to meeting the needs of Medicare/the senior population.

TMCA went from the 50th percentile to Top 10 nationally in terms of physician engagement and alignment, with double digit increases on the satisfaction survey, physician turnover decreased by 5%, with first year physician turnover cut in half, and quality improved with a significant decline in Hospital Acquired Infection. TMCA saw measurable results on decreasing referral leakage, improving referral development, and gaining access for their Physician Relations Manager (PRM) team to meet with key physicians.

Three key strategies include implementing a data-driven physician communication campaign spearheaded by the Chief Physician Executive; encouraging physicians to participate in engagement events where they interact with each other and consumers in a meaningful way; and building a platform to allow for actionable feedback.

As health system leaders, this means we’ve scoped our value proposition to address patient issues — when we should really be scoping our value proposition to engage and encompass entire lifetimes. Cue health care consumerism: moving past the limited focus on the inpatient experience to truly meet people where they are outside of hospital walls

What needs to happen to replace health care consumer confusion and complexity with customer confidence and contentment? Learn more about the health care customer experience during this session.

This presentation provides practical guidance to health care leaders and prepares them for the inevitable challenges they will face personally and professionally during integration.

AFMS hosted the “What’s Your Why” Campaign to raise awareness about the transformation effort and to inspire Airmen to join the journey by telling their “why” — their personal reason for dedication to high reliability health care. The presentation overviews the methods, results, and lessons learned in launching a campaign that pilots purpose-driven work and boosts engagement and productivity.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (with their partner Modea) will reveal how their headless CMS provides greater flexibility and a readiness to respond to rapid change in how consumers digest content.

A panel of experts from around the country will share their experiences and best practices in operationalizing population for their health care systems. Attendees will also receive a model for population health planning—a practical guide that can be implemented immediately in any type of organization.

This presentation will discuss how this framework can guide health system responses to the opioid epidemic, highlight insights from patterns in county-level geographic variation, and identify tactics health systems can deploy to improve performance.