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Hospital overhauls leadership structure, empowers docs

Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines is reorganizing its leadership structure to give physicians more control and responsibility, reported the Des Moines Register. The nonprofit Catholic hospital aims Read more...

Hospitals tap into evidence-based employee engagement

Although typically used for improving patient outcomes, hospital leaders are taking the evidence-based approach a step further and applying it to employee engagement, according to yesterday's column Read more...

From the top down: Why management influences employee satisfaction

It doesn't take a gaggle of European researchers to tell you that unhappy employees can affect work performance, but that's just what researchers at the Université François Rabelais in Read more...

Hospital execs: Strive for physician engagement to lower costs, boost quality

Hospitals aiming to deliver high-quality, low-cost care are turning to predictive care paths, which can chart every distinct facet of care for a particular diagnosis or disease. But in order for Read more...

Boost physician engagement with ongoing performance assessments

To truly engage employees, assess the level of physician engagement on an ongoing basis as part of the performance management process, researchers from the University of Toronto and University of Read more...

Charts, graphs help employees envision hitting quality care, IT goals

Just like imagining the finish line at the end of race, visualizing goals motivates workers to reach those goals, according to a recent study in the Journal of Marketing. As hospitals look to cut Read more...

Why physician engagement doesn't always work

As many healthcare executives know, physician engagement sometimes doesn't occur despite best efforts. A new study indicates that work engagement comes from two factors--the employer's resources, Read more...

Eight proven ways to boost hospital quality

With reform and reimbursement in the forefront of everyone's minds, quality improvement (QI) makes its way into discussions about what leaders can to do ensure quality patient care, as well as lower Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Failure to engage doctors is hampering hospital quality efforts

Physician engagement is "critical" to improving hospital quality. Too bad doctors feel so overworked, underpaid and underappreciated that it's difficult for them to truly get behind their hospital's Read more...