News From Around the Web
> Thomas Lee. M.D., chief medical officer at Press Ganey Associates, identifies five examples of great healthcare management--including a culture of shared responsibility at Mayo Clinic and transparency at University of Utah Health Care--in Harvard Business Review. Article
> Montifore Medical Center--the newest medical complex in the Bronx--opens today to provide outpatient care to one of the nation's poorest urban communities, according to the New York Times. Article
> Colon and rectal cancer rates are rising in people under 50 but researchers say the reasons for the increase are unknown, Forbes reports. Article
Health IT News
> FierceHealthIT recently spoke with University of Kentucky HealthCare Chief Compliance Officer Brett Short about lessons he learned from his audit experience and what changes he thinks are in store for the next round of OCR's Health Information Portability & Accountability Act audits. Article
> In Rhode Island, hospitals are seeing improved outcomes and reductions in readmissions thanks to the use of real-time clinical alerts of admission, or "ADT alerts," according to a Health IT Buzz blog post. Article
And Finally… But will anyone listen? Article