Articles from H&HN Hospitals & Health Networks (October 1, 2012)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Bolster the revenue cycle, boost the bottom line.	Stempniak, Marty		423
Calendar.		Brief article	232
Closing the gaps in the nation's trauma system: to build a better way to care for severely injured, every hospital must play a part, whether an official trauma center or not. How can that happen?	Astor, Geri		3273
Confronting a tyranny of violence: One Chicago hospital becomes a hub for weary neighbors to grieve, vent and rally for change.	Putre, Laura		731
Experimenting with Medicaid.	Grayson, Mary		528
Exploring my options.	Weinstock, Matthew		576
Governance practices in an era of health care transformation.	Combes, John R.		495
Greenhouse promotes food as medicine: Henry Ford West Bloomfield hopes to boost the patient experience by teeming obesity through on-site farming.	Stempniak, Marry		506
Improving patient engagement: George Bo-Linn, M.D., will spearhead a new 10-year, $500 million initiative aimed at improving patient engagement and eliminating preventable harm. The Patient Care Program is starting with an $8.9 million project at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Bo-Linn hopes successful outcomes will quickly spread across the field.	Weinstock, Matthew	Interview	1103
Jobs on the line.			124
No hospital is an island in Iowa alliance: four health systems collaborate to pursue population health, yet remain independent.	Stempniak, Marty		501
Ochsner Health System.			186
Patient safety in the OR.			1650
Report helps hospitals improve advanced illness management.			114
Some hospitals still seem to struggle with this. Why?	Reed, Linda		117
Tackling the high cost of chronic disease: caring for the chronically ill consumes 75 percent of the nation's health care resources. A growing number of hospitals and communities are targeting those individuals to reduce costs and improve overall health.	Bush, Haydn		2631
The evolution of leadership.			5030
The quality disconnect: bits, bytes and brains. The battle for effective quality measuring.	Morrissey, John	Cover story	4238
Understanding care patterns.	Hoppszallern, Suzanna		349
Zeroing out HAIs: national safety program results in major gains.	Weinstock, Matthew		535