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December 31, 2009 | Book/Issue Brief
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. This year's Anthology focuses on the Foundation's efforts to learn from programs that didn't work out as planned.
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Interviews with hospital chief executive officers (CEOs) and board members were conducted to obtain their views on how governance and leadership relate to quality improvement (QI) efforts at hospitals. Leaders from 30 hospitals across 14 states were ...
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2000, the Council of Better Business Bureaus' Foundation (now the BBB Wise Giving Alliance) strengthened its capacity to help community-based voluntary nonprofit organizations across the nation establish clear and uniform standards of performance and accountability as public trusts, through its network of 128 local bureaus.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
From mid-1999 to mid-2002, BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Non-Profit Boards), Washington, developed new tools and resources to strengthen the effectiveness of the governing boards of voluntary health and health-related organizations.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
To understand the effect of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on both competition and consumers, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, examined data on more than 500 HMOs operating in the United States from 1986 through 1993, focusing on the 90 mergers for which data were available.
December 7, 2007 | Program Result
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management created a database to link minority candidates to entry- to executive-level health management job openings.
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
In 2000 and 2001, Focus Project, Washington, collected and analyzed various data on barriers and incentives to participation by nonprofit organizations in the public policy process.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Lack of evidence and difficulty replicating results make it hard—for now—to make the business case for investing in nursing care.
August 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
While they make up 73 percent of medical and health services managers, women account for only a small portion of CEOs at hospital and health care organizations, according to a report by RockHealth. The analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers surveyed physicians and administrators in the province of Ontario, Canada, about time spent interacting with payers and compared the results with a national companion survey in the United States. If U.S. physicians had administrative costs similar to those of Ontario physicians, the total savings would be approximately $27.6 billion per year.