In light of the increased attention the IRS is paying to not-for-profit organizations, healthcare financial managers should stay alert to developments regarding: community benefit standard, executive compensation, corporate governance, transparency and form 990, political activity.

Governing boards of healthcare organizations in Canada are accountable for the performance of their organization and provide oversight on their decisions. Traditionally, many healthcare boards have focused on finances and community relations and have deferred responsibility for quality of care to the medical or professional staff. This deferral reflects not only recognition of the expertise of ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the current culture of cooperation between healthcare providers (HCPs) and the healthcare industry (HCI) in the domain of Health-IT and Engineering (HITE) and identify possible strategies for improvement. METHODS Based on reports in the literature and personal experience, major challenges were identified, the current ways of cooperation defined and their relation to each ...

The Affordable Care Act is ushering in a new paradigm for all aspects of the healthcare industry - from hospitals to insurers, from IT companies to physician practice groups. Brown's new executive master's degree in healthcare leadership provides the knowledge healthcare leaders need to navigate this new world. The 16-month program mixes online learning and short campus-based sessions to accomm...

In late 2005, 11 major national health organizations decided to work together to build healthier workplaces for healthcare providers. To do so, they created a pan-Canadian collaborative of 45 experts and asked them to develop an action strategy to improve healthcare workplaces. One of the first steps taken by members of the collaborative was to adopt the following shared belief statements to gu...

Population aging, rapidly increasing costs of healthcare and the growing burden of chronic disease are challenges to health systems worldwide. To meet these challenges will require new approaches to healthcare delivery and comprehensive population health management. Within the context of healthcare reform initiatives, important innovations in delivery system organization in the United States ar...

Security incidents can have negative impacts on healthcare organizations, and the security of medical records has become a primary concern of the public. However, previous studies showed that organizations had not effectively learned lessons from security incidents. Incident learning as an essential activity in the "follow-up" phase of security incident response lifecycle has long been addresse...

Developing countries are increasing their reliance on technology to modernize their industries, and the healthcare industry is no exception. Their governments, healthcare ministries, and public health officials are utilizing IT solutions to improve health outcomes. International Health and Human Services (HHS) organizations such as the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, and...