Experts: USA must prepare now for Zika virus

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/27/usa-needs-prepare-zika-virus/79398622/

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/3-preparation-tips-head-explosive-zika-pandemic/2016-01-27?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6%2FOde%2FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSsdiNK%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

What Hospital Leaders Don’t Know About Clinical Workarounds

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=QUA&content_id=324861

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Workarounds are inevitable in complex systems. When there is a disconnect between a system’s rigid rules and what its workers feel they must do, leaders should give workers an opportunity to talk about the challenges they face, says a research scholar.

5 challenges facing health systems

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/5-challenges-facing-health-systems

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Pressures won’t subside until more shift to value-based payments

 

 

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

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Jefferson, Aria Health make spring merger plans official

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/jefferson-aria-health-make-spring-merger-plans-official?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqnJde%2FhmjTEU5z16ukvX6%2B%2Fh4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcBmPL3YDBceEJhqyQJxPr3MLtINwNlqRhPrCg%3D%3D

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Aria will be designated as a regional referral site and will be an epicenter for new program development, officials say.

Healthgrades names 260 facilities as Distinguished Hospitals for safety, quality; See the list

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/healthgrades-names-260-facilities-distinguished-hospitals-safety-quality-see-list

Healthgrades says 158,858 lives could potentially have been saved if all hospitals performed at this level.