March 2013Healthcare at the End of Life: A Look at Current TrendsThe Center’s March 2013 issue brief, Healthcare at the End of Life: A Look at Current Trends,
takes a look at EOL healthcare trends, including the use of palliative and hospice care, advance directives a ...
read moreDecember 2012The Emerging Field of Patient Navigation: A Golden Opportunity to Improve HealthcareMedical care has grown increasingly sophisticated, offering ever-more promise of successful treatment and positive outcomes for even some of the most devastating illnesses. Yet, for many patients realizing this ...
read moreAugust 2012Health Insurance Exchanges: Building an Insurance Marketplace in the Midst of UncertaintyMany states, including Ohio, have not yet committed to an exchange strategy despite the nearing deadline. This issue brief, entitled Health Insurance Exchanges: Building an Insurance Marketplace in the Mid ...
read moreMay 2012The Growing Focus on Patient Experience and Why It Matters Patient experience is an area of focus that has become increasingly important to hospital leaders in recent years. Like any industry, hospitals lose customers when the services they provide are not satisfactory ...
read moreMarch 2012Changing Environment, Changing Market: How Northeast Ohio Hospitals Are Evolving to Serve their CommunitiesCommunities, like people, change over time. They age, for example, or the experience other shifts in demographics. And as they change so do their healthcare needs. As a result, the healthcare ...
read moreDecember 2011Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act: How Health Reform Changed the Game for the Insurance IndustryThe role of health insurance in the nation’s healthcare system continues its evolution. In 2010 Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as an attempt, in large part, to correct some ...
read moreSeptember 2011Healthcare Consumerism and the Growing Importance of Patient Decision Making
The growing movement of healthcare consumerism is essentially an answer to the call for greater patient involvement in the healthcare system. The overriding concept behind this movement is nothing new. Hea ...
read moreJune 2011Behavioral Healthcare Checkup: Are We Where We Need to Be?
Behavioral health is just as important to our overall wellbeing as is physical health. Like chronic physical illness, behavioral health disorders, which include both mental illnesses and substance abuse dis ...
read moreMarch 2011Looking for a New Direction: Ohio Medicaid at a Crossroads
Though there’s no denying the value of Medicaid to the vulnerable populations it serves, this safety net does not come without a cost. Medicaid is a very expensive program, often the largest in a state’s b ...
read moreDecember 2010Health Reform's Cost Impact: Can More Be Done to Bend the Cost Curve
Though every nation struggles to balance cost with access and quality, the United States seems to face a particular challenge in getting the cost side of the equation right, spending significantly m ...
read moreSeptember 2010Moving Toward HITECH Healthcare: EHR Adoption at the Dawn of a New Era
The national healthcare landscape is changing. Health reform has brought about a transformation that will impact the way that healthcare is delivered, the way it is paid for and the way it is accessed. But ...
read moreJune 2010The Continuum of Care: The Pivotal Role of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care in Healthcare Delivery
The continuum of care encompasses a comprehensive range of healthcare services meant to promote the health of an individual throughout the span of their lifetime. Services along the continuum are plentiful ...
read moreMarch 2010Following a Greener Path: How Hospitals are Healing Patients and Preserving the Planet
In increasing numbers, hospitals are joining the ranks of organizations that have made an environmentally focused cultural shift. To be sure, there is no shortage of good reasons for hospitals to embark on ...
read moreDecember 2009On the Brink of Change: The Continuing Evolution of Health Insurance in America
How should people pay for the healthcare services they receive? For those with insurance, the answer is usually pretty easy but for the 46 million uninsured, it is a lot less straightforward. In the past ...
read moreAugust 2009Quality 101: Unraveling a Key Concept in America's Healthcare Debate
"Quality” is, no doubt, one of the most prevalent buzzwords when it comes to healthcare. A variety of reports have been published on the subject in recent years, and in the current environment of healthcare ...
read moreJune 2009A Trove of Opportunity: Northeast Ohio Healthcare Sector Offers Strong Employment Prospects
Northeast Ohio is a global healthcare hub, drawing patients from across the country and around the world, and paving the way in medical research. And while there are many resources that contribute to the we ...
read moreMarch 2009Unlocking the Potential: The Crucial Role of Public Health in Tackling Chronic Disease
Though chronic disease is often thought of in terms of how it is treated medically, the reality is, we may stand to gain the most, in terms of collective health, by implementing successful public health ini ...
read moreDecember 2008Achieving Universal Health Coverage: Solutions From at Home & Abroad
The good news is, if you live in America, you reside in the home of some of the most sophisticated, medically advanced technology in the world. And for most, namely the 84 percent with some form of health i ...
read moreAugust 2008A Walk in Their Shoes: Challenges Facing Today's Hospital Administrators
Every day, hospitals in the United States provide care and services to heal the sick and take care of those in need. It is the job of hospital administrators to ensure that nonprofit hospitals are focused o ...
read moreMay 2008Through Frank’s Eyes: Hospital Care from a Patient Perspective
Providing patient care in a hospital setting seems like a fairly straightforward endeavor. In reality, so many factors play into providing patient care that a trip to the hospital can be overwhelming, espec ...
read moreNovember 2007Seeking a Remedy: Growing Need for Nurses Requires a Collaborative Approach
As the largest sector of the healthcare workforce, nurses represent a key component of an effective healthcare delivery system. Yet the ability of the healthcare system to perform at peak capacity is threat ...
read moreSeptember 2007The Evolution of Medicaid Managed Care in Ohio
Rising healthcare spending prompted Ohio to begin experimenting with Medicaid managed care over 25 years ago. The managed care market has changed over the years, yet area hospitals’ interests in ensuring Me ...
read moreAugust 2007Updated - Hospital Finance 101
CHA has updated one of its most popular issue briefs to reflect the most recently available data on hospital finance. A basic understanding of hospital finance is crucial as leaders continue to create polic ...
read moreJune 2007Through the Looking Glass: Understanding Hospital Pricing
With consumers being required to shoulder more responsibility for their healthcare costs, there is growing pressure on providers to simplify prices and billing statements to make them more easily understood ...
read moreJanuary 2007A Look at the Year Ahead: Health Policy Issues in the Spotlight
The shift in the balance of power from Republicans to Democrats in Congress and in the Ohio governor’s mansion may provide a new twist, and perhaps inspire some new approaches, but the familiar issues of co ...
read moreSeptember 2006Caring for a Changing Community: How Northeast Ohio Hospitals are Serving a Diverse Population
The ability to connect with and understand patients is key to caring for them. Shifting demographics are resulting in an increasingly diverse population, which presents new opportunities for effectively and ...
read moreAugust 2006Northeast Ohio Hospitals: Our Economic Future
While manufacturing was once the heart of the region's economy, the decline of that industry is necessitating a fresh look at our local resources and a new strategy for cultivating a robust economy. As the ...
read moreApril 2006The Focus on Quality: A Closer Look at a National Trend
Quality improvement has long been a part of hospitals’ day-to-day operations. It is a cornerstone of every hospital’s mission, and they stake their reputations on their ability to provide quality care. In r ...
read moreAugust 2005The Value of Modern Medicine: Understanding Rising Healthcare Spending
This paper explores the situation regarding healthcare spending, including to what degree it has risen, where the nation’s healthcare dollar is being spent, and what factors have contributed to the increase ...
read moreApril 2005Medicaid Code Blue: Saving the Safety Net
As Medicaid continues to absorb ever larger portions of both the state and federal budgets, there is growing concern about the future affordability of the program. This paper explains how Medicaid is admini ...
read moreJanuary 2005Tipping the Scale to the Benefit of Our Community: The Real Value of Hospitals' Nonprofit Tax Status
Not only are hospitals a staple of the Northeast Ohio economy in terms of employment and the economic activity they generate, the activities associated with their charitable missions also provide vast benef ...
read moreSeptember 2004Is Inefficiency Ailing the Healthcare System?
This paper explores how healthcare financing, consumer behavior and regulation have influenced the healthcare system, and the role these factors play in the system's ultimate ability to function efficiently ...
read moreAugust 2004Protecting Access to Care Through Civil Justice Reform
High jury awards, medical liability insurance market instability and subsequent professional liability premium increases are affecting access to physicians in Ohio.
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read moreApril 2004The Domino Effect of the Uninsured
This issue brief paints a picture of the uninsured and describes the domino effect of the lack of insurance on individuals, providers and society.
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read moreFebruary 2004Hospital Finance 101
A basic understanding of hospital finance is crucial as leaders continue to create policy that shapes healthcare financing. This 30,000-foot view of hospital finance is intended to shed some light on the co ...
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