Articles Authored by Noblis Health Innovation Staff
April 2010
IT Professional
Integrating COTS Software: Lessons from a Large Healthcare Organization
C. Todd Couts and Patrick F. Gerdes
Noblis authors Gerdes and Couts explain that an organization that decides to acquire and implement a COTS product instead of developing a customized solution must fully understand the characteristics of COTS integration. In addition, the project team must manage and balance both business and IT needs throughout the effort.
September 21, 2009
Hospitals & Health Networks
Physician Employment 2.0
Noblis Health Innovation experts explore three questions in this article: Why is hospital employment of physicians making a comeback? Will it be more successful this time around? Is it indeed "physician employment 2.0," an upgrade from the version we saw in the 1990s?
June 17, 2009
Noblis Insights Panel Survey Results
Capital Allocation Processes Could Be Improved
by Dennis Kennedy and Anita Iyenger
Noblis Insights Panel members reports on their organizations’ capital allocation processes and use of evaluation criteria to assess capital expenditures.
April 30, 2009
Noblis Insights Panel Survey Results
Growing Interest in Affiliation as a Strategic Response to Challenging Market Conditions
View the key findings from Noblis Insights Panel survey about Affiliation.
Spring 2009
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Strategic Financial Planning: Integrating Strategic and Financial Planning in Turbulent Times
by Cathy Sullivan Clark and Dennis Kennedy
Noblis experts Sullivan Clark and Denis Kennedy outline the steps that savvy financial leaders can take to avoid common pitfalls as they prepare for and contribute to integrated planning in trying economic conditions.
March 30, 2009
HealthLeaders Media
Physician-Hospital Alignment Isn't Just About Playing Good Defense
by Dennis Kennedy
Noblis Health Innovation expert Dennis Kennedy tells why physician-hospital alignment is an essential strategy to improving market position and offers four steps to ensure that physician-hospital alignment strategies lead to growth.
March 1, 2009
Healthcare Financial Management
Tough Times Call for Data-Driven Decisions
by Dennis Kennedy
Noblis author Dennis Kennedy demonstrates how financial leaders under time, money, and data availability constraints can help their organizations make data-driven decisions that are financially sound and strategically smart.
March 2009
Noblis Whitepaper
Is It Time for Plan B? Why Hospitals Need to Re-Evaluate and Re-Prioritize their Master Facility Plans
by Paul Breslin
Noblis facility planning expert, Paul Breslin, explains why hospitals need to re-evaluate and re-prioritize their master facility plans during the economic downturn.
February 3, 2009
Hospitals & Health Networks Online
Diagnostic Imaging Regulations’ Possible Benefit to Hospitals
Payer pressures may allow hospitals to regain ground on their imaging businesses.
February 2009
HORIZONS: Journal of Health Innovation
HORIZONS 2009 - 5th Edition
The Noblis' healthcare journal, HORIZONS, explores issues that are transforming healthcare. This edition focuses on trends impacting healthcare today and ways of improving the patient experience. Best practices and case studies cover the important topics of performance innovation and organizational transformation as they relate to facility development, and improving patient safety through better recall alert management.
January 2009
Noblis Health Innovation
Noblis Economic Impact Study
A new report released today from Noblis Health Innovation, a leading non-profit advisory firm to health providers, has found that hospitals and health systems across the United States are cutting back on both capital spending and unprofitable healthcare services as a result of the economic crisis. Conducted in late 2008, the Noblis Economic Impact Study assesses the impact of the national economic crisis on the financial health of hospitals and health systems including: utilization; profitability; uncompensated care; philanthropy and fundraising goals; and the status of current and future projects.
January 2009
Chicago Hospital News
Tying the Knot in Trying Times: Special Considerations for Affiliation During a Recession
by Cathy Sullivan Clark
Today's economy brings special implications and a new set of considerations for affiliation.
December 15, 2008
Physician Alignment: What the Board Can Do
by Cathy Sullivan Clark
Noblis strategy expert Cathy Sullivan Clark lists five things hospitals can do to improve alignment with their physicians.
December 2008
Atlanta Hospital News
Information Technology Collaboration Provides Win-Win for Hospitals, Physicians, and the Community
Noblis authors explain how information technology connectivity contributes to the communicative and informational backbone of clinical integration.
December 2008
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Beyond The Models: Investing In Physician-Hospital Relationships
Health Innovation experts explain the importance of communication, physician involvement in decision making, and physician leadership development in building strong hospital-physician partnerships.
September 2008
Trustee
Strategic Resource Allocation
Almost all hospitals face the issue of not having enough money to accomplish everything they would like to. So how does the board pick among winning ideas when it can’t afford them all? Noblis Health Innovation offers tips to help boards maximize the return on their organizations’ limited resources.
June 6, 2008
Health Leaders Media
When Having the Strategic Plan Is Not Enough: Facilitating an Effective Process
by Cathy Clark and Anita Iyenger
Noblis Center for Health Information authors Clark and Iyneger discuss the four key components to successful strategic planning.
March 24, 2008
Noblis White Paper
Post-Licensing Surveillance of the Safety and Efficacy of New Drugs, Biologics, and Devices
An Action Plan for the Development of a National Pharmacovigilance System
February 4, 2008
HealthLeaders Media
Tools for Competing Successfully in a Pay-for-Performance Environment
From a strategic perspective, organizations need leaders, managers, and clinicians who are committed to superior clinical outcomes and teamwork at every level. Leaders within the organization should develop a culture that encourages open and thorough communication. As organizations transition to this new, competitive environment, strong communication and collaboration between management and staff will be essential.
January 21, 2008
HealthLeaders
Beyond the Financial Rewards of Pay-for-Performance
Noblis Health Innovation authors discuss the impact and lasting value that indirect strategic benefits bring to pay-for-performance programs.
October 2007
Health Management Technology
Serious Gaming
Noblis authors show how advanced computer simulation games help to transform healthcare and disaster preparedness.