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Stewardship:


The Noblest Form of Leadership

R. Edward Howell, CEO, University of Virginia Medical Center (UVA), is featured in the latest Compass Clinical Profile in Healthcare Leadership.

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Immediate Jeopardy


It Can Happen To You

Regulatory and public scrutiny of hospital care is on the rise, and the cost of noncompliance with CMS and groups like the Joint Commission can be severe. More
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CMS’ Conditions of Participation (CoPs)

For hospitals, the consequences of noncompliance with the Conditions of Participation can be enormous, especially when surveyors determine that Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) exists.
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Turnover in Hospital Leadership Creates Significant Opportunities for Rapid Change

A growing number of hospital and health system CEOs are turning to interim executive talent to achieve significant change in a department or mentor in-house managers.
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Changing Attitudes


The Key to Achieving Hospital Productivity Gains

In today’s hospitals, it’s not uncommon to encounter defensiveness from inpatient unit managers who miss their productivity targets.
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A FINE CHOICE


Profiles in
Healthcare Leadership


When Peter S. Fine, FACHE, CEO of Banner Health was hired to lead Banner Health in 2000, the newly-merged system was struggling with the chaos of clashing cultures and the complexities generated by the joined businesses.
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  • Compass Clinical Consulting’s “Profiles in Healthcare Leadership” Features R. Edward Howell, CEO, University of Virginia Medical Center
  • Compass Clinical Consulting’s “Profiles in Healthcare Leadership” Features Maureen Bisognano, CEO, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • Preventing a Hospital-Wide Never Event
  • Hiring News: Director of OR
  • Hiring News: Director of ED
  • A Fine Choice: Compass Clinical Consulting Profiles in Healthcare Leadership Features Peter S. Fine, CEO Banner Health
  • Compass Clinical CEO Dr. Cary Gutbezahl Featured in Trustee Magazine
  • FOX BUSINESS NEWS INTERVIEWS COMPASS CLINICAL MANAGING DIRECTOR KATE FENNER ON THE IMPACT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM ON HOSPITALS
  • Compass Clinical CEO Dr. Cary Gutbezahl Featured in Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine

RSS Latest Articles

  • Total Transparency Motivates Positive Change
  • Hand-Washing at the Board Level
  • Hiring Interim Hospital Executives and Clinical Directors: What You Need to Know About Variations and Implications of Pricing
  • Pretty Good is Not Great: Honest Self-Appraisal is Tough
  • Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) Requires Immediate Response
  • Creating an Entrepreneurial Healthcare Organization
  • Finding the Right Interim Executive: How to Prepare for Better Interviews
  • The Five Golden Words of Healthcare Leadership
  • Hiring: Directors of OR, ED and Quality & Compliance Professionals with TJC or CMS Surveyor Experience
  • Great Achievements Are Not Children of Marginal Successes

RSS Compliance Articles

  • EMTALA Alert: Public Exposure Sounds the Alarm
  • Interventional Labs and the Conditions of Participation, Part I: Is Your Interventional Lab Compliant?
  • Snapshot of First Quarter TJC Survey Reports
  • How Medicare Termination Can Push Your Hospital to the Brink of Closing – Wrap Up
  • CMS and TJC Scrutiny Focuses on Behavioral Health and Psychiatric Hospitals
  • An Action Plan for CMS Recertification
  • The Real Costs of CMS Termination: How It Can Push Your Hospital to the Brink of Closing – Part 4
  • 2011’s Hit Parade: Examining the Most Frequently Cited TJC Requirements
  • How Medicare Termination Can Push Your Hospital to the Brink of Closing – Part 3
  • How Medicare Termination Can Push Your Hospital to the Brink of Closing – Part 2

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