Last month the American College of Healthcare Executives released the results of its annual CEO survey on the top concerns confronting community hospitals. The most pressing concerns of the CEOs in 2015 were:
- Financial challenges
- Patient safety and quality
- Governmental mandates
- Personnel shortages
- Patient satisfaction
- Physician-hospital relations
- Access to care
- Population health management
- Technology
- Reorganization [mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, partnerships]
Financial challenges has remained the top concern when compared to 2013 and 2014 surveys. Transition from volume to value, Medicaid reimbursement, bad debt, and increasing costs were among the financial challenges most often mentioned. Engaging physicians in improving the culture of safety/quality and in reducing clinically unnecessary tests and procedures were top concerns related to patient safety and quality.
Access to care and reorganization were new to the top 10 list in 2015, and personnel shortages rose to 4th place on the list, up from the 10th spot in 2014.
Source: Top issues confronting hospitals in 2015. American College of Healthcare Executives, Feb. 2, 1016. http://ache.org/pubs/research/ceoissues.cfm [press release: http://ache.org/pubs/Releases/2016/top-issues-confronting-hospitals-2015.cfm]
Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Administration, Consumers, Financial management, Future trends, Health care quality, Health care workforce, Health facility merger, Hospital costs, Hospitals, Joint ventures, Leadership, Medical staff, Mergers and acquisitions, Patient safety, Physicians, Population health, Posted by Diana Culbertson, Technology |
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