Council of International Hospitals

The Council of International Hospitals is dedicated to unlocking the value of the Advisory Board’s large body of U.S. research for leading institutions worldwide. Grounded in our belief that the power of good ideas is universal in its application, the Council aims to provide hospital executives across the globe with the most salient best practices and analyses to help them navigate the emerging trends and policies impacting their institutions. Guiding our efforts is a constant question: Which findings across our wide-ranging research initiatives will help hospital leaders around the world meaningfully improve health care delivery within their own organizations?

To download a PDF of The Year Ahead from the Council of International Hospitals, follow this link.

Council Members have full access to the resources of the following research programs:

Health Care Advisory Board
Clinical Advisory Board
Nursing Executive Center
Financial Leadership Council
HR Investment Center
Marketing and Planning Leadership Council
Oncology Roundtable
Cardiovascular Roundtable
IT Insights
Innovations Center

Sample of Recent Research

Emergency Department Investment Blueprint

All signs point to continued throughput problems for emergency departments over the next decade as steady growth in volume ratchets up pressure on already overwhelmed EDs to expand capacity. Highlights include how hospitals can leverage the following:

Throughput reform
Facility design
Clinical and information technologies

Engaging the Nurse Workforce: Best Practices for Promoting Exceptional Staff Performance

Over the next decade, hundreds of thousands of new nurses will replace our most loyal and seasoned clinicians. In addition to the day-to-day work of caring for their patients, these nurses will be asked to improve clinical outcomes, collect large amounts of data, and integrate new technologies into their practice, all while maintaining high levels of productivity and patient satisfaction and holding the line on costs. Forward-looking CNOs are realizing that if they are to ask more of nurses, they will need to truly engage them in their day-to-day work. This study provides best practices from highly engaged institutions in the United States.

Example of Tools and Resources for Members

Service Line Briefings

Current market landscape, forecasts of future demand and hospital economics, and strategic imperatives for principal hospital service lines, including:

Future of Cardiac Services
Future of Cardiology
Future of Orthopedic Surgery
Future of Neurosciences
Future of Diagnostic Imaging
Future of Oncology
Future of Women’s Services

Online Best Practices Compendiums

Easily searchable collections of hospital and health system best practices featured in past Advisory Board research presentations:

Revenue Cycle Management
Supply Cost Management
Recruitment, Retention, and Workforce Development
Employee Engagement
Nursing Care Quality and Safety

Original Inquiry

Customized short-answer research reports.