Sample Research Offerings

: Competing for Talent

Recovering America's Hospital Workforce; This study presents an assessment of the current state of the nation's labor workforce followed by strategies for elevating health system recruitment. Twenty-two best practices are profiled organized around three key strategies: achieving radical staffing turnarounds, developing proprietary pipelines, and crafting compelling offers.

: Future of Orthopedics; Orthopedics is a service line under siege, its economics threatened by rising implant costs and unresponsive reimbursement. Looking forward, hospitals have areas of rich opportunity in orthopedics, but also continuing (and new) vulnerability. Accordingly, Future of Orthopedics maps out principal regions of future growth within the service line.

: Disciplined Growth

Instilling a Culture of Financial Accountability; Hospital CFOs are targeting improved efficiency in clinical service lines for next-generation margin gains. Because the finance function has little control over clinical decisions, this study examines how CFOs can instill greater financial discipline among physicians, nurses, and service line managers. Included are five best-demonstrated practices for implementing financial accountability throughout the organization.