News - Part 3

Transparency: How Much of a Good Thing?

About the Authors: Steve Rivkin is managing partner at Rivkin & Associates LLC, a communications and marketing consultancy which has handled assignments for more than 100 hospitals and systems (www.HospitalCrisis.net). Mr. Rivkin can be reached at steve@rivkin.net. Fraser Seitel is a senior partner at Rivkin & Associates LLC. Mr. Seitel can be reached at fraser@rivkin.net. Overview: Move over, “paradigm.”…

Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Monitoring: A Resource for Governing Boards and Trustees

About the Authors: Sanjaya Kumar, MD, M.Sc., MPH is President & CMO and Chairman of the Board and Catherine Carson-Martin, RN, BSN, MPA is Director, Programs Management, at Quantros, Inc., a Miloitas, CA-based company that provides real-time knowledge solutions for benchmarking, patient safety, accreditation and compliance, and outcomes monitoring for health care providers, payers and pharmaceutical companies…