Volunteer eVoice - July 2011
Tennessee Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
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As a remote sales person, travel is a key requirement of the job. As a result, Vallie Collins was a passenger on US Airways Flight 1549 that landed in New York's Hudson River on January 15, 2009. Read more...

Healthcare and payment reforms, new structural models and myriad market forces have increased the pressure on the physician-hospital relationship, but forging stronger partnerships is a key element of future success. Read more...

According to Jennifer Robinson, Senior Editor for the Gallup Management Journal, "for over 20 years or so, healthcare organizations have realized providing exemplary medical care isn't enough to engage hospital patients. That's because, from the patient's perspective, excellent medical attention is the least a healthcare organization can offer. Many hospitals recognize this and now focus on the patient experience." Read more...

It is clear that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act era creates substantial new legal obligations for entities that operate as "business associates" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules Read more...

Volunteer eVoice is a quarterly newsletter for members and friends of the Tennessee Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Have an announcement, want to submit an article, or need to contact us?
Tina Minnick, Editor (865) 966-3280
Kellie Buchanan, Co-Editor (865) 604-7294

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