The Center for the Health Professions

May 2008

Centering On…Leading Hospitals

Hospitals play such a crucial role in the US health care system that changing them is often seen as a complex and daunting undertaking. This month Ed O'Neil identifies the three most fundamental challenges hospitals face today to respond to the changing health care environment.

To read this essay, click here.

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice has published Joanne Spetz's paper, "Nurse Satisfaction and the Implementation of Minimum Nurse Staffing Regulations," online. Nurse satisfaction in California improved between 2004 and 2006, particularly with factors that would have been affected by the ratios. Read the abstract (subscribers can download the paper) here.

Deadline Approaching! Apply now for the 2008-2010 CHCF Health Care Leadership Program, a two-year fellowship for clinically trained health care leaders in California. Join a network to shape a more responsive and effective health care system. Applications are due May 15, 2008. To complete an RFA, click here.

Gary Dougan, DDS, MPH, works to improve the oral health of Californians through direct patient care, consumer-oriented regulatory activities, quality assurance and community service. To read more, including how Dr. Dougan's participation in the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program and its alumni network contribute to his leadership development, click here.