Relative Performance Evaluation for Chief Executive Officers

Health Management Information Systems Executives: Roles and Responsibilities of Chief Executive Officers and Chief Information Officers in Healthcare Services Organizations

Canadian chief executive officers' prescription for higher quality: more clinical engagement, shared accountability and capacity development.

uality of Healthcare in Canada: A Chartbook, published by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) in 2010, showed that when compared with other developed countries, Canada ranks in the middle of the pack with respect to healthcare quality. How we can best achieve higher-quality care is a much-debated issue in Canada and in most modern healthcare systems – and there are many con...

A Compensation Comparison: Determinants of Compensation for Chief Executive Officers and University Presidents

What is a hospital bed day worth? A contingent valuation study of hospital Chief Executive Officers

BACKGROUND Decreasing hospital length of stay, and so freeing up hospital beds, represents an important cost saving which is often used in economic evaluations. The savings need to be accurately quantified in order to make optimal health care resource allocation decisions. Traditionally the accounting cost of a bed is used. We argue instead that the economic cost of a bed day is the better valu...

The role of chief executive officers in a quality improvement initiative: a qualitative study

OBJECTIVES To identify the critical dimensions of hospital Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs) involvement in a quality and safety and to offer practical guidance to assist CEOs to fulfil their leadership role in quality improvement (QI). DESIGN Qualitative interview study. SETTING 20 organisations participating in the main phase of the Safer Patients Initiative (SPI) programme across the UK. ...