<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Journal of Healthcare Contracting</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.jhconline.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.jhconline.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:37 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Presidential Leadership Advice</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/presidential-leadership-advice.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/presidential-leadership-advice.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=4212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been my honor and privilege to visit each and every United States Presidential Library and Museum in America.  The Presidential Libraries/Museums are managed by the National Archives and Record Administration, and are owned by the American people. &#160; Each library and museum features the history, legacy and times of one former United States [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/presidential-leadership-advice.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>AMA: Studies needed on ambulatory care, too</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/ama-studies-needed-on-ambulatory-care-too.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/ama-studies-needed-on-ambulatory-care-too.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=4100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent opinion piece for American Medical News, the American Medical Association is calling for “much more robust safety research in the ambulatory care setting.” Patient safety issues in hospitals has been surveyed, reported and documented in length in recent years. “But every physician knows that the need to be vigilant about protecting every [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/ama-studies-needed-on-ambulatory-care-too.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What&#8217;s at the heart of your organization?</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/whats-at-the-heart-of-your-organization.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/whats-at-the-heart-of-your-organization.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Love isn’t “the word” found in most organizations. Fear is more like it. Fear of criticism, fear of failure, fear of getting caught, or fear of speaking up. The L-word makes hard-nosed managers squirm. These are the same managers loudly pronouncing goals of higher employee engagement and increased customer loyalty. They’ll often use another L-word [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/whats-at-the-heart-of-your-organization.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Budget reaction</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/budget-reaction.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/budget-reaction.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s fiscal budget plan for 2013 was met with a resounding thud in the healthcare sector. &#160; &#8220;Today&#8217;s budget is bad news for our nation&#8217;s seniors and most vulnerable citizens,&#8221; said AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock. &#8220;It once again targets funding for hospital care and could result in fewer nurses, less access [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/budget-reaction.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Featured Main</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/featured-main.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/featured-main.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JHC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Read in Page Turn Format Publisher&#8217;s Letter More than Contracts One year after its acquisition of Broadlane, MedAssets is continuing to take a look at the big picture When old tricks no longer work Armed with the right experience and a healthy mindset, one supply chain leader re-engineers one of the country&#8217;s largest healthcare organizations [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/featured-main.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>HSCA: It just takes one!</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/hsca-it-just-takes-one.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/hsca-it-just-takes-one.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis Rooney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[February 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Supply chain efficiency made easy The healthcare supply chain must change! It must become more efficient, less expensive and more patient-focused. That’s the deeply held belief of the Healthcare Supply Chain Association’s (HSCA’s) Committee for Healthcare e-Standards (CHeS) and its membership of the nation’s leading group purchasing organizations. As a result of this commitment, the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/hsca-it-just-takes-one.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How to Defend Against Growing Inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/how-to-defend-against-growing-inflation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/how-to-defend-against-growing-inflation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert T. Yokl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[February 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t noticed, inflation is rearing its ugly head again. In 2010, the inflation rate was 3.4 percent, and it is predicted to jump five-tenths of a percent to 3.9 percent in 2011. This is a big jump from the negative two-percent inflation rate we experienced in 2009 with no end in sight. More [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/how-to-defend-against-growing-inflation.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>When old tricks no longer work</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/when-old-tricks-no-longer-work.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/when-old-tricks-no-longer-work.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Thill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[February 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Model of the Future Armed with the right experience and a healthy mindset, one supply chain leader re-engineers one of the country’s largest healthcare organizations. It calls for nothing short of top-level supply chain leadership to run an organization the size of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS). One of the largest [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/when-old-tricks-no-longer-work.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Publisher&#8217;s Letter February 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/publishers-letter-february-2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/publishers-letter-february-2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Pritchard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[February 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2012 Complexities Time sure flies when you’re having fun. We have been having fun the last few years, right? With the complexities of emerging contracting and distribution models, and the implementation of reform, the last few years have been difficult in our industry. It’s only going to continue to get more complex. Supply chain leaders [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/publishers-letter-february-2012.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Observation Deck: Time to rethink conventional wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.jhconline.com/observation-deck-time-to-rethink-conventional-wisdom.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.jhconline.com/observation-deck-time-to-rethink-conventional-wisdom.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[February 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jhconline.com/?p=3653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times have we heard that: The fee-for-service system is bankrupting our healthcare system, and maybe our country? Fee-for-service leads to overutilization of services – too much diagnostic testing, too many procedures, too many redundant visits, too much wasted time – with no improvement in patient outcomes or community health? Concepts such as chronic [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.jhconline.com/observation-deck-time-to-rethink-conventional-wisdom.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

