title: Outpatient care: a nationwide revolution.
abstract: Most CEOs expect outpatient utilization to increase, but are executives planning ahead for what some term a virtual "revolution" in health care delivery? This issue's cover story takes a look at some of the key strategies that outpatient executives are implementing in their markets. Examples range from a large university teaching hospital, to a suburban facility, to a 40-bed rural hospital in Minnesota. Business strategy is only part of the outpatient story, however. One of the key questions that health care executives must answer is where the outpatient management talent will come from. Outpatient executives report that many of the same skills are needed in this setting as are necessary in the traditional inpatient side; however, there are major differences in management expertise that could make or break a hospital's outpatient services. Moreover, some experts say that this emerging definition of what it takes to be a successful outpatient services executive may be shaping the mold for all future health care executives, both inpatient and outpatient.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eubanks
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States