We have written extensively on topics related to Strategic Cost Management in the health care industry. We have written articles for leading professional publications and organizations in the hospital industry including the Health Care Advisory Board, The Governance Institute, HFMA, and AHA.
Publications
“5 Ways to Trim Excess Costs”, a blog published in HFM Magazine
“3 Often–Overlooked Ways to Reduce Costs”, Healthcare Cost Containment, October 2013
“Effective Cost Management Requires Pushing Through Execution Barriers”, Healthcare Cost Containment, August 2013
“The Path to Sustainable Cost Management: Addressing Tough Questions”, Healthcare Cost Containment, April 2013
“Achieving Sustainable Cost Transformation”, HFM
“A Guide for Managing Costs and Refining Cost Structure”, HFM
“Strategic Cost Management”, HFM
“Addressing Census Peaks and Valleys”, H&HN
“Economic Sizing Can Reduce Labor Costs In Hospitals”, HFM
“Staffing Smart: Economic Sizing Cuts Labor Costs, Eases Staffing Headaches”, Healthcare CFO Report
“Reducing Aggregate Care Team Costs Through Optimal Patient Placement”, JONA
“Optimal Bed Management Position Paper”, Channon & Associates
“Downsizing: Avoiding the Trauma”, HFM
“Dispelling Productivity Myths”, H&HN
Presentations
8 Keystone Habits to Supercharge Hospital Financial Performance (1.5 minute video)
Doing the Right Things: Stop Doing to Add Value (1.5 minute video)
8 Habits of Highly Effective Cost Management™
The 7 Keys to Leadership Engagement
Top 10 Cost Reduction Execution Barriers Facing Healthcare Organizations
Number 1 Key to Successful Cost Reduction in Healthcare Organizations
Top 10 Must Have Tools to Support Your Cost Reduction Effort
10 Target Setting Tips Tricks and Traps
Tackling 10 Tough Questions Regarding Your Cost Reduction Initiative
Habit #4: Doing the Right Things to Lower Healthcare Cost
Three Biases That Will Doom Your Cost Reduction Effort Before it Even Starts
Posts
Leveraging Your Leadership Team for Superior Results
8 Keystone Habits to Supercharge Hospital Financial Performance
Your Strategy Isn’t What You Say It Is
Performance Excellence Report Card
Benchmarking the Corporate Office
Have You Hardwired Leadership Engagement for Cost Reduction Success?
Tackling the 10 Toughest Questions Surrounding Your Cost Reduction Effort
Eliminating the Top 5 Time-Wasters to Accelerate Cost Savings in Hospitals
The 8 Habits of Highly Effective Cost Management
Crossing the Cost Reduction Finish Line in Healthcare Organizations
Overcoming Barriers: The Surest Path to Savings in Hospitals
#1 Key to Successful Cost Reduction
Three Biases That Will Doom Your Cost Reduction Effort
10 Telltale Signs of Organizational Inefficiency
Target-Setting for Cost Reduction: Tips, Tricks and Traps
Reducing Overhead Costs in Healthcare Organizations
Please contact us to obtain a reprint or if you would be interested in discussing any of our publications or presentations.
We have also spoken on these topics at conferences and professional organizations throughout the country.
If Channon & Associates sounds like a firm you would like to consider, we invite you to call us at 847-945-2409 or email us at info@channonconsulting.com
