About Robert M. Sigmond
About Robert M. Sigmond
In the First Person, an Oral History
In the First Person, an Oral History Part 2
Academic Appointments
Public Service
Current
Memberships
Lectures and Addresses
Awards, Honors, and Lectures
Bibliography of Published Works in the
Health Field
Community Benefits Columns, Michigan
Health & Hospitals
Publications Not in the Health Field
Contact Information
Robert
M. Sigmond
Education
M.A. The Pennsylvania State College,
1942
B.A. The Pennsylvania State College, 1941
Philadelphia Public Schools
Present Positions
Senior Advisor to the Dean, School of Public Health, Drexel
University Health Sciences, 2001
Previous Positions
1977-1996: Advisor on Hospital Affairs,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, IL
1981-1985: Director, Community Programs for Affordable
Health Care, Chicago, IL
1976-1977: Consultant, Blue Cross Association and Blue
Cross of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1971-1975: Executive Vice President, Albert Einstein
Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
1968-1970: Executive Vice President for Planning,
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
1964-1968: Executive Director, Hospital Planning
Association of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA
1955-1964: Executive Director, Hospital Council of
Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA
1950-1955: Assistant to the Executive Vice President
and Medical Director, Albert Einstein Medical Center
(also Assistant Director and
Acting Director of the Center's Northern Division), Philadelphia,
PA
1952-1954: Director of Fiscal Studies, National Commission
on Financing of Hospital Care, Chicago, Illinois
(on leave of absence from the
Einstein Medical Center)
1946-1950: Research Associate, Hospital Council of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1945-1946: Research Associate, Governor's Commission
on Hospital Facilities, Standards, and
Organizations,
Philadelphia, PA
1942-1945: Various civilian wartime assignments (not
in the health field) with the U.S. Air Forces, the War
Department,
and the War Labor Board, (Civilian Award of Merit, U.S. Air
Forces, 1943)
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Academic Appointments
Scholar in Residence, Department of Health
Administration, School of Business Administration,
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1985-.
Adjunct Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School
of Public Service, New York University, 1989-1994.
Adjunct Professor of Health Administration, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA 1968-1976.
Adjunct Professor, Medical and Hospital Administration,
The Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh, 1955-1968.
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Public Service
A. Current
Editorial Board, Inquiry Member
Member, Research Advisory Council, Coalition for
Nonprofit Health Care, Washington, D.C.
Consultant, Hospital Involvement in Community Action
Study, School of Public Health University of Toronto
B. Past
Chairman, National Advisory Committee, Hospital
Community Benefit Standards Project, New York Univ., New York,
N.Y.
Trustee, Mercy Health Corporation of Southeastern
Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, PA.
Director and member of Executive Committee, Holy
Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center,
Meadowbrook, PA.
Trustee, Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation, Farmington
Hills, Michigan.
Trustee, Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust, Allentown,
PA.
Senior Program Consultant, The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.
Consultant, Committee on Community Health Care of
the Council on Medical Services,
American Medical Association.
Consultant, Social Security Administration.
Consultant, Pennsylvania Governor's Hospital Study
Commission.
Consultant, HEW Secretary's Committee on Hospital
Effectiveness.
Consultant, National Center for Health Services Research.
Consultant, USPHS.
Consultant, Office of Economic Opportunity.
Consultant, Pittsburgh Foundation.
Consultant, University of Michigan Study of Hospital
and Medical Economics.
Consultant, Hospital Utilization Research Project,
California State Department of Health.
Consultant, Pennsylvania Department of Health Task
Force on Pennsylvania Blue Shield Regulation.
Expert, Public Health Service, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, DHHS.
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Public Health
Association.
Editorial Board, Health Services Research.
Editorial Board, Medical Care.
Technical Board, Milbank Memorial Fund.
Chairman, National Advisory Committee of the Johnson
Foundation-Sponsored
Community Hospital-Medical Staff Group Practice Program.
Chairman, Hospital Advisory Committee, Hospital Research
and Education Trust of the
American Hospital Association.
Chairman, Council on Research and Development of
the American Hospital Association.
Chairman, Committee on Areawide Planning Agencies,
American Hospital Association.
Chairman, Council on Administrative Practice, Hospital
Association of Pennsylvania.
Chairman, Health Facilities Review and Study Committee
of the Regional Comprehensive
Health Planning Council, Philadelphia, PA.
Chairman, Goals and Priorities Committee and Member,
Board of Directors of the Philadelphia
Health Management Corporation.
Vice Chairman, South Philadelphia Health Action.
Secretary-Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors,
American Association for Hospital Planning.
Member, Nonprofit Contributions Advisory Board, City
of Philadelphia, PA.
Member, National Steering Committee, Community Care
Network Project, Health Research
and Education Trust
Member, Advisory Panel on Cost Effectiveness of Medical
Technologies,
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
Member, General Council, American Hospital Association.
Member, National Advisory Committee of the Leonard
Davis Institute on Health Economics
of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Member, General Assembly, Association of American
Medical Colleges.
Member, Executive Committee, The Forum of the Delaware
Valley Hospital Council.
Member, North Philadelphia Sub-Area Council of Health
Systems Agency of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Member, Board of Directors, Blue Cross of Western
Pennsylvania.
Member, Board of Directors, Integrated Mental Health,
Inc., Rochester, NY.
Member, Board of Directors, Group Health Planning,
Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Member, Board of Directors, Northland Health Group,
South Portland, Maine
Member, Board of Directors, the Philadelphia Health
Plan
Member, Board of Directors, Association of Areawide
Health Planning Agencies.
Member, Council on Blue Cross, Financing and Prepayment,
American Hospital Association
Member, Sub-Committee on Community Planning, American
Public Health Association.
Member, Health Advisory Committee, Appalachian Regional
Commission.
Member, Committee on Racial Discrimination, American
Public Health Association.
Member, Health Programs Systems Center Advisory Committee,
Indian Health Service.
Member, Advisory Committee on Community Action Studies
of the National Commission on
Community Health Services.
Member, Health Advisory Committee, Pittsburgh Public
Schools.
Member, Executive Committee, Medical Care Section,
Pennsylvania Public Health Association.
Member, Council on Planning, Hospital Association
of Pennsylvania.
Member, Initial Review Committee, Division of Regional
Medical Programs, N.I.H.
Member, Executive Committee, Hospital Utilization
Project of Allegheny County Medical Society
and Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania.
Member, Steering Committee and Advisory Committee,
Western Pennsylvania Regional Medical Program.
Member, Committee on Insurance, PA Mental Health
Association.
Member, Steering Committee of the Western Pennsylvania
Comprehensive Health Planning Group.
Member, Sub-Committee on Epidemiological Uses of
Hospital Data, National Committee on Vital Statistics.
Member, Panel of Advisors, National Center for Health
Statistics.
Member, Health Committee, Urban League of Pittsburgh,
Inc.
Member, Committee on Development, PA Mental Health Association.
Member, Task Force on Health Planning, Association
of University Programs in Health Administration.
Member, HMO Management Council of the Philadelphia
Health Management Corporation.
Public Representative, Hospital Council of Western
Pennsylvania.
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Current Memberships
American Hospital Association (Life Member, 1979
and Honorary Member, 1988)
Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
American Public Health Association (Fellow)
American College of Healthcare Executives
Forum for Healthcare Planning (Emeritus Director)
International Federation of Voluntary Health Service Funds
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
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Lectures and Addresses
Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Chicago,
Columbia University, Cornell University, Duke University,
University of Illinois, George Washington University, Harvard
University, University of Hawaii, University of
Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Michigan, University
of Minnesota, New York University,
University of North Carolina, Northwestern University, Ohio
State University, University of 6 Oklahoma,
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Princeton
University, Rush University, Rutgers
University, University of Leuvan, University of New South
Wales.
Annual Meetings, Institutes, Conferences of the American Hospital
Association, American Public Health Association, American
Statistical Association, American Medical Association, Pennsylvania
Medical Society, Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, American
College of Hospital Executives, Blue Cross
and Blue Shield Association, American Association of Hospital
Planning, Catholic Hospital Association, HEW Secretary's Conference
on Medical Costs, Institute of Medicine, National Health Council,
New York Academy of Medicine, Sun Valley Forum on National
Health.
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Awards, Honors, and Lectures
The Dean Conley Award of the American College of
Hospital Administrators, best paper in
the hospital literature, 1969.
The Trustees Medal, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1975.
Edwin L. Crosby Fellow to the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals
Trust, London, England, 1976.
Corning Award for Exceptional Contributions to Hospital Planning
by the Society for
Hospital Planning, 1981.
The William B. Woods Memorial Lecture, Park Ridge Hospital,
Rochester, New York, 1981 and 1991
Award of Merit, American Association for Hospital Planning,
1984.
The Michael M. Davis Lecture, University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, 1985.
The C. Rufus Rorem Health Service Award, Chicago, 1985.
Clifford C. Thorne Lecture, State University of New York,
Albany, NY, 1986.
Robert Tonks Lecture, Northeast Canadian American Health Council,
Portland, Maine 1992.
Distinguished Service Award, Hospital Association of Pennsylvania,
1993.
Distinguished Service Award, Ohio State University, 1995.
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The Andrew Pattullo Lecture, Association of University Programs
in Health Administration, 1996.
Inducted into the Health Care Hall of Fame, 2001
Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence, Drexel University
School of Public Health, 2002
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Bibliography of Published Works in the Health Field
"Problems of Fiscal Control in Hospital Food Service." Journal
of the American Dietetic Association "
August 1953.
with Maryland Y. Pannell, Isidore Altman and Marion E. Altenderfer.
Income and Expense Ratios of
General Hospitals, 1951. Public Health Service Publication
No. 407. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1954.
Review of Organized Home Medical Care in New York City, by
Peter Rogatz, M.D. The Annals of the American Academy of Political
and Social Science. Mar. 1957.
with Isidore Altman and Morris London. General Hospitals in
Southwestern Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh:
The Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, 1958.
Review of An Examination of the Concept of Medical Indigence,
by Odin W. Anderson.
Hospitals 1 June 1958.
What Hospitals can do about the Underfinancing of Hospital
Service. Hospitals. (Oct. 1958);
also in Trustee. (Nov. 1958)
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with Mary B. Janavitz. "Psychiatric Cases Need Special Service,
Not Special Facilities."
The Modern Hospital Mar. 1959.
"Indigent Care." Hospitals 16 Apr. 1959.
"Blue Cross and the Hospitals: A Summary of Research Findings"
Afterwards. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1959.
"How Hospitals Can Strengthen Blue Cross." The Modern Hospital
Feb. 1960.
"A Case History in Coordinated Hospital Planning." Hospital
Forum May 1960.
"An Approach To Coordinated Hospital Planning." Hospital Forum
Jan. 1961
with
Morris London. "Are We Building Too Many Hospital Beds?" The
Modern Hospital Jan. 1961.
with
Morris London. "Small Specialized Bed Units Lower Occupancy."
The Modern Hospital May 1961.
with Morris London. "How Weekends and Holidays Affect Occupancy."
The Modern Hospital Aug. 1961.
with Mrs. G.H. Enzian and Mrs. D.A. Irwin. "A Profile of Hospital Auxiliaries." Trustee Dec. 1961.
Review of Doctors, Patients and Health Insurance, by Herman
M. Somers and Anne R. Somers.
Hospitals 16 Dec. 1961.
"Developing Home Care in Pennsylvania." Planning: Evolution
and Development. Iowa City:
University of Iowa, 1968.
Review of Family Spending Patterns and Health Care, by H.
Ashley Weeks. Hospitals 1 Mar. 1962.
What Utilization Committees Taught Us. The Modern
Hospital. (Feb. 1963)
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"Regional Hospital Planning - Under Voluntary or Governmental Auspices?"
Hospital Forum June 1963.
with Tekolste, Elton. "How Should Blue Cross Reimburse Hospitals?"
The Modern Hospital July 1963;
also published as "Hospital Payments: the Case for Costs."
Blue Cross Association Exchange
September 1963.
"Community-wide Planning for Children's Hospital Service in a Metropolitan Area."
Pediatrics Dec. 1963.
"The Community's Concern in Planning For Health Services."
Hospital Progress Jan. 1964.
with I. Oscar Weissman, M.D. "Is Separation of OB Cases Necessary?"
The Modern Hospital Jan. 1964.
"Hospital Planning in Allegheny County." Group Practice June
1964.
Review of Health Care Issues of the 1960's, by Group Health
Insurance, Inc. Hospitals 16 Aug. 1964.
"The Hospital Planning Process and the Community." Proceedings
of the First National Conference on
Areawide Planning. Chicago: Department of Hospitals and Medical
Facilities, AMA, 1964.
with Rorem, C. Rufus. The Organization of Medical and Health
Services. D. Public Policy and Financing for Health Services.
Medical Education and Practice: Relationships and Responsibilities
in a Changing
Society. n.p.: Association of American Medical Colleges, 1965;
and
Journal of Medical Education Jan. 1965.
"The Proper Intermediary." Blue Cross News July 1965.
with Thomas E. Callahan. "Hospitals and Schools Unite in Manpower Training Programs."
Hospitals 1 July 1965.
with Thomas M. Tierney. "Could Capitation Ease Blue Cross Ills?"
The Modern Hospital Aug. 1965.
"Hospital Capital Funds: Changing Needs and Sources." Hospitals
16 Aug. 1965.
"Community Facilities and Mental Health." Hospital Progress
Dec. 1965.
"Implications to Hospital Planning."
"Multiple Hospital Units Under Single Management." Proceedings
of the National Health Forum on Hospital and Health Affairs.
Durham: Duke University.
Determining Community Health Service Needs. The Pennsylvania
Medical Journal Feb. 1966.
"The Coming Impact of Medicare--A Symposium." Hospitals 16
Mar. 1966; and Trustee May 1966.
"Questions and Answers About Areawide Health Facility Planning."
Bulletin of Allegheny County Medical Society 23 Apr. and 14
May 1966.
"An Outline of the Utilization Review System." Inquiry May
1966.
"Health Service Needs in Allegheny County." Planning: Evolution
and Development. Iowa City:
The University of Iowa, 1968.
Professional
Education for Tomorrow's Hospital Administrators as viewed
by a Hospital Planner. Hospital Administration.
(Summer 1966)
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Letter. "Hits High Cost Forecast." The Modern Hospital
Nov. 1966.
"Areawide Planning for Emergency Services." Proceedings of
the First National Congress on the Socio-Economics of Health
Care of the American Medical Association. Chicago: AMA, 1967;
and Bulletin of Allegheny County Medical Society 25 Feb. 1967.
"Long-Range Planning by the Individual Hospital, Parts I and II."
Michigan Hospitals Jan. and May 1967.
"Planning for Health." Report of the 1967 National Health
Forum. New York: National Health Council, 1967.
"Depreciation As a Source of Hospital Capital Financing."
Proceedings of the National Forum on Hospital
and Health Affairs. Durham: Duke University, 1967.
"A Community Approach to the Organization of Care." Proceedings
of the National Conference on Medical Costs, 1967; also as
"Suppose You Were Placed in Charge." Medical Economics 13
Nov. 1967.
"Health Planning." Medical Care May-June 1967; and in The
Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly Jan. 1968.
"A Practical Approach to Areawide Hospital Planning." Hospital
Administration in Canada 1 July 1967.
"The Inherent Needs in Improving Emergency Medical Services."
Proceedings of the American Medica
Association's Conference on Emergency Medical Services. Chicago:
American Medical Association, 1967.
"Sources of Capital Investment in Health Care Facilities."
Costs of Health Care Facilities.
Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1968.
"Sigmond Recommends Expanded Role for Philanthropy in Hospital Financing."
Blue Cross News Jan.-Feb. 1968.
"Hospital Effectiveness: A Complex Concept Promises Concrete Results."
Hospitals 1 Aug. 1968.
"Capitation as a Method of Reimbursement to Hospitals in a Multihospital Area."
Reimbursement Incentives
for Hospital and Medical Care. Research Report No. 26. Office
of Research and Statistics, Social Security Administration.
Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1968.
Planning: Evolution and Development. Iowa City: The University
of Iowa, 1968.
"The Notion of Hospital Incentives." Hospital Progress Jan.
1969; and in Challenging the Profession. Chicago: Pluribus
Press, Inc., 1983; and in Health Services Management Readings
and Commentary.
First ed. Ann Arbor: Health Administration Press, 1978.
Changing
Hospital Goals. Journal of the Albert Einstein Medical
Center. (Spring 1969)
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"Process or Outcome Planning - Which Concept Will Dominate?"
Hospital Topics June 1969.
with Frank Reiner and Steven Sieverts. Areawide Association
Stimulates Individual Hospital to Plan Ahead. Trustee
Aug. 1969.
"The Health Care Crisis and the Planning Process"
in Collected Papers from The 1969 Hospital Medical
Staff Conference. University of Colorado School of Medicine,
1970.
"For the Trustee, Deepening Responsibilities." Hospitals
1 Jan. 1970.
Use of Community Resources. Hospitals 16 Apr. 1970; also
as Examining the Auxiliary's Role in an Era
of Social Change. The Volunteer Leader Apr. 1970.
with Steven Sieverts. "On the Question of Mergers." Medical
Care July-Aug. 1970.
Summary of Workshop Discussion on "The Consumer"
in National Health Insurance, Proceedings of the Conference
on National Health Insurance by Robert D. Eilers and
Sue S. Moyerman. Homewood, Illinois: Richard D. Irwin, Inc.
1971.
"Hospital Discharge Abstract Systems and Institutional Planning."
Supplement to Medical Care 1971.
"Conversations." Hospital Efficiency Through Economies of
Scale. Number Seven of a Series. Philadelphia: ARA Services,
1971.
"The View of the Hospital Administrator." Proceedings of the
Symposium on Future Patterns in Health Care Delivery. Philadelphia:
The Institute of Electrical/Electronics Engineers, Inc.,
1972.
"Delivery Systems - The Institutional Component." Hospital
Progress Dec. 1972; also published as New Delivery Systems:
Can Hospitals Afford to Play a Passive Role? Trustee Mar.
1973; and
The Hospital Medical Staff Mar. 1973.
"Medical Care in the United States: A Review of Problems and Progress"
Acta Hospitalia Lente 1974.
"Conversations." Redefining the Role of the Hospital Trustee.
Number Fourteen in a Series. Philadelphia:
ARA Services, 1974.
with
Kinser, T. The Hospital - Blue Cross Plan Relationship. Blue
Cross Association. (Sept. 1976)
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"Remarks on the Hospital-Blue Cross Plan Relationship"
Proceedings of the 1976 Provider Relations Forum Chicago:
Blue Cross Association, 1976.
What Changes in Third Party Reimbursement Can Encourage Movement
Towards More Cost Effective Systems? Linking Health Planning
and Regulation to Increase Cost Effectiveness. Harvard University
Center for Community Health and Medical Care. Report Series
R58-3, Dec. 1977.
"The Linkage Between Health Policy Making and Planning." Bulletin
of the New York Academy of Medicine Jan. 1978.
"The Role of the Payor in Cost Containment." Health Care in
the American Economy: Issues and Forecasts. Chicago: Health
Services Foundation, 1978.
"Can Restructuring Health Care Financing Hold Down Costs?"
Trustee Sep. 1978.
"The Issues Facing Multihospital Systems." Multi-Institutional
Hospital Systems. Chicago: The Hospital Research and Educational
Trust of the American Hospital Association and the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1979.
An
Open-Minded approach to Hospital Closure. The Changing Role
of the Hospital:
Options for the Future. American Hospital Association.
(No.1186 1980)
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Why
neither Competition nor Regulation is the Whole Answer.
Trustee. (May 1980)
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Is There Anything Unique About Planning by Hospitals
as Public Service Organizations? Report of the Conference
on the Future of Health Planning. Catalog No. 1022. Chicago:
American Hospital Association,
Nov. 1980.
"Can New Capitation Experiment Cut Hospital Costs?" Health
Finance Management Dec. 1980.
"Can New Capitation Experiment Cut Hospital Costs?" an interview
by Walter J. Unger Hospital Financial Management Dec 1980.
"Cooperation, Competition, Regulation: Health Care System's Balancing Act."
Hospital Progress Mar. 1981; also in Competition,
Cooperation and Regulation: the Quest for Excellence in Health
Care. Ann Arbor:
AUPHA Press, 1981.
"Hospital Planning Should Provide for Family Role in Care."
Hospitals 16 June 1981.
"Commentary on Measuring Community Hospital Services in Michigan."
Health Services Research Summer 1981.
Community
Forces as Regulators. "The New Regulators" Report of the Ross
Health
Administration Forum. Ross Laboratories. (1981)
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"Old and New Roles For the Community Hospital." The William
B. Woods Memorial Lecture. Rochester: Rochester Area 14 Hospitals
Corp., 1981.
"Appropriateness Review: Who Is Affected?" Appropriateness
Review of Health Care Services. Publication No. 1527. Chicago:
American Hospital Association, 1981.
"Community Planning Success Rests on New Definition of Trustee Leadership."
Trustee Dec. 1981.
"Group Payment for Health Care - Comments on Part 2." A Quest
For Certainty by C. Rufus Rorem.
Ann Arbor: Health Administration Press, 1982.
"Coalitions." SMS Impact Winter, 1983.
"Free Care - Who Pays?" Proceedings of the Trustee Institute
of the Council on Continuing Education. Alexandria: National
Association of Children's Hospital and Related Institutions,
Inc. NACHRI), 1983.
Selection, Organization and Evaluation of the Hospital's Leadership.
Proceedings of the Trustee Institute
of the Council on Continuing Education. (NACHRI), 1983.
"Robert M. Sigmond - In First Person: An Oral History." Hospital
Administration Oral History Collection. Edited by Lewis E.
Weeks. Chicago: American Hospital Association and Hospital
Research and Education Trust, 1983.
"Social Implications of New Business Strategies for Health Care Corporations."
"Putting the Business Suit on Health Care."
Proceedings of the Third Annual Invitational Seminar on Hospital/Health/Affairs.
Chicago: Department for Health Systems Management, Center
for Health Management Studies, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Medical Center, 1984.
A
Community Perspective on Hospital Ownership. Frontiers
of Health Service Management (Sept. 1984); also in Health
Services Management readings and Commentary: Third Edition.
(1987)
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Re-Examining
the role of the Community Hospital in a Competitive Environment.
The Michael M. Davis Lecture. University of Chicago.
(1985) [HTML] [PDF]
"Selective Contracting and the Community Hospital." Proceedings
of the Twenty-Seventh Annual George Bugbee Symposium on Hospital
Affairs. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1985.
Twentieth Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid: Memories
of Great Ideas and Missed Opportunities.
Hospital Progress July-Aug. 1985.
C. Rufus Rorem Health Service Award Acceptance Speech. Chicago:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, 1985.
"On Reshaping the Marketplace." Health Progress Dec. 1986.
"We Are All Medically Indigent at Some Spend-down Level."
Care of the Medically Indigent, by Emily Friedman. Chicago:
The American Hospital Association, 1986.
Testimony to Blue Ribbon Panel on Physician Involvement in
Governance and Management. Final Report, Volume 2. Sisters
of Mercy Health Corporation. Farmington Hills, MI. March,
1987.
"As I See It." Best Carolinas Medicine June 1987.
"Remarks at Annual Meeting of the Atlanta Healthcare Alliance."
Alliance News Jan.-Mar. 1988.
Review of Medical Care Medical Costs: The Search For a Health
Insurance Policy, by Rashi Fein, Ph.D.
The Journal of Health Administration Education Winter 1988.
Review of Hospital Structure and Performance, by Ann Barry
Flood and W. Richard Scott. Hospital Progress June 1988.
"New Guidance on Hospital Ethics Policy." Trustee Sep. 1988.
"The Perspective of Community Health Planning." Preferential
Option for the Poor, Vol. 2 Farmington Hills, MI: Mercy Health
Services, 1988.
"C. Rufus Rorem Obituary." Journal of the American Medical
Association 19 Nov. 1988.
Review of The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital
System, by Charles E. Rosenberg. Health Progress Mar. 1989.
with J. David Seay. Community Benefit Standards for Hospitals:
Perceptions and Performance. The Future of Tax-Exempt Status
For Hospitals. Frontiers of Health Services Management Spring
1989. Also as Hospital Governance and Community Benefit Standards.
in Trustee Dec. 1989.
"The Future of Community Benefit Standards for Hospitals."
Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual George Bugbee Symposium
on Hospital Affairs. Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1989.
"A Catalyst for Change." Health Progress Dec. 1989.
Hospital Governance and Healthcare Reform, Parts I and II,
The Governance One Hundred, Winter, 1991
and Spring, 1992, La'Jolla, CA.
Review of Marketplace Medicine: The Rise of the For-Profit
Hospital Chains, by David Lindorff. Health Progress Jan/Feb
1993.
Beyond the Body Repair Shop: Ethical Problems and Prospects
for Hospitals as Social Servants in Bioethics and Health
Care Reform Among the States, University of Virginia, l992.
Review of Ray E. Brown: Lectures, Messages and Memoirs edited
by Blanks, Corley and Smith.
Hospitals & Health Services Administration, Spring, 1992.
From
Charity Care to Community Benefit, Guest Editorial. Hospitals
& Health Services Administration. (Summer 1994)
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with
Seay, D. J. In Health Care Reform, Who Cares for the Community?
Journal of Health Administration Education. (Summer
1994)
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with Anthony R. Kovner, Community Care Networks and Health
Care Reform: An Interview with Robert Sigmond The Journal
of Health Administration Education, Summer 1994.
Capitation:
Its older than you think. Trustee. (Aug. 1994)
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"Who Gets It?" Hospitals and Health Networks August 15,
1994.
Back
to the Future: Partnerships and Coordination for Community
Health. Frontiers of Health Services Management.
(Summer 1995)
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"Why Aren't CEO Salaries Coming Down?" Trustee October
1995.
Learning
from the Ghost of Healthcare Past: Doing more with less through
Coordination and Collaboration. Healthcare Forum Journal.
(Nov/Dec. 1995)
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Community
Assessment or Action? From Conflict to Synergy. Health
Progress. (Mar/Apr. 1996)
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Interviews: Defining Community;Leadership and Followership;
Better Health for Less Money in Apple 2: A Guide for Implementing
Community Health Improvement Programs, Institute for Healthy
Communities,
Harrisburg, PA. 1997
The
1996 Pattullo Lecture. Journal of Health Administration
Education. (Winter 1997)
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Community
Benefits Columns, Michigan Health & Hospitals
July/Aug
1997:
Making a Real Difference: Beyond Community Service to Community
Benefit.
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May/June 1998: Beyond Good Intentions: Accountability
for Community Benefit.
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Sept/Oct 1998: Community Benefits are Key: A Common
Link for Effective Integration.
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Nov/Dec 1998: Community Benefit Planning: The Missing
Link in Health Models.
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Jan/Feb 1999: A Community Approach to Managing Uncompensated
Care.
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Mar/Apr 1999: Taking Charge of Uncompensated Care,
Part II.
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May/June 1999: Managing the Uncompensated Care Problem,
Part III.
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July/Aug 1999: Where does a Community Benefits Program
Fit?
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Sept/Oct 1999: The Community Benefit Role of the
Collections Department.
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Nov/Dec
1999: Community Benefits and the Bottom Line.
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Jan/Feb 2000: Linking Community Benefits and Patient
Care.
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Mar/Apr 2000: Do your Community Benefits have any impact?
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May/June 2000: Do your Community Benefits have any
impact? Part 2.
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July/Aug 2000: Community Benefits Impact, Part 3.
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Sept/Oct 2000: Community Benefits and Diversity,
Part I.
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Nov/Dec
2000: Community Benefits, Outcomes and Inputs.
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with Baskin, K. Notes on a Complexity Primer for Practical
Managers. Organizations and People.
(Feb. 2001)
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Remaking
Health Care in America Michigan Health & Hospitals. May/June
2001
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Publications Not in the Health Field
1. Pennsylvania Election Statistics, 1920-1940 (with H.F.
Alderfer, Ph.D.) a Pennsylvania State College Monograph, 1942.
2.
Methods of Making Experimental Inferences, second revised
edition, published by the Frankford Arsenal,
U.S. War Department, 1945.
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