Operational Management
Articles & Presentations:
"The Lean Development Program: Applying Lean Production System Principles and Tools to Development," by Michael VanDerhoef, president, Virginia Mason Foundation, presented at the 2006 AHP International Conference. Download Presentation
Financial Management
Articles & Presentations:
"Partnering with finance: A successful model for collaboration," by Jeff Buehrle and Barbara Gordon, published in the Spring 2007 AHP Journal. The authors discuss how a new model of collaboration was established between Banner Health's finance and philanthropic organizations in order to increase fundraising goals to an unprecedented level to help address growing community health care needs and decreasing hospital operating surpluses. They outline the steps they took to develop a common language for more effective and accurate performance measurement. Download Article
"Funding the function: What do you do to pay the price of generating contributions?", by John Drake, CFRE; Cathy Chrones, CFRE' and Rick Bragga, FAHP; published in the Fall 2007 AHP Journal. The authors explore ways in which health care foundations currently fund operating costs, and investigate - using survey results and an in-depth case study - the use of administrative fees in health care philanthropy. Download Article
AHP Study Guides:
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- Investment and Endowment Management