JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

J O U R N A L O F H E A LT H C A R E M A N A G E M E N T
Deborah J. Bowen, fache, cae, publisher
Stephen J. O’Connor, PhD, fache, editor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Samantha Raue, managing editor, Health Administration Press
E D I T O R I A L B O A R D
Laura E. Belcher, fache, T. J. Samson Community Hospital, Glasgow, KY
Michael J. Carter, PhD, fache, Miners’ Colfax Medical Center, Raton, NM
Angela CJVincent, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Christopher M. Cornue, fache, Sláinte Global Partners, Evanston, IL
Margaret M. Cusumano, rn, fache, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Deborah G. D’Agostino, fache, P4H Inc., Golden’s Bridge, NY
Michael Hooten, EdD, fache, Texas Tech HSC, Amarillo, TX
Bita A. Kash, PhD, fache, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center,
College Station, TX
Vicki A. Kendrick, fache, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX
Susan Chapman Moss, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA
Mary S. O’Shaughnessey, dha, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Dennis W. Sheridan, fache, Winthrop-University Hospital, Glen Head, NY
Karen A. Stiefel, PhD, fache, Baptist Health System, San Antonio, TX
David A. Tam, md, fache, Pomerado Hospital, San Diego, CA
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