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C Tokarski

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Debating the benefits of regulation.

Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, spent nearly $1 million in 1989 on certificate-of-need and incinerator requirements alone, said Charles Mross, above, the hospital's president. Modern Healthcare asked Franklin Square and two other hospitals to estimate last year's regulatory costs (p. 40), and a broader study of regulatory costs was commissioned for this report on government regulation's merits and its impact on hospital overhead.

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Telemedicine goes the distance.

Telemedicine is advancing rapidly, and with it the diagnostic and treatment possibilities. X-ray and MRI images, tissue specimens and medical record data are being transmitted between distant cities even now. For rural hospitals, this means having around-the-clock access to radiology expertise--without having to compensate a full-time radiologist. And for off-site clinics, it means fewer trips out to have an image interpreted.

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Healthcare lobbying efforts turn to states.

With federal policy action frozen by a budget and re-election frenzy, more healthcare legislative battles are turning up in the state capitals. Three states in particular are experiencing stepped-up lobbying activity from hospitals. And three lobbying giants, the American Assn. of Retired Persons, the American Hospital Assn. and the American Medical Assn., are struggling to overcome their own challenges.

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