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D Burda

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PubMed1992

'Seamless' delivery.

Healthcare experts are touting the so-called integrated system as an "ideal" approach to healthcare delivery. They say these systems won't squander time, money or patient care contracting with each other or attempting to reconcile conflicting financial and utilization incentives that normally exist among hospitals, physicians, insurers and other providers.

Comprehensive Health Care↗
PubMed1992

Mergers thrive despite wailing about adversity.

A push is under way to reform federal and state antitrust laws to permit more collaborative hospital activities. The intent of such reform is to ensure that cost-cutting, quality-enhancing joint projects aren't hampered by federal or state restrictions. But much evidence indicates that hospitals have done just about anything they've wanted in terms of collaboration, and they've done it a lot in the past few years.

American Hospital Association↗
PubMed1992

Bargaining unit rules having little effect on hospital union activity.

The number of hospital union elections rose only slightly between 1990 and 1991, suggesting that the National Labor Relations Board's new hospital bargaining unit rules haven't had much impact on hospital organizing efforts. NLRB data appear to contradict the dire predictions of many hospitals and labor attorneys who said expanded bargaining unit categories would lead to unbridled union organizing efforts.

Data Collection↗