Physicians need to expect less from PPMCs, take more responsibility for practice success.
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Efficiency↗
Biomedical subjects
E Egger
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Inspiring patient, employee satisfaction turns Florida hospital into top performer.
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Employee Performance Appraisal↗
Trends indicate 'wise' integrated systems should embrace complementary medicine.
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Complementary Therapies↗
What does a 'top 50' hospital look like?
A new guide rating U.S. hospitals, developed by The Center for HealthCare Industry Performance Studies (CHIPS), debunks some myths and offers some surprises. One surprise is the outstanding performance by a public hospital in Denver. Ed Egger analyzes the factors in the success of Denver Health Medical Center.
Benchmarking↗
HCIA expands '100 Top Hospitals' program to include clinical research.
For six years, HCIA, Inc. has identified 100 hospitals that set benchmark standards of superior performance in management, patient care, and cost efficiency. Now this health care data management firm has expanded the program to include clinical research and identify best practices of top hospitals.
Awards and Prizes↗
Rural hospital turnaround comes from planning, winning support, collaborating.
Eleven years ago, rural Bladen County Hospital in North Carolina was on the verge of closing. Since then, its leaders have used planning, collaborating, and winning community support to implement many new initiatives and develop an award-winning rural health network.
Capital Financing↗
Physician buy-in, scientific data crucial to CAM programs.
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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Swinney: Balanced Budget Act only tip of iceberg when it comes to survival challenges.
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Budgets↗
Changes in plastic surgery laws pose challenges, opportunities for hospitals.
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California↗
Fleet of innovative, new firms racing to make health care information systems obsolete.
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Commerce↗
Freestanding heart hospitals not a trend, nor do they need to be, consultant says.
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Cardiac Care Facilities↗
Get ready for big increase in demand for CV services.
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Aged↗
Key mid-level personnel getting scarce?
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Computer Literacy↗
Health care use of Internet faces both driving forces and barriers.
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California↗
If physician unionization trend catches on, hospitals could be drastically affected.
If the trend toward physician unionization picks up steam, it could have multiple adverse consequences for hospitals, writes Ed Egger. A management, labor and employment attorney explains how life could change for hospitals with unionized physicians.
Capitation Fee↗
Columbia/HCA spin-off company adopts new approach with rural hospital chain.
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Economic Competition↗
JCAHO sees mixed bag in OIG report criticizing some evaluation policies.
JCAHO says some of the Office of the Inspector General's recommendations for change were JCAHO's idea in the first place and have already been implemented. JCAHO disagrees with some other criticism and recommendations in the recent OIG report.
Accreditation↗
Old ways of planning, thinking won't work in today's volatile health care industry.
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Equipment and Supplies↗