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E Gardner

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PubMed1991

Software upgrade can end with hard landing.

A hospital's plan to switch over to the latest version of software for its information systems often can result in a nasty surprise--the facility's hardware isn't up to the task, and the solution will cost a bundle, often hundreds of thousands of dollars. Providing your vendor with thorough and precise data can help avoid such pitfalls.

Capital Expenditures↗
PubMed1991

Thorough trial period cut changeover travails.

If you want a little advice on how to change information systems without experiencing an unwelcome increase in accounts receivable, a Waterloo, Iowa, hospital has some to offer. And it's pretty simple--take the time to train your staff and eradicate the system's bugs. By insisting on two extra months time before taking the system "live," the hospital avoided common problems and saw only a minuscule increase in accounts receivable.

Accounts Payable and Receivable↗
PubMed1991

Nursing students learn about computer-age care.

Part of the problem in computerizing the patient-care process is that caregivers are used to doing things the old-fashioned way, which they may have learned years ago when they got their professional training. One nursing program is including a course on the use of computers in healthcare.

Competency-Based Education↗
PubMed1991

Blanks on medical records may give payers denial ammo.

Incomplete and inaccurate patient records have always left hospitals vulnerable to losing malpractice suits. But increasingly, good records mean hospitals are more likely to collect on bills that are scrutinized by utilization review firms, Medicare peer review organizations and other such bill examiners. That places a higher premium than ever on paying meticulous attention to a patient's medical record.

Documentation↗
PubMed1991

Medicaid penalties: crackdown or shakedown?

Hospitals that file inaccurate Medicaid claims may be the dupes in a new federal initiative to finance expansion of the government's civil enforcement efforts, a Modern Healthcare reveals. A look at eight settlements by hospitals in Pennsylvania over false claims shows growing collaboration between the state, HHS' office of the inspector general and the U.S. Justice Dept. Modern Healthcare found that the amount of the Pennsylvania settlements, some $500,000, was identical to the amount given back to the Justice Dept. to further boost their policing efforts. Attorneys believe such collaborative efforts are likely to spread nationwide.

Financial Management, Hospital↗
PubMed1991

Excellence in risk management.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health Care's risk-management program, which espouses early intervention, prevention and the maximum use of in-house resources to control costs and liability, has won the first award for excellence in healthcare risk management, given by Modern Healthcare and the MMI Cos. York (Pa.) Hospital was given special recognition for its project to reduce intravenous medication errors.

Awards and Prizes↗