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K Lumsdon

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PubMed1993

Mapping care.

Managing clinical quality and assessing the efficacy of clinical operations are key objectives for all health care providers--but pressure is growing to do more with fewer resources. As a result, many innovators are turning to critical paths as a tool that can help them achieve those goals. Indeed, a new survey by Hospitals & Health Networks and Medicus Systems Corp. finds critical paths are taking hold in health care organizations in a big way. Of those hospital executives surveyed, 57 percent say they have a critical paths program. But the survey also uncovered a slew of names for the tools being used, and experts agree there are wide disparities in innovators' motivations, methods and achievements.

Clinical Protocols↗
PubMed1993

Baby boomers grow up.

"The baby boom generation has different expectations and a far different background than older generations" when it comes to their health care, says one expert on the subject. Indeed, providers can expect the demands of the emerging consumer generation to be radically different: The new health care consumers will actively participate in their own care, and will help shape the debate over comprehensive health care reform. Are you ready?

Adult↗
PubMed1993

The race to integrate. Who will be the leaders?

Who will integrate care in the health networks emerging across the U.S.? The question is far from academic, as systems integration moves forward dramatically. In our overview, we look at the challenges, conceptual and practical, of partnering. The integration taking place in southeast Michigan "didn't happen overnight," say those involved. But the Blue Cross partnership with two large health systems is transforming health care delivery in that area. The leaders in the Fallon Healthcare Organization in Worcester, MA, say physician direction has been a key to their success. Two Arkansas employers facing the same benefits crisis worked together on costs and ended up redirecting care delivery for employees. Three rural Pennsylvania hospitals faced growing resources issues together and found themselves building a regional alliance.

Comprehensive Health Care↗