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N F Piland

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Medical groups and the metaphor of manufacturing.

Medical groups are vitally interested in achieving better operating margins in view of diminishing revenues and cost increases. The answer to this dilemma is heightened productivity. However, raising the productivity of medical care providers does not just automatically happen. It requires innovative thinking and the courage to instill change in the face of resistance. This article examines several medical manufacturing strategies that might be used by medical groups to improve productivity. These strategies are based on proven approaches in business that have been translated for the health care context.

Delivery of Health Care, Integrated↗
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For-profit and nonprofit mergers: concerns and outcomes.

This article examines whether merger with an investor-owned chain is beneficial to nonprofit hospitals. Drawing on the experience of Lovelace Medical Foundation, a hospital-based group practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in its merger with the Hospital Corporation of America, this article describes the uncertainty that accompanies a merger, elucidates specific concerns of nonprofit hospitals about loss of autonomy to a large corporation, and sets guidelines for making sure most anticipated fears fail to materialize as a result of premerger planning.

Capital Financing↗