Hospitals
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Hospitals that hire contract service firms to manage one or all aspects of their hospitality service departments increasingly expect those firms to help meet total quality management goals as well as offer the more traditional cost reduction, quality improvement and specialized expertise, finds the 1992 Hospital Contract Services Survey conducted by Hospitals.
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Changes in physician compensation and social trends are ushering in a new era in hospital-physician group relations, according to experts. Physician payment reform, the shift toward managed care, ongoing primary care physician shortages, and the changing lifestyle preferences of younger physicians are helping to redefine hospital-MD relations for years to come. Still, some health care organizations are ahead of the curve on this issue. Meanwhile, what does it take to lure a city doctor to Weiser, Idaho? Some towns will do almost anything to recruit a physician.