Health care cost reengineering report
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Health Care Cost Reengineering Rep · Aug 1998
Coordinated system of care cuts costs, maintains quality for persons with AIDS.
Coordinated HMO care reduces costs for patients with AIDS. Although HMOs get a bad rap, a surprising study from Boston University found that a comprehensive system of managed care can do a better job of avoiding hospitalization and reducing health care costs than traditional fee-for-service plans--without negatively impacting patient satisfaction, health status, or level of function.
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Health Care Cost Reengineering Rep · Jul 1998
Cut costly patient transfers, delays with networked monitoring systems.
Reengineering patient care as needs arise is becoming easier thanks to wireless monitoring systems. Find out how several health care facilities have put an end to bottlenecks in the ED and ICU and made more efficient use of patient beds--and reaped financial savings as a result.
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Health Care Cost Reengineering Rep · Mar 1998
Comparative StudyHow does your organization compare to nation's Top 100 benchmark hospitals?
Data Benchmarks: How does your organization stack up to the nation's top 100 hospitals? A new study of the country's top 100 hospitals that achieved great clinical and financial benchmarks reveals they are doing much more than reducing length of stay and shifting care to the outpatient setting. Other factors, including managed care penetration and location, play important roles, too. Here are the details, plus tips from a top performer.