The emergency department is being asked to pave a path that may lead out of the hospital as much as it leads patients inside. It is becoming a U-turn lane of sorts for patients who can be, more effectively and less...
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The New ED: Keep Patients Out (but Happy)
Replacing a Joint-Replacement Program
A focus on patient-centered care leads to improved financial and quality metrics.
Telling the Patient No
Through bundled payment plans, hospitals and other healthcare providers will be penalized for ordering tests, procedures, and other items that the evidence shows to be unnecessary. Physicians will have to get comfortable saying "no" to patients.
Beyond Costs: The Value of Comanagement Agreements
Not all physician practices are interested in giving up their independence to join their local hospital or health system. But clinical comanagement agreements offer physicians and hospitals an opportunity to thrive, especially as accountable care organizations take seed.
An Agenda for the Board
The trend of mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and affiliations of healthcare organizations continues, creating ever-larger entities and sometimes unlikely bedfellows. How long will it persist?
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