Weaning Your Hospital Off of Medicare
A flood of baby boomers, reimbursement cuts, and increasingly ineffective cost-shifting solutions. How can your hospital maintain its level of service and its margin? It's time to get creative.
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The Case for Palliative Care
As the population ages and patients get sicker, palliative medicine is increasingly recognized as a way to both improve patient care and save valuable hospital resources.
As the population ages and patients get sicker, palliative medicine is increasingly recognized as a way to both improve patient care and save valuable hospital resources.
Databanks of the Future
Eyeing "personalized medicine," leading research centers are creating vast storehouses of images and genetic information.
Eyeing "personalized medicine," leading research centers are creating vast storehouses of images and genetic information.
When the Auditor Comes Calling
Medicare’s RAC demonstration is designed to catch payment mistakes, but some providers say auditors are getting carried away.
Medicare’s RAC demonstration is designed to catch payment mistakes, but some providers say auditors are getting carried away.
Mission Possible
Mission statements are often mocked for being uselessly generic. Random mission statement generators (really) can spit out any combination of "trust" and "teamwork" and "patient needs." Yet many real mission statements adopted by hospitals and healthcare systems are seriously specific, with careful and clear thought given to who should be served, how they should be served, and how management and the medical staff should work together toward those ends.
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