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Nursing Management March 2010 Becker & Schmidtke	All along the watchtower: Suicide risk screening, a pilot study Patients will continue to die if healthcare organizations don't take action and appropriately assess patients at risk for suicide in general hospitals.
Managed Care May 2000 Mark G. Weiner, M.D., and Eric Pifer, M.D.	Computerized Decision Support and the Quality of Care The notion of quality of care in medicine is not new, but it is becoming increasingly important as the competitive health care market demands objective measures to compare physicians, hospitals, and managed care organizations....
Managed Care May 2001 Jack McCain	Use of Hospitalists: Another Case of 'May' vs. 'Must' Despite a movement to ban mandatory use of these physicians, their numbers and influence are rising as their roles become better understood...
Reason February 2009 Ronald Bailey	E.R. Crowding A study blames a rising population, a falling number of emergency departments, and understaffing that prevents stabilized patients from being admitted to other parts of the hospital.
Fast Company April 2012 Christina Chaey	Srikant Iyer Streamlines Patient Care In Hectic Emergency Rooms This health-care innovator uses a different kind of triage system to identify who is very ill and who is mildly ill, keeping emergency room care moving.
Nursing Management July 2011 Lisa Greenlund	ED violence: Occupational hazard? Workplace violence is an occupational hazard for hospital staff providing psychiatric care in hospital EDs.
Managed Care June 2003 Maureen Glabman	Managed Care Makes It Tough For Some Hospitals To Stay Afloat True, there are other reasons the facilities have closed, but insurers' payment rates stand out. Is it better that some are history?
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Ben Comer	Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy.
Managed Care April 2007	A Conversation With Emad Rizk, MD: Disease Management Beyond the Call Center The man who heads McKesson Health Solutions, the third largest disease management program in the country, says it's time to roll out a new model.
BusinessWeek January 7, 2010 Catherine Arnst	Hospitals: Radical Cost Surgery A hospital that slashes costs - and delivers high-quality care as it innovates? Yes, it exists.
Managed Care February 2002 Alan M. Muney	Evidence-Based Medicine Needs To Be Promoted More Vigorously This means using a carrot-and-stick approach with physicians. Those who respect the evidence should be rewarded; others should face penalties...
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Lena Chow	Docs of Shanghai They're short on status, pay, and respect, but China's young doctors hold keys to the world's fastest growing pharmaceutical market.
PHONE+ February 26, 2010	Hospital Heals Patient Care With Optimum Lightpath Holy Name Hospital increased its bandwidth from a 3MB Internet connection to 100MB with Optimum Lightpath, adding much more capacity, speed and reliability for much less than it would cost for similar services with another carrier.
Managed Care July 2001 Charles Downey	Disease Management Uses Web To Net Savings More vendors are turning to the Internet to expand the reach of programs. Cutting-edge technology helps patients help themselves...
Managed Care December 2004 Martin Sipkoff	A Better Case for Quality: Share the Savings! Brent James's research has led to a new and powerful vision of paying for performance that binds physicians, plans and hospitals together.
Managed Care September 2005 Ed Silverman	No Easy Fit For Specialty Hospitals Insurers worry that specialty hospitals will ultimately increase costs at nearby community hospitals
Nursing Management April 2009 Sharon H. Pappas	Profits, Payers, and Patients: Responding to Changes Profit is necessary for hospitals to fulfill their missions, invest in expansion and new technologies, and reinvest in existing patient care infrastructures. Profitability is the work of the financial team and the clinical team to produce the hospital's desired financial outcome.
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Managed Care December 2004 Adler & Schukman	The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue.
Managed Care February 2005 Tony Berberabe	Information: It's Better When You Share Today's version of a community health information network, the regional health information organization, is a collaborative of health plans, health care providers, and hospitals in a given geographic area that collects patient information stored on a secure Web site.
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Schmid et al.	Care of the Suicidal Pediatric Patient in the ED: A Case Study At Childrens Hospital Boston, an algorithm-the Risk of Suicidality Clinical Practice Algorithm has been developed to ensure evidence-based care supported by best practice guidelines.
Managed Care September 1999 Ed Rabinowitz	Is There a Doctor in the House? The per-visit cost of a house call is high, but used judiciously, this practice can lower overall medical costs -- not to mention provide better care.
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Adams & Tolich	Original Research: Blood Transfusion: The Patient's Experience This study therefore sought to identify how well patients understand the role of blood transfusion in their treatment and whether it causes them discomfort.
CIO December 15, 2009 Kim S. Nash	Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients.
BusinessWeek April 23, 2009 Catherine Arnst	Doctors' Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine A forerunner in New England found that some physicians would sooner cut ties than see their elite status threatened.
Managed Care June 2003 John Carroll	Specialty Hospitals' Success Sows Seeds of Lobbying Fight Some in government question the propriety of physicians steering patients into facilities that the doctors partly own.
American Family Physician April 15, 2005	Newsletter Demand for Subspecialists May Jeopardize Public Health... CDC Survey Reveals Limited Use of Electronic Health Records Systems... SAMHSA Offers $12.4 Million in Grants for Child Trauma Initiative... etc.
Salon.com October 21, 1999 Scott Harris	Waiting room For the great numbers of uninsured, the care may not be bad -- but the wait is.
Fast Company May 2009 Chuck Salter	The Doctor of the Future Cost, access, quality -- the prognosis for American health care may look grim, but innovation is the cure. The medicine of tomorrow is being born today.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Robert N. Charette	Dying for Data A comprehensive system of electronic medical records promises to save lives and cut health care costs -- but how do you build one? The many technical, social, and political issues are also formidable.
Nursing Management June 2011 LaRocco & Pinchera	The emerging trend of medical tourism Although it's difficult to find accurate data, there's general agreement that the number of Americans seeking medical care abroad is growing.
Managed Care August 2001	Four Views of Managed Care Ethics The evolution of managed care has posed ethical problems for physicians, plan administrators, and even patients. Four ethicists find that questions are many, while satisfactory answers are in short supply...
Managed Care March 2005 Frank Diamond	Kaiser's Asthma Outcomes Will Take Your Breath Away The company's Mid-Atlantic States Region has seen impressive savings since launching a disease management program for asthma.
AskMen.com Jon Skindzier	The Everyman Dream Health Plan This article lays out a dream health care plan that has been composed of the best individual elements from different systems around the world. However, not all of it may be practical.
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CFO January 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Operating Room Rising hospital costs, a plague to most companies, have helped some health-care CFOs nurse profits back to health.
CRM August 1, 2009 Lauren McKay	Healing the Sick Facing regulatory requirements, spiraling costs, and an aging (and ailing) customer base, the healthcare industry looks to CRM to balance a pair of age-old doctrines: First, do no harm - and physician, heal thyself.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Al Topin	Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty.
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Reason June 2008 Ronald Bailey	Queue Up Facing lengthening waits at hospitals, the British government has set a targeted turnaround time of four hours from arrival in an emergency room to treatment by a medical professional.
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