Count on quality
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Employers operating in Anderson, IN, found that quality is an important factor in their pioneering attempt to reduce their health care expenses. Businesses such as General Motors of Detroit, MI, have been collaborating with community groups, hospitals, doctors, the United Auto Workers and other businesses to change the delivery of health care in Anderson. The United Auto Workers executive director of community health care programs Robert Alpert indicated that businesses have to relieve themselves of their dependence on insurers who set performance standards for hospitals and doctors to meet to improve quality.
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IN: Employers operating in Anderson find that quality is important factor in pioneering attempt to reduce health care expenses
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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Diagnosing muscular dystrophy
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be diagnosed more accurately with a new test that reduces the number of boys that must undergo a biopsy. The test is called the Single Condition Amplification/Internal Primer.
Publication Name: Diagnostic Innovation
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 1537-1336
Year: 2003
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Hands-free headsets offer ergo solution for phone-intensive tasks
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The need for the employers to select hands free head sets for their employees for phone-intensive tasks is addressed.
Publication Name: CTD News Workplace Solutions for Repetitive Stress Injuries
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 1062-6743
Year: 2006
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