Hospitals & Health Networks 1998 - Abstracts

Hospitals & Health Networks 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
3 forces for change: money, technology, and the spirit of the times will force your hand on computer systems that measure quality.Health care industryMichael L. Millenson
Abandoned to the street. (helping homeless schizophrenics)Health care industryAllie Laurie Chamberlain
A century of the AHA.(American Hospital Association) (includes related article on AHA's mission statements)Health care industryMichael Lesparre
A credit to quality?Health care industryMichael Menduno
A deal behind every door.Health care industryLinda Gibson
A friend's legacy of life. (Patric Ludwig, organ donor)(Column)Health care industryDick Davidson
A holy alliance.Health care industry 
An open-and shut-contract.Health care industrySteve Papinchak
An open - and shut - contract.(California Public Employees' Retirement System, Kaiser Peranente)Health care industry 
Another vicious cycle?Health care industryChris Ser
Banking on bonuses: 1998 salary survey.(includes related articles on executive raises and IRS fines)(Cover Story)Health care industrySandra Yingling, C.J. Bolster
Bitter ends in Oregon? When coverage is limited, hospice care may not be an alternative.(Assisted Suicide)Health care industryMark O'Keefe
Blue on Blues: regulators and consumers stare down the merger hopes of Blue Cross plans.(Insurance companies)Health care industryMari Edlin
By the bootstraps.(profiles of comumunity-based answers to health care problems)Health care industryTibbett L. Speer
Can mergers save these markets? Bond-rating firms see dark days for hospitals in two Pennsylvania cities.Health care industryLeonard Novarro
Checkup 2020: when a visit to the doctor is no further than a trip to your bathroom.Health care industryRichard D'Amaro
Code blue 2000.(year 2000 problems in medical devices)Health care industryJamie Shimkus
Consumers.Health care industry 
Count on quality.Health care industryHoward Larkin
Cuba care.Health care industrySuzanne Possehl
Data with destiny.(managed care performance) (Benchmarking Guide 1998)Health care industry 
Drain stopper on water bills: alarmed by cost hikes, hospitals get serious about conservation.Health care industryRick Asa
Easy-does-it design.(Hays Medical Center, Kansas)Health care industryTodd Savage
Financial side effects.(primary care physicians to become gatekeepers in phen-fen echocardiograph screening)Health care industryKaren M. Sandrick
Fire escape; Florida wildfires put hospital system's evacuation plan to the test.Health care industryLinda Gibson
Fire sale prevention.Health care industryLaurie Jones
Four costliest outpatient procedures.(Illustration)Health care industry 
Gain on pain: two new initiatives aim to bring long-overlooked pain control issues front and center.Health care industryLarry Beresford
Gentlemen's agreement: Helix/Medlantic deal was inked with a little help from two friends.Health care industryCynthia Washam
Gentlemen's agreement.(mergers)Health care industryCynthia Washam
HEALTH CARE M&As SLUMP IN 3RD QUARTER.Health care industry 
Hollywood squared.(California's hospital conversion law)Health care industryJames R. Schwartz, H. Chester Horn Jr.
How the mighty fell.Health care industry 
Information underload. (organizing clinical and business information in health care industry)Health care industry 
IT SERVES YOU RIGHT.(hospitals take steps to improve customer service)Health care industryHOWARD LARKIN
KAISER LOSES BIG AS RIVALS POST PROFITS.Health care industry 
Kaiser's labor pains.Health care industryJill L. Sherer
Leading the way.(1998 Leadership Survey)(Cover Story)Health care industryAlden Solovy, Reid Sunseri
Less trouble in paradise: an American millionaire gives Fiji health care a shot in the arm.(Richard Evanson)Health care industryShari Mycek
Mad cows and weird science.Health care industryJaime Shimkus
Managed care.Health care industry 
Move over, JCAHO.Health care industry 
National disasters.Health care industry 
No pain, big gain.Health care industryKara Douglass
No pain, big gain. (alternative medical program at Atlanta hospital)Health care industryKara Douglass
No shot in the dark; emergency doctors develop picture-taking skills to record - and prevent - domestic abuse.(Violence Patrol)Health care industryAmy Braziel
Out of reach: the disabled poor worry whether managed care will bring them into the mainstream or cast them by the wayside.Health care industryTibbett L. Speer
Oy vay, Y2K!(includes related article)Health care industryChris Ser
Parting gestures. (Palliative Care)Health care industryLarry Beresford
Picking a peck of trouble.Health care industry 
Picking a peck of trouble; the feds plan to monitor the use of patient data to select healthy seniors and screen out sick ones.(Provider-Sponsored Plans)Health care industryPhilip Dunn
Putting managed care in its place: in managed care markets, deals between hospitals and doctors take some unexpected forms.(includes glossary)Health care industry 
Satisfaction guaranteed: contingency pricing may win patients, but critics call it crass.Health care industryJill L. Sherer
Shock absorber: hospital lets its neighbors have a say in earthquake-proofing project.(White memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA)Health care industryEvita Hofmann
Software that plays hardball; expert clinical systems fend off forgetfulness, mistakes and fraud investigations.Health care industryMichael Menduno
Spirited controversy: reproductive services force executives to weigh church teaching vs. community good.(Mergers)Health care industryMonica J. McCollum
Street-smart health care; Chicago hospital reaches out through partnerships that help turn around inner-city lives.Health care industryAnne M. Bike-Nordhaus
Tenet bid for Philly hospitals prevails.Health care industry 
The 100 largest HMOs.Health care industry 
The 100 largest HMOs.(Illustration)Health care industry 
The end of sharing?(of ever-growing wealth)(Policy Graph)Health care industryJames Bentley
The health care 100.Health care industry 
The little guy's go-between.(health network in rural Washington state)Health care industryLeonard Novarro
The long reach of bugs without borders.Health care industrySuzanne Possehl
Triage for trouble spots: hospitals partner to bring peace to the streets of San Francisco.(Antiviolence)Health care industryShari Mycek
Turf's up: camps fight over minimally invasive technique, but truce may be near.(breast biopsy)Health care industryKaren M. Sandrick
Uncovered-and unfazed. (Amish who do not carry health insurance)Health care industryMonica J. McCollum
Uneasy marks: Germany's celebrated health system stumbles over - what else? - money.Health care industryDale Rublee
UNHAPPY LANDINGS.(Impact of 1997 balanced budget upon health care.)(Statistical Data Included)Health care industryMICHELE BITOUN BLECHER
Wall street smart, main street savvy.(Health Management Associates)Health care industryMIchelle Bitoun Blecher
When debt's a credit; for institutions awash in red ink, asset-backed loans can be a lifesaver.(Hospital Finances)Health care industryMichele Bitoun Blcher
When the saints go marching out: is American health care losing its religion?(Cover Story)Health care industryGloria Shur Bilchik
Where have all the RNs gone?.Health care industryAnne Nordhaus-Bike
Where it pays to lose.Health care industrySusan Hess
Who's afraid of capitation now?(Cover Story)Health care industryGary Fasen
YES. NO. MAYBE.(health care executives participate in a forum on the future of provider-sponsored health plans)Health care industry 
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