How to succeed with doctors by really trying
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It is no accident that the most successful physician-hospital organizations to date are physician-run, but too many hospital executives are still not getting the message. They continue to consider themselves the dominant force in the healthcare system. An effective integrated network, say experts, is one that places primary-care physicians in leadership positions and has one distinct physician constituency.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1996
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Fire escape; Florida wildfires put hospital system's evacuation plan to the test
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Florida wildfires prompted Memorial Health Systems in Flagler County to organize a massive evacuation plan. The disaster forced the transfer of all patients from a threatened hospital to two of the other Memorial facilities. By maintaining the same patient record system, each of the three hospitals' staff could monitor individual patient needs. Dedicated employees were the key to the successful evacuation.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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No pain, big gain
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AtlantiCare Medical Center in Lynn, Massachusetts provides non-traditional medical services in its Healing Connection program. By offering patients self-medication, pet visits, meals on demand, relaxation exercises and services, and energy healing techniques, the hospital has experienced a drop in use of meds and patient days and a rise in patient satisfaction.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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