{"title":"St. Joseph teams up wih EPA for big energy savings.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>U.S government to the rescue? An energy savings program with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency is saving big bucks for plenty of health care facilities around the country. A good example is St. Joseph Hospital in Lancaster, PA, which is saving an estimated $175,000 each year from new lighting fixtures alone. And that's just the beginning. Here's the story, plus details on how you can tap into this voluntary program.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 5","pages":"71-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21051720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New comparative performance study shows hospitals struggle with growing operating costs.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data Benchmarks: Trouble keeping expenses in check? You're not alone. A newly-released study of hospital financial data shows hospitals nationwide continue their struggle to keep operating expenses down. Despite continued increases in median operating revenues at many hospitals, they are having a tough time keeping a lid on expenses in many categories. How does your organization compare? Here are the details.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 5","pages":"78-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21051722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ongoing data monitoring, accountability as important as reengineering itself.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After your reengineering success: Don't just sit there! What happens after a process redesign program ends can be just as important as the reengineering effort itself. Just ask officials at this New Jersey facility. Despite a whopping $4 million in savings derived from a major redesign of patient care service delivery, administrators and managers are working just as hard at keeping everyone on their toes with an ongoing monitoring and accountability process. Learn how important those efforts can be to ensuring continued success long after the formal reengineering process is completed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 5","pages":"75-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21051721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Follow this blueprint and save your organization millions.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 4","pages":"49-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21049715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guideline for UTIs cuts office visits, lab and drug costs.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It's not just the big-ticket procedures that reap big savings for providers when it comes to developing clinical guidelines. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound is saving about $750,000 each year thanks to a clinical guideline for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women. Here's the step-by-step details, plus Group Health's algorithm and detailed plans for implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 4","pages":"56-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21049717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automation is prescription for revamping pharmacy services at North Carolina hospital.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prescriptions for cost savings, quality improvements: Here's the story of a North Carolina hospital that reengineered its pharmacy service using robots to dispense medications. Besides slashing costs and medication errors, this new system puts pharmacists on patient floors where they serve a more valuable role in patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 4","pages":"53-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21049716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Staff downsizing on the decline for organizations trying to cut overall health care costs.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data Benchmarks: Don't look to downsizing as a major cost-cutting strategy this year. This industry study identifies staffing strategies at hospitals nationwide, plus other important human resource issues for 1998. Not surprisingly, controlling organization-wide costs is a top priority. Here are the details.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 4","pages":"62-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21049718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disease management program improves diabetes outcomes, curbs hospital costs, utilization.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reducing the cost of diabetes care with an ambitious disease management program. Located in an area with an unusually high rate of diabetes, Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX, has fought back with an innovative diabetes management program. A recent two-year study reveals a 60% drop in average health costs among diabetes patients who participated in the 12-month program. Learn how this program could work for your organization.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 3","pages":"42-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21049708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}