Resource utilization groups: a reimbursement system for VA medical centers.
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A clinical pathway is a comprehensive method of planning, delivering, and monitoring patient care. As efforts continue to streamline the delivery of services at all levels of care and settings, it is essential that quality management and utilization management professionals respond in a proactive manner to facilitate quality outcomes while decreasing cost and increasing efficiency. The use of clinical pathways, as one part of a facility's or an organization's total quality management program, may be the answer to this challenge.
Reengineering has become a fact of life for all professionals in the healthcare industry. It is a time of dynamic change and challenge. This article describes ways in which healthcare professionals can assess the situation, evaluate the environment, and actively participate and cope with changes--in other words, ways to "survive" the process of reengineering.