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H J Anderson

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PubMed1992

Cancer at the crossroads.

A number of elements are transforming cancer care in hospitals. First is ongoing, rapid technological advance: Experts contend that biotechnology therapies will shift the site of cancer treatment from external, systemic treatments like radiation and chemotherapy, to targeted, tumor-specific drugs that boost the immune system. That change alone holds many implications for oncology management. In addition, an aging population, longer cancer survival rates, reimbursement concerns, and the increasing involvement of patients and their families in treatment decision making, will all have an impact on the way cancer care is designed and delivered. The time to plan, say experts, is now. Meanwhile, innovative treatment plans, patient care approaches, and collaborative efforts among institutions are moving hospital oncology into the 1990s in a dramatic way.

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PubMed1992

12 cost-cutting measures. Hospitals use creative ideas to gain control of expenses.

With operating costs ever rising and reimbursements ever tightening, hospitals are looking for ways to cut costs at every turn. The good news is that there are a lot of innovative, imaginative approaches being tried in every area of hospital operations--approaches that don't require massive financial investment, organizational restructuring, or teams of outside consultants. The examples we've found through talking with hospitals across the country are a fair sample of the types of opportunities out there. They range across the entire hospital, from the laboratory to the pharmacy to nursing to waste management to the medical staff to the operating suite. In other words, something for everyone.

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PubMed1992

Ambulatory care strategic plans outline hospitals' new priorities.

With more and more of hospitals' clinical services shifting to the outpatient sector, the issue of whether to have a separate strategic plan for ambulatory care is growing more prominent. Hospitals that have such plans cite many advantages.

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PubMed1992

Hospitals and medical staffs: the concept of planning takes on new meaning.

Broad trends in health care are redefining medical staff planning. Hospital CEOs are recognizing the critical need to involve their physicians in hospital strategic planning at many levels. Gone are the days when it was sufficient to invite medical staff members to annual planning retreats and add individual physicians to boards; hospitals that thrive in the 1990s will be those that have created strong strategic links with their physicians. At the same time, medical staff development planning is changing in important ways. Recent federal government alerts on fraud and abuse and inurement in physician-recruiting activities are leading hospitals to document community benefit in their recruitment efforts. And hospital executives now realize that changes in the physician market will require them to plan carefully in order to ensure a strong base of primary care and other much-needed physicians. These two trends present CEOs with multilayered challenges. Following are reports on what leading-edge hospitals are doing in both areas.

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PubMed1992

The new finance department: CQI triggers big changes in role.

As hospitals implement total quality management and CQI programs and experiment with patient-centered care initiatives, financial officers are moving away from their traditional "bean-counter" role toward a broader role as part of a leadership team crafting a vision of the future.

Financial Management, Hospital↗
PubMed1992

Survey: equipment budgets up; use in outpatient areas growing.

Most hospitals increased their capital equipment budgets this year, finds a new survey sponsored by Hospitals and the Linc Group Inc. Rather than adding new services, hospitals are replacing equipment. But they remain cautious about adding new services, experts note.

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