Biomedical subjects

J L Hammon

Publications and source records attributed to J L Hammon.

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PubMed1995

The basic rules of questions and answers.

Our world is full of basic rules. And life is loaded with questions. The physician executive's life is certainly governed by both items. With a mountain of information, separation of fact from nonfact involves methodical processing. The physician executive must spend vast amounts of time in the pursuit of factual, pertinent information. Equally time-consuming is the application and dissemination of this information. This article offers a physiologic model for understanding the acquisition and dissemination of information and applies the model to the specifics of handling questions from a broad range of people--subordinates, superiors, constituents, customers, etc.

Communication↗

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Service line concept gaining strength.

A survey was conducted in August 1988 to determine the extent to which service lines are being developed in hospital settings. The survey also attempted to determine the involvement of physicians in the planning, implementation, and implementation, and successful operation of service lines. Responses were obtained from 324 (27 percent) of the 1,198 hospital-based physician executives who received the survey questionnaire.

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Hospitals monitor resource consumption.

Early in 1988, a survey questionnaire was mailed to all hospital-based members of the American Academy of Medical Directors (now the American College of Physician Executives) to determine the extent to which the institutions were monitoring and controlling physician-directed resource consumption under the DRG-based prospective pricing system. This article is a summary of the survey findings.

Hospital Bed Capacity↗