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How are changes in the health care environment and in the roles and responsibilities of governing boards affecting board committee structures? This article, based on a recent survey of board chairmen, looks at the latest trends in standing board committees, from which type of committees are most prevalent to recent changes in nonboard membership.
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In summary, hospitals will have to find innovative ways to secure market share as federal reimbursement continues to decline and the commercial insurance industry rebels against the cost shifting burden that is being placed on it. Hospitals can also expect increasing pressure to control costs if inflation rates continue to moderate but hospital expenses exceed the current inflation rates. All in all, the reimbursement system will undergo severe "belt tightening," which will force hospitals to change their product mix; accept new payment systems, such as capitation; and reduce expenses in order to achieve profitable operating margins.
Is the deregulatory thrust of this administration having an effect on hospital design and construction? does it threaten to create an expansion and construction free-for-all in the industry? A number of architects and construction industry professionals comment on what effect, if any, they expect deregulation to have on health care construction, as well as the expected effect of financing and management in an increasingly competitive environment.
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The growing demand overseas for a private health care alternative coupled with American health care management expertise has produced an expanding and profitable market that is being hotly pursued by a number of investor-owned hospital corporations.
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A review of selected consumer publications shows that during 1980, there was a renewed interest in the future promise of current medical research and a continuing concentration on the rapidly growing field of clinical technology.
The measurement, improvement, and ongoing monitoring of hopitals' efficiency in the delivery of health care is a formidable but necessary task in view of current demands for both cost containment and high-quality care.