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M T Koska

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At least 73 records · Page 4Linked to original sources
PubMed1990

Case study: quality improvement in a diversified health center.

Hospitals are beginning to apply industry models of quality improvement to their own, very different, health care settings, and some are achieving note-worthy success. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, is implementing the total quality management process originally developed by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) Co., St. Paul.

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PubMed1990

Medical society campaigns to reduce red tape for physicians.

The American Society of Internal Medicine is launching a campaign to attack the "hassle factor" in medicine, which, physicians say, damages patient care and undermines their decisionmaking process. In a white paper titled The Hassle Factor: America's Health Care System Strangling in Red Tape, the society outlines how government and private payer regulations are increasing costs, reducing access, and hurting patient care. The degree to which these regulations are driving physicians out of practice directly affects hospitals.

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PubMed1990

Patient-centered care: can your hospital afford not to have it?

A new survey tool to measure the personalization of patient care is helping hospitals look beyond the quantifiable and the clinical and zero in on the patient's perception of care. "Assuming good technology and good doctors, more patients are basing their choice [of a hospital] on ... differences in personal service," says one of the survey's managers.

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PubMed1990

Survey: hospitals abandoning searches for solo practitioners.

Hospitals are shifting their approach to physician recruiting as competition for qualified physician candidates heats up. Instead of recruiting physicians to establish solo practices, 85 percent of hospitals are now helping staff physicians expand their practices. So says an exclusive survey of physician recruiting habits conducted by the Atlanta-based recruiting firm Jackson & Coker and Hospitals magazine.

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