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P Rheinecker

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1993

The quality of mercy.

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Emergency Service, Hospital↗
PubMed1993

Tradition and transformation. Sponsors forge relationships to revitalize the Catholic healthcare ministry.

In September 1992 seven leaders of institutes of women religious met in St. Louis to discuss the challenges facing sponsors of Catholic healthcare. One woman religious from the Catholic Health Association also joined in the roundtable conversation. The discussion ranged over a variety of topics but invariably returned to one question: Given the current situation in healthcare, how can sponsors use their leadership to foster relationships that ensure the continued vitality of the Catholic healthcare ministry and promote a just and rational healthcare system?

Catholicism↗
PubMed1992

Informed strategy. Information managers should play a key role in determining an organization's direction.

Hospital chief executive officers need to set directions for their facilities' information systems, and information professionals need to play a more direct role in strategic planning, according to speakers at the Computers in Healthcare Conference last May. To implement effective information systems, chief information officers must be closely connected with the organization's capital budgeting and strategic budgeting process. A key strategic role for information systems managers is to educate organization personnel in the use of information technology. As demands placed on information systems increase, improving end users' skill level is the best way to take the pressure off. Information managers must create systems that respond to changes in healthcare, including the trend toward outpatient care. The information requirements for strategic planning include an external assessment and an internal assessment. Managers should strive to create information systems capable of answering strategic questions concerning patients, payers, practice patterns, and other key issues. Information systems also must provide data that allow managers to assess strategic decisions. They should also give top managers access to information that will help them identify and pursue broad new goals and directions.

Decision Making, Organizational↗
PubMed1991

Hospice growth.

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Adult↗
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Rural system addresses social, economic needs. Cooperation, education, and advocacy revitalize a region's healthcare delivery.

In recent years leaders at Presentation Health System (PHS), Sioux Falls, SD, have expanded their mission to help strengthen local communities economically and socially. PHS now offers support to rural leaders in business, politics, and healthcare through its Center for Rural Health and Economic Development. In addition, educational outreach coordinators have created programs that address the needs of the entire rural community. To establish an effective network of services in the region, two of the system's tertiary care hospitals are collaborating to provide emergency helicopter service. These larger facilities also extend outreach services to rural hospitals and clinics. PHS assists rural hospitals in grant writing and in adapting to changing government reimbursement rules. In addition, the healthcare system coordinates a group purchasing program and a debt collection agency. An important voice for its region's healthcare needs, PHS has worked with the state of South Dakota to address problems and concerns about emergency medical services. The system also publishes Report, a quarterly newsletter that keeps rural residents abreast of healthcare issues affecting them. Two years ago, PHS's Center for Rural Health and Economic Development sponsored its first Invitational Rural Health Leadership Conference. These annual conferences bring together leaders to examine ways to improve rural healthcare delivery by strengthening the social and economic fabric of rural communities.

Catholicism↗