Biomedical subjects

T K Vogler

Publications and source records attributed to T K Vogler.

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PubMed1987

SSM Data Center: a tool in the healthcare apostolate.

In 1967 the Sisters of St. Mary established the SSM Data Center to support the mission of the healthcare system by providing computer tools for all areas involved in the care of the sick and injured. To accomplish this, the data processing function was organizationally structured to report to the highest decision-making body of the healthcare system. This has encouraged every unit in the healthcare system to actively participate in the development and use of the computer system. The key to the system is a distributed network, which includes a host computer interconnected with microcomputers and minicomputers at each institution within the healthcare system. The center provides services designed around the uppermost administrative level acting as the nucleus but flexible enough to be tailored to each hospital's specific needs. This encourages the sharing of ideas among organizations but allows each hospital to maintain its unique identity and culture. The data center also provides a Resource Center to help in the use of personal computers and a data processing account representative in each hospital who acts as a liaison with the data center.

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PubMed1984

Shared hospital services: study report.

The study of shared hospital services reported in this article was conducted to determine the magnitude of shared administrative and clinical programs, what institutions participate, and most frequently shared services. To ensure that hospitals with different characteristics and in various areas were represented, the investigators mailed questionnaires to 1,731 of the nation's 5,987 short-term, acute care general hospitals in nine census regions. Responses indicated the following trends: Not-for-profit hospitals outrank other types of hospitals in using shared services. About 90 percent of hospitals with 200 to 499 beds shared services. For almost all categories of services, a percentage increase occurred in the number of hospitals participating in shared programs. The three most shared services were purchasing, data processing, and insurance programs. Hospitals shared more administrative than clinical services. According to administrators' responses, cost containment was the most common reason for sharing services. As the pressures to control health care costs increase, the investigators predict that hospitals will share more clinical services. Shared services decrease unit cost, however, only when providers have an excess capacity.

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