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A recent survey by Deloitte reveals that U.S. consumers still perceive a technological gap in the health care industry and want more personalized care. Using a web-based questionnaire, 3,031 adults age 18 and older were surveyed.
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Entering the ED, my main goal was the well-being of my son. However, working in the health care revenue cycle industry, I was curious to see how this particular ED, which is part of a major hospital system in a large metropolitan area, would handle processing my information and asking for payment.
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Work flow and business processes must drive change. Whether the process evaluation is driven internally or externally from consultants, it is the critical factor for long-term viability and success.
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Reimbursement for care of illegal immigrants could take a big hit as of Sept. 30, 2008 not great news as talk of health care costs, caring for the uninsured, and concern about insurance coverage become more rampant. Lobbyists are taking the issue on now, as hospital administrators, associations, and congressional leaders hit Washington, DC.
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"Spoil 'em rotten, pay 'em lots of money, let 'em do what they want, and then cut their throats if they don't give you what you need."
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"It's a constant struggle." Reducing door to doc times in the emergency department, that is. And though Iowa has traditionally ranked among the top three states for low ED wait times in Press Ganey reports, it still faces the never-ending challenge all EDs face: managing overcrowding, wait times, and patient satisfaction.
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For the first time, newly proposed guidance puts a number and a cost to the respirators needed to protect health care workers during an influenza pandemic: 480 respirators at a cost of about $240 to protect a single employee, or a single reusable elastomeric respirator with three filters at a cost of $40 per employee.
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Even if you offer a variety of costly programs to get employees to exercise, participation is probably not what you wish for.
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How would you like to boast that one of your company's wellness programs got these results for diabetics: A 21% increase in employees achieving the American Diabetes Association goal of an A1C level under 7.0, an increase from 43.8% to 57.7% in participants meeting National Cholesterol Education Program goals for LDL cholesterol, and a 15.7% increase in the number of employees meeting recognized goals for systolic blood pressure?
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