Hospital Access Management – April 1, 2008
April 1, 2008
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Patients embrace palm scan ID process with roots in Japanese banking industry
Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) is using palm scan technology originally developed for the Japanese banking industry to ensure accurate patient identification at its five hospitals in the Charlotte, NC, metropolitan area. -
Transfer center innovations protect hospital bottom line
The defining protocol at a hospital transfer center is clear: If a patient urgently needs care, and your facility is the best place for him or her to receive that care, you bring the person in, provide the care, and talk later about how it's going to be funded. -
Finance piece overlooked in pandemic response plans
Financial issues that fall directly under the purview of patient access departments are among the areas most frequently overlooked in pandemic planning, suggests Valerie Sellers, MHA, CHE, vice president of health planning for the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA). -
New EHR technology 'huge satisfier' for caregivers
Physicians "will never have to come to the health information management [HIM] department again" with the implementation of new electronic health record technology at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, KA, says Judy Hintzman, the facility's director of HIM. -
Emphasis on 'values' behind MHS recognition
The "ICARE" values - integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence - emphasized at Methodist Hospital System in Houston have a great deal to do with the organization's second year in a row in the top 10 of Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, says Greg Page, MBA, MHA, director of patient access and scheduling services. -
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