Action For Better Healthcare

By Jennifer Mitchell
Editor, Action for Better Healthcare

It is possible to have quality healthcare for patients and at the same time have a hospital be able to control and even cut costs. This is happening in various hospitals across the country, but you just don't always hear about it in the news.

As a patient, you should care about hospitals being succcessful when it comes to cutting costs. Why? Because as "the patient" the costs ultimately trickle down to you. The report below offers a simple example of a hospital that is finding ways to save millions of dollars, but is not cutting back on their quality of care. Take a look and post your comments below. Join the discussion.

jmitchell | Cost reduction, Not For Profit hospitals, Quality, best practices, evidence based medicine, healthcare costs, hospitals, patient care | 03 4th, 2010 |

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1. michael stephens Says:
   March 8th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
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   The experience at Intermountain Healthcare reconfirms what has been demonstrated in other integrated health delivery systems. If ... ...

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   The experience at Intermountain Healthcare reconfirms what has been demonstrated in other integrated health delivery systems. If you can organize physicians around a common set of clinical standards and processes, you can reduce variation, inefficiencies and waste. Only when these systems determine the basis for payment from government programs and insurance carriers will other physicians and hospitals be compelled to become more cost effective and improve the quality of care in the process.

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