Healthcare Strategic Management articles from April 2002

Healthcare Strategic Management archives from April 2002

Hospital competition is being elevated to clinical performance. (Market Memo).
April 1, 2002... Competition in the health care industry is being elevated to another level, clinical performance. Clinical performance is emerging as the factor that will distinguish great hospitals from mediocre ones. Reimbursement declines, complex...

HCA is a Wall Street favorite again.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... HCA is "one of our favorite health care stocks," gushes an analyst for Morningstar.com, a highly-regarded evaluator of stocks and mutual funds. While many integrated health care delivery networks (IDNs) and hospitals are struggling to...

New Jersey hospitals' malpractice premiums soar an average of 250% over three years. (Strategic Notes).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... New Jersey hospitals' medical malpractice insurance premiums jumped an average of 250% over the last three years, and 65% of facilities said skyrocketing insurance rates are driving some physicians out of the practice of medicine. Those...

Providence Health care agrees to buy 237-bed Martinsville, Va. Hospital. (Strategic Notes).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Province Healthcare Co. agreed to acquire Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County in Martinsville, Va. The 237-bed facility is being acquired from Memorial Health System Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. The hospital is the only...

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young creates new practice to focus on medical outcomes. (Strategic Notes).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. LLC (CGE&Y) created a new division of its existing health practice that will help health insurers and managed care organications (MCOs) improve medical outcomes. CGE&Y's new practice will leverage its health...

When you survey physicians, know that blacks, Hispanics, whites, males and females disagree. (Statistical Notes).
April 1, 2002... A national survey of physicians not only found that many believe minorities are treated less fairly than whites, but also that the race, ethnicity and sex of the physicians shapes their views of the world. While the Kaiser Family Foundation...

McKesson and Quintiles form health care data joint venture. (Database Notes).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Quintiles Transnational Corp. and McKesson Corp. agreed to form a private joint venture designed to leverage the health care information businesses of each company. The new health care data service would be the leading provider of...

Value of nursing homes increased almost 4% in 2001 after dropping 10% in 2000. (Database Notes).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... After suffering a 10% price decline in 2000, the average price paid per bed for nursing homes increased by almost 4% in 2001, according to a report to be published by Irving Levin Associates, Inc., a research and publishing firm that tracks...

Cardiovascular disease market grows rapidly for providers and medical device makers. (Database Notes).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The market for medical devices designed to treat congestive heart failure (CHF) is growing at an explosive pace in all major health care markets, according to a new study released by Kalorama Information and available at MarketResearch.com. The...

Breastbiopsy.com is launched to help families and professionals cope with bad news. (Database Notes).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A new Web site, www.breastbiopsy.com has been created to provide women, their families and health professionals with information on what to do if they or someone they know is faced with a suspicious mammogram or breast abnormality that needs...

Siemens introduces Sorian workflow-focused information system. (Productivity).
April 1, 2002... Sophisticated new hospital information systems finally may help hospitals make more efficient use of the human resources, plants and equipment. This has been the promise and dream of hospital executives for more than 30 years as they have...