Healthcare Strategic Management articles from February 2001

Healthcare Strategic Management archives from February 2001

Beyond the gift shop: making hospital retailing profitable.
February 1, 2001... The typical hospital gift shop may be hard to find, tucked away in a less-traveled corner somewhere away from the facility's bustling daily activity. Yet it is probably the only place nearby where hospital visitors, staff, patients and their...

HIPAA is new weapon and career opportunity.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
February 1, 2001... HIPAA may be a powerful new weapon for hospital executives, not to mention a new career, business and marketing opportunity. It is a "weapon" or outside threat that CEOs and other executives can use to win their ways in debates over the...

HIPAA will introduce opportunities for patient litigation, could impede progress.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... New privacy regulations that soon will be imposed on hospitals and other health care organizations by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will open the opportunity for lawsuits from patients who don't...

HIPAA is no reason for hospitals to rush to sell their physician practices.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Although some lawyers quoted in a recent issue of ModernHealthcare suggest that hospitals may want to sell their physician practices before the new regulations become effective in 2003, at least one doesn't think so. Bernadette M....

Diversified rural hospital closes; focuses on long-term care and independent living units.(Trinity Hospital)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... A small rural hospital that had the foresight many years ago to diversify into long-term care and independent living services is closing its 47-bed acute care hospital, including the emergency department, March 9. The hospital, Trinity...

JCAHO plans to make adequate staffing a standard for hospital accreditation.(Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is stepping into the long controversy over what is adequate staffing for hospitals. In response to nurses and other health care professionals, JCAHO announced last month...

Small Pittsburgh hospital offers full-tuition scholarships and jobs to new nursing students.(Ohio Valley General Hospital School of Nursing)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... If classified ads and recruiters don't bring in nurses, maybe a full-tuition scholarship and the promise of a job upon graduation will. The 103-bed Ohio Valley General Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Penn., will give all incoming...

NovaMed Eyecare develops single-specialty ambulatory surgery centers.(includes earnings statistics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... NovaMed Eyecare, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVA), said most of its earnings are coming from its 15 practice-based, single-specialty ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in six core regional markets. "Our business model and growth strategy are both focused...

New York, Florida, lead nation in AIDS rates, North Dakota has lowest rates.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... New York, Florida and Washington, D.C., lead the nation in the rate of both men and women with AIDS and several other seemingly unlikely states have rates above that of California, according to data reported July 1999 through June 2000 from the...

Most health care compliance programs maturing, planning program audits.(Health Care Compliance Association, Walker Information survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Hospital compliance programs across the country are growing and maturing, according to the results of a survey of compliance officers conducted by the Health Care Compliance Assn. (HCCA) and Walker Information. "The top goals for...

Advanced infertility treatments fail to reduce rate of multiple births.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Fertility doctors in the United States are reducing the number of embryos they are implanting in women in advanced infertility treatment, but the decline is having little impact on the rate of multiple births associated with those procedures,...

8% of Americans don't tell hospitals about their medications when admitted.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Admissions offices and hospital clinicians need to be vigilant in asking new patients about the medications they are taking, according to a new study by hospital pharmacists. Some 8% of Americans do not inform hospital personnel about...

Hospitals, specialists can bid on `serious' patient care via online program.(www.patientwise.net)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Physicians now can help patients in need of "serious but scheduleable care" and who are willing to travel to get that care to find quality providers for treatment at pre-established prices. The service, expected to be launched in March 2001...

HCIA-Sachs merges with HBSI to form Solucient; signals industry consolidation.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Signaling consolidation in the health care information management industry, HCIA-Sachs has announced a merger with HBS International (HBSI). The new company will be named Solucient and will be one of the largest health care information...

Directory of Health Plans covers more than 2,400 plans and 1,000 companies.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Dorland Healthcare Information in partnership with the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) has published a directory of HMOs, PPOs, and point of service (POS) health plans. The AAHP/Dorland Directory of Health Plans 2nd Edition...

Resolve offers study on pregnancy success with assisted reproductive technology.(National Infertility Association report)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association has published a national report on pregnancy success rates following treatment with the assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). The report is co-authored by...

Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery increases 12% since 1997.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery found in a survey of its member surgeons that facial plastic surgery procedures have increased nearly 12% since 1997. Overall, the number one elective facial cosmetic...

Hospitals need to watch the viability of firms supplying content to their Web sites.
February 1, 2001... Many hospitals publish medical and other health care news and information that is supplied by publicly-owned dot-com health care publishers, but those publishers may be in financial trouble and bear close watching by their hospital clients and...

The era of knowledge in health care.
February 1, 2001... Health care is entering its third era, the era of knowledge. Advances in technology and rising consumer expectation make this shift not only beneficial but also necessary. Those organizations that do not leverage technology to shape and...

Health plan CEO offers tips on what hospitals need to do to serve seniors effectively.(Sam L. Ervin, chairman and CEO of SCAN)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... With baby boomers aging, everyone is predicting an explosion in health care demand over the next few years. This presents a number of opportunities for hospitals, according to Sam L. Ervin, chairman and CEO of SCAN, a Long Beach, Calif.,...

Health systems need to rethink post-acute care strategies in aftermath of BBA, PPS.(prospective payment system; reimbursement for post-acute care)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) and the federal prospective payment system (PPS) on reimbursement for post-acute care (PAC) is causing health systems to rethink their post-acute care strategies, according to Daniel B....

Sleep disorders create growing opportunities for hospitals.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Chronic sleep deprivation has become standard practice for countless Americans. Now averaging just 6.5 hours of sleep a night, we as a nation are coming to work tired. We're driving home tired. Fatigue and sleep disorders, as a result, are on...

Changing dynamics of integrated health care reports on major changes over five years.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Any health care executive who hasn't been living on the moon or under a rock is readily aware of just how rapidly the industry has changed during the past few years. But if health system leaders are looking for concrete evidence, they may want...