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Give doctors tools to better working environment

12/01/2009

So physicians and other healthcare professionals are looking at a very distinct possibility that they will soon be asked to work harder for more people and probably not make as much money. A little anxiety and outright crankiness is to be expected.

Creating a destination center for superior performance

12/01/2009

So physicians and other healthcare professionals are looking at a very distinct possibility that they will soon be asked to work harder for more people and probably not make as much money. A little anxiety and outright crankiness is to be expected.

Learn how to challenge flawed ratings, tiers

12/01/2009

Payers have various rating, tiering, and ranking systems that attempt to assess a physician’s performance against his or her peers. Some of these systems may be tied to reimbursement rates, but mostly they are used to steer patients
to physicians in the higher-quality tier.

Lean: Doing more with what you have

12/01/2009

Mistakes and inefficiencies can be reduced if a healthcare organization implements “Lean,” a business approach that considers customer value to be paramount, he says. Under this principle, any time or resources invested in anything else become wasteful.

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