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The stand-alone osteopathic hospital was a necessity to the osteopathic medical profession in an era when it was isolated from allopathic medicine. As osteopathic medicine has become increasingly integrated with allopathic medicine, however, an independent osteopathic hospital is no longer a necessity. Moreover, a stand-alone institution seems to be economically out of place in today's market. The Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas in Fort Worth is an example of a stand-alone hospital that was unable to capitalize on the benefits realized by integrated hospital systems. The author believes that this failure contributed to the institution's demise. The market power of a hospital system can be used for more favorable contracting with vendors and providers, as well as facilitating negotiations with payers. System affiliation provides economic efficiency, security, and protection in the highly uncertain, complex, and competitive healthcare market.
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Health Facility Closure/economics , Hospitals, Osteopathic/organization & administration , Economic Competition , Hospital Costs , Hospitals, Osteopathic/economics , Humans , TexasABSTRACT
Classroom facilities in teaching hospitals have evolved from simple rooms with blackboards to sophisticated amphitheaters with high-tech audiovisual equipment. This article presents a "blueprint," which was used in an osteopathic hospital, to renovate existing space into classrooms that are conducive to learning.
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Hospitals, Osteopathic/organization & administration , Hospitals, Teaching/organization & administration , Interior Design and Furnishings , Osteopathic Medicine/education , Teaching Materials , United StatesABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: Mount Clemens General Hospsital, Mount Clemens, Mich. PROBLEM: performance anomalies due to multiple interfaces with separate systems. SOLUTION: implementation of an interface engine. RESULTS: improved management of data exchange among disparate systems. KEYS TO SUCCESS: up-front studies of vendor offerings, potential problems, and long-term needs.
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Computer Communication Networks/instrumentation , Hospital Information Systems , Hospitals, Osteopathic/organization & administration , Hospitals, Teaching/organization & administration , Systems Integration , Capital Expenditures , Computer Communication Networks/economics , Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299 , Hospital Information Systems/economics , Hospitals, Osteopathic/economics , Hospitals, Teaching/economics , Michigan , Organizational Case StudiesSubject(s)
Hospital Administrators , Hospitals, Osteopathic/organization & administration , Hospitals, Special/organization & administration , Hospitals, Teaching/organization & administration , Hospitals, University/organization & administration , Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299 , Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over , PhiladelphiaABSTRACT
The pursuit of excellence has become the catch concept for organizations as they strive to be winners in the competitive healthcare marketplace. As part of its marketing effort, the Ohio University Osteopathic Medical Center (OUOMC) undertook a series of assessments designed to enhance strengths and improve upon areas of identified weakness. With the involvement of all medical center staff, the Delphi technique was employed to bring about a consensus of opinion. Through this process, the group identified the characteristics of the best medical center, determined how OUOMC measured up to these, and improved upon areas of weakness highlighted in the assessment.
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Delphi Technique , Group Practice/organization & administration , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Surveys and Questionnaires , Data Collection , Hospitals, Osteopathic/organization & administration , OhioABSTRACT
A survival strategy for Community General in Harrisburg, PA, has saved the hospital $750,000. They have learned to do more with less--and to do it well.