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Hospitals using Lean and Six Sigma

 Richard Pizzi January 13, 2010
James Levett, MD, is chairman of the American Society for Quality's healthcare division and chief medical officer for The Physicians' Clinic of Iowa. In this interview with Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi, Levett discusses how U.S. hospitals are beginning to embrace Lean and Six Sigma business management strategies to reduce costs and improve productivity.
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Healthcare quality experts list payment problems, malpractice reform as top concerns

 Richard Pizzi December 18, 2009
A new poll of U.S. healthcare quality improvement experts shows that solving payment problems and restructuring malpractice suits/tort reform top the list of areas that would help to eliminate waste.
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Healthcare facility ventilation standard incorporated into FGI guidelines

 Richard Pizzi December 15, 2009
A ventilation standard from ASHRAE and ASHE has been incorporated into the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, copyrighted by the Facility Guidelines Institute and published by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
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Survey: Medicare cuts force cancer centers to close

 Industry News Release July 28, 2009
A new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to cut payments for radiation therapy treatments would cause many cancer centers to close, stop accepting Medicare patients, lay off support staff and reduce services to cancer patients, according to a survey conducted by ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
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NewsMaker Interview: James Levett, MD

 Healthcare Finance News Staff May 04, 2009
NewsMaker Interview: James Levett, MD, chief medical officer, The Physicians' Clinic of Iowa (Cedar Rapids), and chairman, American Society for Quality's healthcare division
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Oncology society awards grants to local affiliates

 Chelsey Ledue April 09, 2009
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has awarded $10,000 grants to five of its state and regional affiliates to fund projects that address the varying needs of oncologists and people with cancer in their communities.
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Industry News Briefs - April 2009

 Healthcare Finance News Staff April 03, 2009
Hospitals embracing Lean and Six Sigma strategies;Congress mulls ending condition exclusions;Americans skipping needed care, say system is failing;SCHIP not a good model for universal reforms
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Shortage of laboratory personnel bedevils healthcare industry

 Patty Enrado March 25, 2009
According to the latest Wage & Vacancy survey by the American Society for Clinical Pathology, half of all laboratories in the United States have difficulty hiring laboratory personnel.
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Hospitals embracing Lean and Six Sigma strategies, study shows

 Richard Pizzi March 24, 2009
U.S. hospitals are beginning to embrace Lean and Six Sigma business management strategies to reduce costs and improve productivity, according to a new benchmarking study by the American Society for Quality.
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DOE launches EnergySmart Hospitals initiative

 Molly Merrill July 25, 2008
In an effort to increase the use of energy-efficient technology, the Department of Energy has launched the EnergySmart Hospitals initiative at the annual meeting of the American Society for Healthcare...
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Healthcare execs at the top when it comes to energy efficiency

 Molly Merrill July 22, 2008
New research reveals that healthcare executives place a higher priority on energy efficiency than other industry executives and are more likely to expect to make improvements over the next year....
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Hospitals face risk management head-on

 Patty Enrado August 27, 2007
WASHINGTON – When the landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human revealed that tens of thousands of people die each year from medical errors, the news was not a surprise...
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Coalition pushes colon-screening laws

 Patty Enrado May 04, 2007
NEW YORK – A coalition of medical and advocacy groups is pushing for laws in 20 states that would require health insurers to provide colon screenings. Colonoscopies would hel...
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