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In this issue:
FEATURES:
Reengineering and integrating Healthcare
Delivery:
What Have We Learned in the 1990s
by Michael B. Decter, Jan Norris and Sarah Kramer
Case studies detail the experiences of three North American hospitals
who followed the path of sequential and/or simultaneous reengineering and
integration.
Vertical Integration: '80s Fad or Healthcare's Future?
The View
from the US
by David G. Knott
In the 80s conventional wisdom in US healthcare called for vertical
integration of insurance, physician and hospital functions under one company.
The 90s has seen more horizontal/sector consolidation. What does the future
hold?
Profile: Peggy Leatt and the U of T's Department of
Health
Administration
by David Menzies
The University of Toronto Master of Health Administration program wins
accolades – and lets students keep their day jobs.
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WEB REVIEW
Web Sites for Hospital Managers
 by Mike Moralis
A review of
sites ability or potential to provide access to information of interesting or
significance to people in health policy or research or delivery of healthcare.
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IDEAS AT WORK
Innovations in
Healthcare Food Services
 by Paul Gauntley
An
innovative food-outsourcing technique helps Ottawa's Riverside Hospitals cut 30%
from its food service budget.
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HOSPITALS TO WATCH
Beyond the
Rhetoric: Hospital Teams Apply the Quality Process to Create Measurable Results
 by Matthew D. Pavelich
1997
winners of the CCHES-3M Health Care Quality Team Awards demonstrate that "teamwork"
is more than just a buzzword.
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WORLD VIEW
Hospitals in the
UK: Lessons for Canada
 by Zenita Hirji and Andrew Holt
Nearly 40 years after its creation, the UK's National Health Service
has a few things to teach Canadians.
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RURAL PERSPECTIVE
Healthcare
Delivery in Rural Canada, Part I:
 by H. James Harrold
New
provincial guidelines recommend a major overhaul of healthcare delivery systems
in rural Ontario.
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BOOK REVIEW
Beyond
Restructuring: A collection of papers from a King's Fund international seminar
 by Fiona Hendry
International
perspectives on restructuring. |
REPORT CARD
Seminar Report
Card
 by Joe Mapa
Harvard seminar
on negotiation and for healthcare executives earns A+ grade.
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FUTURETHINK
The Horse You are
Riding
 by Donald P. Schurman
What's
your stable of management tools?
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QUARTERLY INDEX
Hospital Care
still Largest Piece of Health
Expenditures Pie
 .
Newly-released healthcare
expenditures data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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