CHICAGO—Numerous conflicting forces are impacting the traditional hospital/physician integration model, and administrators need to have a good sense of the issues and what the physician values before employing additional physicians, according to a March 23 presentation at the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) annual meeting.
CHICAGO—Attempting to get patients in an out of the hospital quicker after PCI is feasible and should be a goal for hospitals, especially for those looking for an avenue to cut costs, said L. Van-Thomas Crisco, MD, medical group of St. Joseph’s—Cardiology in Atlanta, during a presentation March 23 at the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) annual meeting.
CHICAGO—The inclusion of physicians in marketing and outreach to medical professionals and consumers was crucial to increasing volume of Riverside Medical Center’s peripheral vascular program in both primary and secondary markets, according to a poster presentation at the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) annual meeting, March 21 to 23.
CHICAGO—A history of the introduction of disruptive technologies can inform purchasing decisions to create market advantage without over-investing inappropriately, explained R. Kyle Kramer, vice president of cardiovascular services at Main Line Health, a six-hospital system based in Bryn Mawr, Pa., during a March 22 presentation at the American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) annual meeting.
CHICAGO—It is a physician's professional duty to acknowledge and form appropriate use criteria in healthcare, said Manesh Patel, MD, director of cath lab research at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., during a presentation March 22 at the annual American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA) meeting. Additionally, he said that the current system needs work, but there may not be one solution to fix it.
