New way to teach cost containment and proper test utilization

Utilization management as a cost-containment strategy

Utilization management (UM) is now an integral part of most public and private health plans. Hospital review, until recently the primary focus of UM, is associated with a reduction in bed days and rate of hospital cost increases. These reductions appear to have had limited impact on aggregate health care costs because of increases in unmanaged services. In the future, with electronic connectivi...

Liability implications of utilization review as a cost containment mechanism.

A NEW WAY TO EXTEND FUZZY IMPLICATIONS

The main purpose of this paper is to use a new way to extend fuzzy implications $I$ from a generalized sublattice $M$ to a bounded lattice $L$, such that the extended implications preserve many of the considered properties of fuzzy implications on $M$.Furthermore, as a special case, we investigate the extension of $(S,N)-$implications. Results indicate that the extended implications preserve ma...

Duckietown: An Innovative Way to Teach Autonomy

Teaching robotics is challenging because it is a multidisciplinary, rapidly evolving and experimental discipline that integrates cutting-edge hardware and software. This paper describes the course design and first implementation of Duckietown, a vehicle autonomy class that experiments with teaching innovations in addition to leveraging modern educational theory for improving student learning. W...

Cost-containment and cost-management strategies.

The leadership and boards of trustees of all healthcare organizations are the ultimate stewards of the limited resources available to best meet community needs. The strategic planning process leads the organization down a clear path of setting priorities, making choices, and taking action. The day a new cancer center opens or the latest technology arrives is an exciting one for the community. A...