Getting Back to Basics: Leading Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) Can Achieve Strategic Cost Advantages By Focusing on Back-Office Efficiency
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U.S. healthcare organizations face unprecedented financial pressures, making it more difficult than ever to maintain the vital re-investment capital required to sustain high levels of care and improve operating efficiency. More than 34% of hospitals reported operating losses for the first half of 2009 and more than 70% of healthcare organizations have slowed down or canceled capital projects as one result. In this environment, the need to optimize investments and deliver a quantifiable return has never been more acute – especially when one adds the uncertainly of pending healthcare reform to the mix.
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