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Hospital Utilization-Review Mechanisms
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1966Utilization review is required as a prerequisite to participation in medicare (PL 89-97). Experience with such mechanisms has been restricted to a few areas in this country. The Hospital Utilization Project of Western Pennsylvania has developed an extensive mechanism for identifying areas of hospital practice which would warrant attention by a medical ...
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Medicare and Utilization Review
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1966The emerging concept of utilization review has one compelling justification—it is the way in which doctors, working together and accountable to each other, can assure that each patient in medical need will have fair access to and an optimum use of scarce and expensive facilities.
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Perspectives on Utilization Review
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1966There are two reasons why utilization review is an essential component of institutional medical practice today. The first has to do with excellence. It is true, despite frequent comment and occasional defections, that physicians have a basic desire to provide the best possible treatment for their patients, that they recognize the constantly increasing ...
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Decibels and Utilization Review
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1977A number of recent reports serve to confirm earlier suspicions that sinister forces are undermining the precepts of Osier and his disciples and that a malignant proliferation of transistor radios and television sets is infiltrating every aspect of the modern hospital. 1-4 On open wards six different television stations usually blare in unison, drowning
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Utilization Review Coordinator
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1976To the Editor.— Dr Crawshaw's commentary (235:2721, 1976) on the functions of a review coordinator shows a lack of understanding of the utilization review effort. After reading his commentary, one is hard put to decide whether his subtle discontent is against "Dr Loudmouth," confused "Ms Coordinator," or the procrustean administrator. In his critical
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Professional review of laboratory utilization
Human Pathology, 1982Overutilization of laboratory procedures is a significant problem, particularly in teaching institutions. The purpose of this study was to assess laboratory utilization patterns on the medical service of a university hospital, comparing data from implicit peer review by a pathologist with those from a group of practicing primary care physicians.
T S, McConnell +4 more
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Short-stay Study—Utilization Review
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1983During a 6-month period approximately 20% of the 589 patients admitted to the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS), and who did not die, stayed less than 48 hours. About two thirds of these short-stay admissions (13% of the total number of admissions during the study period) were judged inappropriate on clinical grounds ...
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Guidelines for blood utilization review
Transfusion, 1994Hospitals are required by accrediting agencies to perform blood utilization review. Specific areas that must be addressed are the ordering, distribution, handling, dispensing, and administration of blood components. Monitoring the effects of transfusion on patients is also required.
L. Stehling +10 more
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Strategic Direction, 2020
Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Online hotel reviews
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Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Online hotel reviews
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The Uses of Utilization Review
New England Journal of Medicine, 1978When patterns of medical care are analyzed, there are always so many things happening at once — and usually so many different ways of interpreting the same data — that we are well advised to step c...
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