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Foul financial forecasts preview hospitals’ diminishing reimbursements, increased uncompensated care, pressure to avoid unpaid “never” events while publicly proclaiming outcomes with fresh transparency. But retrenchment, paralysis, or waiting for better times won’t necessarily spell survival.
Thriving in tense economic times calls for energizing efficiencies and effectiveness at each step of care and attention to transforming care at every touchpoint. The best care is the most cost-effective, when patients are able to achieve their own priorities (not ours) within healing relationships and streamlined processes. Patient loyalty, employee engagement, and provider satisfaction soar along with improved patient safety and clinical outcomes.