Payment changes require integrating records.
The greatest challenges for healthcare organizations facing radical changes in their payment and reporting structures lie in finding ways to integrate various forms of patient information. An analysis of how three New York City hospitals dealt with their state's switch to an all-payer diagnosis related group-based payment system reveals strengths and weaknesses in their existing information systems and in steps taken to adapt to the change.
Palley
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MA
Baruch College, City University of New York.
D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D009519:New York City