title: Creating value-focused healthcare delivery systems: Part one.
abstract: The healthcare environment is a dynamic environment and one of the most difficult environments in which to function--let alone prosper. Healthcare requires detailed attention to business disciplines. This article is part of a series discussing the need, components, and skills required to enhance the creation and perception of value in the healthcare arena.
authors.affiliation: Richard Beveridge & Associates, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Beveridge
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D017722:Hospital Charges; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D017059:Models, Econometric; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States