title: Real places, people, profits ....
abstract: Forget "stage four" markets and the managed care revolution for a second. Hospitals have to focus on the basics: cutting costs and delivery high quality care. A consultant shares two tales from the road to high performance.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Richie
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005431:Florida; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007196:Indiana; D007902:Length of Stay; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D013192:Staff Development; D017749:Total Quality Management