Beyond DRGs--positioning a system to compete with existing and new specialty providers.
To compete effectively, hospital administrators need to define their businesses and markets and assess their position within those markets. This article presents a system, developed at Forbes Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed to accomplish this task. Included here are the three steps necessary to apply the strategic program unit technique.
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