title: A DRG-based management information system.
abstract: In the June 1984 issue of Pathologist, Larry Shaw, MD, encouraged pathologists to turn threat into opportunity by coming partners with hospital management in addressing prospective payment challenges. He cited his own experience at Desert Samaritan Hospital and Health Center of Mesa, Ariz., as an example of how pathologists could participate in setting policy. The author of the following article shares yet another approach.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008396:Maryland; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*