title: Executing the double win: protect your cash flow during a patient accounting system install.
abstract: MultiCare Health System's plan for ensuring that its patient accounting system implementation would bring rapid financial benefits comprised eight basic steps: Set baselines and establish goals. Identify key leadership stakeholders across departmental lines. Identify team resources. Establish roles and responsibilities. Identify and prepare for potential risks. Develop guiding principles. Develop key reporting and monitoring tools. Conduct daily monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Multi-Care Health System, Tacoma, Wash, USA. jason.adams@multicare.org
authors.forename: Jason L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: J Cathy
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strand
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014861:Washington