title: Mining internal data to reduce clinical costs.
abstract: Hospitals and health systems should undertake the following steps in pinpointing areas for clinical cost reduction: Identify potential areas of opportunity through an analysis of top discharges. Use severity-adjusted data to review variability by case. Review length of stay and resource consumption at a high level. Examine granular charge data and practice patterns. Determine action steps for improvement.
authors.affiliation: Union Hospital, Inc., Terre Haute, Ind., USA. admlj@uhhg.org
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Teffeteller
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kish
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D057225:Data Mining; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D058996:Quality Improvement; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control*