Crain’s brings together Northeast Ohio hospital leaders
The leaders from MetroHealth, Cleveland Clinic, Sisters of
Charity, Akron General and University Hospitals met on September 18 at the
Cleveland Convention Center to discuss the current and future state of
healthcare. Healthcare as we know it is
changing. The model of health care is
changing from treating sick people to preventative care. The leaders discussed slashing budgets by the
millions. The number of hospitals beds
has decreased from 1 million to 800,00 across the country, and average
occupancy at 65%. Hospitals are are forced to do things differently since there are fewer patients and hospitals are generating less revenue. Physicians are collaborating together to
share knowledge,
The costs for patient services vary across hospitals, due to
the difficulty of assigning a value to services such as research and staff
education and then throw in the antiquated way costs are reported to Medicare,
which distorts the true cost of care.
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