abstract purpose of this paper: this paper presents an analysis toward understanding the business value components that a health care organization can drive by adopting rfid technology into its system. this researcher proposes a framework for evaluating the business value of rfid technology. to do so, emphasis is put on delivering business value through refining business processes and expanding...

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In this paper we assess the value of electronic health care information exchange and interoperability (HIEI) between providers (hospitals and medical group practices) and independent laboratories, radiology centers, pharmacies, payers, public health departments, and other providers. We have created an HIEI taxonomy and combined published evidence with expert opinion in a cost-benefit model. Ful...

In every society there is a need for an efficient health care system. This paper aims to propose a value definition and a value chain model within the health care. In order to define value patients and experts were surveyed. The proposed definition offers a complex way of looking at the value within the health care sector. The proposal of the value chain model is anticipated with a value stream...

High-value care (HVC) is en vogue, but the ethics of physicians' roles in the growing number of HVC recommendations demands further attention. In this brief report, we argue that, from the standpoint of individual physicians' primary commitments and duties to individual patients, not all HVC is ethically equal. Our analysis suggests that the ethical case for HVC may be both stronger and weaker ...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that cost sharing (i.e.,copayments and deductibles) decreases health expenditures but also reduces essential care. Value-based insurance design (VBID) has been proposed to encourage essential care while controlling health expenditures. Our objective was to estimate the impact of broader diffusion of VBID on US health care benefits and costs. METHODS AND FINDINGS W...

Günümüzde sağlık sektöründe hizmet başına ödeme modeli yaygın olarak kullanılmakta ve bu modelde ağırlıklı hizmetin hacmi ödüllendirilmektedir. Hacmin ödüllendirilmesi, daha fazla sunumuna maliyet artışına neden olmaktadır. Sağlık alanında değer temelli yönetim yaklaşımı Porter Teisberg tarafından 2006 yılında ortaya konulmuştur. Bu yaklaşımın amacı yüksek değere ulaşmaktır. Değer kavramı ise p...

The Association Report column in JAPhA reports on activities of APhA’s 3 academies and topics interest to members those groups.The APhA Academy Pharmacy Practice Management (APhA--APPM) is dedicated assisting enhancing the profession pharmacy, improving medication use, advancing patient care. Through APhA–APPM Special Interest Groups (SIGs), provides a mechanism network support profession, by a...