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Show Hospital Costs Studied Recent national reports indicate that productivity in the United States among industries in-dustries is on the decline. The Summit County Hospital Hos-pital is joining with other Utah hospitals to ensure that productivity in the hospital industry is not a part of this national trend. Under a $24,421 grant received re-ceived by the UtahState Hospital Hos-pital Association from the Department of Health Educa- ' tion and Welfare through the Intermountain Regional Medical I rograms, a team of ! ' management specialists has ; . been hired to assist com- i munity hospitals of the state I in their efforts to contain i rising hospital costs, to im prove patient care and to as-i as-i sist employees indoingtheir job better and more efficiently. ef-ficiently. Two management engineers engin-eers from the Management Engineers Services Association Assoc-iation of Denver will visit the Summit County hospital stated Superla Staley, R.N., Administrator of the Hos- ; pital. At this time they will survey the hospital to help ; identify areas where im provements may be made. In the spring the Management Engineers will return to perform per-form indepth management . engineering studies that will ' materially benefit all of the hospital patie nts and employees. em-ployees. Mrs. Staley said today that she is pleased to have an opportunity to participate in '; this program with other hos- ' - ' pitals in Utah. Hospital Ad ministrators in Utah working work-ing through their state association are continually ' ; striving to provide more ef fective ways of serving people so as to keep rates ' as low as possible consist ent with high quality hospital and medical care. |
