1
Month delay in the implementation of the hospital outpatient prospective payment system — to Aug. 1 from July 1 — according to the Health Care Financing Administration.
2.6
Percent decline in hospital margins linked to reimbursement cuts in a 1997 budget law, according to Ernst & Young.
13
Percent of cancer nurses who feel they are adequately trained to care for the terminally ill, according to a survey published in Oncology Nursing Forum.
15 — 25
Percent decline in hospital inpatient days that will result from cost-containment pressures, according to "Beyond 2000: Health Trends in the New Millennium."
23
Percent of healthcare provider organizations that haven’t begun planning to meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements, according to a survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
32
Percent of hospitals that are now registered with online procurement Web portals, according to Millennium Research Group.
88.5
Millions of adults who will be using the Internet by 2005 to get health information, to shop for health products and to communicate with others about health, according to Cyber Dialogue Health Practice.
100
Millions of dollars committed by McKesson HBOC, Cardinal Health, AmeriSource Health Corp., Owens & Minor and Fisher Scientific International to fund a new Internet-based marketplace that enables customers to access participating suppliers from a single World Wide Web site, according to participants.
7,000
Number of written comments the Occupational Safety and Health administration has received in response to its workplace ergonomics proposal, according to the agency.
