Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Capital Allocation the Right Way: Consistent, Concurrent, Connected and Communicated
A white paper (in Adobe Acrobat format) from Kaufman, Hall & Associates at the HealthLeaders web site - "Few healthcare organizations have sufficient financial capacity to meet their comprehensive strategic capital requirements. This White Paper provides healthcare executives with an in-depth description of how to implement a "best practice" capital allocation process. Based on proven techniques of corporate finance, the approach enables executives to consistently and comprehensively evaluate the "wish list" of capital requests they inevitably and regularly receive, and then make sound capital allocation decisions that position the organization for future growth within current capital constraints."  
  

Mental health care deserves better policies (Illinois)
Coulmn in The Daily Northwestern reviewing the main issues effecting limits on tp access to mental health care - "The current state of the country's health care system creates a major barrier between people who need professional psychiatric treatment and the physicians who can provide it."