Hospital ends HMO capitation contracts after 2001
Transition nears completion for patients from hospital's hospice
Outpatient pharmacy closes, alternatives arranged
Physician aid mission returns from India
Longtime surgeon, leader, dean John Wilson dies at 87
Psychiatrist and clinic chief Floyd Estess dies
Med students carry new tool - PDAs
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Information technology has emerged as a theme in many of our lives - and in this issue of Medical Staff Update. The Fact File looks at Hospital Information Technology (IT) and its relationship to physicians. Also, information on new IT initiatives is provided. And to see how medical students at Stanford are using handheld devices, Palm Pilots, to replace stacks of books and papers - and to familiarize themselves with physician habits of the future.
The semi-annual Medical Staff Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 31 in Fairchild Auditorium. A light buffet dinner, served outside the auditorium if weather permits, begins at 5:30 p.m. This will be followed at 6:30 by a business meeting and a welcome and discussion with new medical school Dean Philip A. Pizzo, announced Marty Bronk, medical staff president.
Hospital ends HMO capitation contracts after 2001
Six health insurance plans have been notified that Stanford Hospital and Clinics will exit HMO agreements that reimburse the hospital and doctors on a capitated basis.
"We are making necessary changes to assure our fiscal viability for the future," said Eugene Bauer, vice president for the medical center. "We remain committed to providing the highest quality patient care and services to the community, but we cannot continue to do so without being fairly compensated." Letters were mailed to the managed health plans on April 19 to provide adequate notification in advance of this fall's open enrollment period for the health plans' members. Plan members were being notified by letters mailed in early May. For most of the plans, no changes would take effect before Jan. 1, 2002.
