ADVISORY/Deloitte & Touche's Biennial Opinion Survey of Hospital CEOs to be Released this Week; Online Version Available for First Time.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. (June June: see month. 20) --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2002 WHAT The ninth edition of Deloitte & Touche's biennial biennial, plant requiring two years to complete its life cycle, as distinguished from an annual or a perennial. In the first year a biennial usually produces a rosette of leaves (e.g., the cabbage) and a fleshy root, which acts as a food reserve over the winter. opinion survey of hospital CEOs will be sent to more than 5,000 hospital executives across the country this week. For the first time in its 16-year history, the survey and related analysis will be available online as well. These new electronic capabilities make taking the survey - and comparing answers to those of industry peers - fast and effective. ABOUT THE SURVEY For nearly two decades, The Future of Health Care, An Outlook from the Perspective of Hospital CEOs, has been designed to track specific areas of change in the health care industry and to unveil emerging issues from the perspective of hospital executives. Since the National Health Care and Life Sciences Practice of Deloitte & Touche began conducting the survey in 1986, it has consistently held one of the most impressive response rates among similar surveys in the industry and has contributed to the discussion of needed changes in the health care industry. TOPICS Topics covered in this year's survey include: -- Organizational Structure -- Governance and the Board -- Your Bottom Line -- Access to Capital -- Outpatient Revenues and Volumes -- Payer Arrangements -- Utilization Statistics -- Staffing Issues -- Quality Measures -- Emergency Preparedness -- Managing and Protecting Patient Information -- Understanding and Investing in Technologies -- Growing Impact of Life Sciences -- Government Legislation and Regulation IMPORTANT DATES This year's survey will be in the marketplace through July July: see month. 19, 2002. Early results to the survey's Top 10 questions will be posted online shortly after the survey closes. All responses will be compiled and analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. this summer and early fall, with the final report and the online analysis tools scheduled to launch in mid-October n. 1. the middle part of October. Noun 1. mid-October - the middle part of October period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" . FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit www.healthcareceosurvey.com for information on the Future of Health Care, An Outlook from the Perspective of Hospital CEOs, as well as details related to the new online tools. |
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