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Presents an alphabetical listing of sponsoring health maintenance organizations for meetings in 1996 relating to health care in the United States. Includes 3M Health Information Systems National User Group; American Association of Healthcare Consultants; California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems; College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

Provides a chronological calendar and information on 1996 meetings relating to health care in the United States. Date of meeting; Sponsoring group; Title of event; Hotel or site; City location; Target audience; Registration fee; Contact information.

Provides information on the healthcare industry of South Africa. Percentage of its annual gross domestic product invested in healthcare; Details on South Africa's contribution on the history of medical care; Information on national health insurance program in South Africa; Statistics on its healthcare personnel.

Evaluates the improvement of healthcare system in Spain as of November 2000. Discussion on the history of the national healthcare system in the country; Increase in government funding for medical facilities; Number of physicians in the country; Efficiency and quality of services offered by several hospitals.

Presents several issues concerning the health care system in Alaska. Information on Donna Galbreath, Alaska's first and only Athabascan woman to earn a medical degree; Medical problems of Leslie Ambrose; Outpatient care and health services budget of the Tanana Chiefs Conference.

Deals with the challenges faced by Alaska in the practice of health care. Cost factors; Number of villages served by its Fairbanks Memorial Hospital; Concerns on the implementation of medical technology.

Gives details of the Trustee of the Year competition. Addition of the John Alden Life Insurance Co. of Miami as a sponsor; Offerings and provisions of the network; Judges of the competition.

Provides information on Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Features of the hospital; Details on its annual budget and patients care; Comments from George Veliotes, one of the hospital's administrators.

Focuses on issues surrounding healthcare in the United States (U.S.). Legislation on patient's rights; Information on the Medicare+Choice program; Need of the U.S. Congress to advance the debate on rural healthcare funding.

Reports on the rescue efforts of healthcare personnel in order to help the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Joint effort of healthcare associations to provide information on disaster-recovery developments; Criticisms regarding the healthcare system in the country; Mobilization of the disaster teams of the federal government; Implication of the terrorist attacks on the healthcare system.

Editorial. Assesses the status of the healthcare system in the United States since 1976. Changes that have happened in the healthcare system; Information on advancement in the healthcare system; Discussion on the problems in the system.

Talks about the importance of creating links in the hospital industry in the United States. Result of the strategies employed by health systems; How to build healthcare relationships; Information on the 2001 reports from the General Accounting Office concerning the industry.

Discusses issues on medical care that the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should prioritize. Details on the plans of the CMS; Views on the leadership of Tommy Thompson and Thomas Scully in the CMS.

Comments on the Millennium Health Imperative (MHI), a research report that is more than an environmental assessment of healthcare. Topics of the report.

Contends that issues on the healthcare system in the United States (U.S.) should be the focus of most political debates in the country. Increase in prescription-drug spending in 2000; Why the U.S. Congress should tackle Medicare reform; Effects of drug pricing.

Proposes several measures for the improvement of hospital services in the United States. Projected savings from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Financial aids that must be offered by the government to help health services providers rebuild their antiquated informational infrastructures; Call for insurers and employers to be active participants in the redesign of the healthcare delivery system.

Comments on the efforts of hospital systems in the United States to improve quality and reduce the number of medical errors. How information technology can help healthcare organizations manage information and reduce the risks for errors; Processes involved in the quest for zero-tolerance among healthcare systems; How the use of automated medication order-entry systems can reduce medical errors.

Emphasizes the need for a healthcare payment system in the United States that addresses the actual cost of providing medical services. Services of health facilities that must be recognized as costs of doing business; Factors contributing to business closures of hospitals; Potential role of the redesign of the healthcare payment system in preventing a healthcare crisis.

Editorial. Urges the United States government not to use the Medicare hospital trust fund to finance nonhealthcare projects. Impact of the increased need of the baby boom generation for medical care; Projections on the funds needed to provide medical care to the baby boom generation.

Focuses on the need for information technology (IT) vendors selling to health care providers to understand the importance of customer priorities and expectations. Information on health care budgets in the United States; Comments on IT vendors.

Examines the financial condition of the health care industry in the United States for the year 2001. Optimism among hospital executives; Industry's long-range projections.

Editorial. Talks about the status of the United States health care industry in 2000. Problems and challenges faced by health care providers; Positive news for the industry.

Editorial. Discusses issues concerning bill collections among health care systems in the United States. Simplification of the billing system urged by the Healthcare Financial Management Association; Revision of hospitals' charity-care guidelines; Ways to limit bad-debt expenses.

Editorial. Comments on the efforts of the American Hospital Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association to develop and utilize medical billing statements. Determination of the groups to impose patient-friendly hospital bills; Barriers to the initiative.

Editorial. Discusses the role of healthcare issues in determining which political party will rule in the U.S. in 2004. Healthcare issues that will have significance to the campaigns; Differences between 2000 presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore on healthcare; Dilemma faced by healthcare managers regarding the elections.

Editorial. Applauds the examples of Max Poll and John Carson on how individual effort can make a difference in successful fund raising for healthcare in the United States. Factors that whipsaw hospital profit margin; Information on the fund raising project of Poll and Carson.

Editorial. Presents information on managed-care industry in California. Performance of health maintenance organizations (HMO) in California; Plans of the HMO; Remarks from managed-care pioneer Leonard Schaeffer.

A preface for the August 1, 2000 issue of the periodical "Modern Healthcare" is presented.

Evaluates health care in the United States (U.S.). Attributes of health care in the U.S.; Place of the U.S. in the World Health Organization (WHO) ranking of 191 national health systems; Basis of the rankings of the WHO.

Reports the importance of specialization to hospitals in the United States as of July 2000. Factors needed to succeed in the healthcare business; Views on the factors needed in the specialization strategy.

Editorial. Discusses hospitals and health systems' incorporation of the outpatient prospective payment system. Significance of profit and change in the hospital industry; Why managers of healthcare should agree to change; How some hospital administrators manage the outpatient hump.

Editorial. Comments on the accountability issues faced in the health care industry in the United States. Actions taken by North Carolina-based Durham Regional Hospital Chief Executive Officer Richard Myers on the financial discrepancies in the facility; Efforts of the National Committee for Quality Assurance to develop standards for rating preferred-provider organizations.

Editorial. Argues that the healthcare industry should open channels of communication with investors. Attitude of investors towards the healthcare industry in the United States; Forum organized by several healthcare organizations and financial institution; Recommendation for the healthcare industry to win the confidence of investors.

Editorial. Offers thoughts for the United States healthcare industry that wants to engage in electronic commerce. Views of corporate tycoon Ross Perot on healthcare technology; Thoughts concerning information technology budget for the industry; Indications of the failure of drkoop.com.

Editorial. Suggests that hospitals and health systems in the United States need to become more aggressive in adopting alternative medical offerings. Proof of consumers' acceptance of alternative medicine; Actions taken by President Bill Clinton to solve the communication gap between medical doctors and patients concerning the latter's use of alternative care.

Editorial. Focuses on the impact of the tobacco settlement on health care providers in the United States and the participation of hospitals in electronic commerce. Plans of legislators to create health programs as prime beneficiaries of the tobacco settlement riches.

Comments on the medical errors dilemma being faced by hospitals, health systems, and physicians in the United States. Impact of the dilemma on the image of health care providers; Pieces of advice for health care providers.

Ponders on several issues concerning health care in the United States (US). Challenges facing the Columbia Healthcare Corporation; Venture of David Shulkin, and his team from health systems into the Internet world; Proposal of US President Bill Clinton to reduce Medicare payments to providers.

Editorial. Offers observation on compromises made by healthcare leaders with their employees. Skills and strengths fundamental to a leader; Significance of the $9 billion healthcare finance law enacted in New York; How Sister Patricia Vandenberg, head of the Holy Cross Health System, showed her leadership traits.

The article offers information on Meetings 2000, an annual guide to conferences, meetings and seminars designed for healthcare managers and practitioners that is published by "Modern Healthcare" magazine.

Focuses on the opportunities and challenges faced by health care executives of the United States in the 21st century. Advice to health care executives on medical errors; How health care organizations can define their relationship with physicians; Tips on cost-cutting efforts of health care executives.

Commends the progress of hospitals and health care providers in the United States in 1999. Hospitals as source of employment; Resilience and perseverance of hospital executives; Challenge for the year 2000.

Editorial. Discusses issues in medical care in the United States. California's leap into expanded health maintenance organization regulation; Breakup of the University of California in San Francisco Stanford Health Care System; Source of the bonds that New York City, New York expects to sell.

Editorial. Contemplates on the management of health maintenance organizations (HMO) and other forms of managed care in the United States (US). Efforts of the US Congress to regulate health maintenance organizations; Status of health insurance stocks; Issue on whether the US Supreme Court would allow patients to sue their HMO.

Editorial. Focuses on the inclusion of health plan accountability in patient-protection legislation. Number of Californians that are getting the right to sue their insurers for physical or financial damages; Prompt to Congress to pass a a patients' bill of rights; Health plan accountability suggestions.

Discusses the issue regarding the wrong billings provided by health care providers to their patients. Sample of cases where the court favored the claims of patients against the bills given by hospitals; Reaction of hospital financial managers to the error in billings.

Talks about the merits of outsourcing non-core health services. How outsourcing companies view hospitals; Factors that should be considered in analyzing outsourcing; Information on Detroit Medical Center's information services contract with Compuware Corp.; What the contract calls for.

Editorial. Comments on how the healthcare industry should respond to consumerism. Demands of the patients; Advice to healthcare executives; Conclusion of the Governance Institute study on healthcare.

Editorial. Looks at the healthcare concerns of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in the United States. Comments from Dennis O'Leary, president of JCAHO; What should be expected from the JCAHO.

Comments on the damaging side effects of the decisions made by courts or the government on the way the business of healthcare in the United States (US) is conducted. Information on the staff nursing ratio policy of the California Assembly; Details on the US Supreme Court's decision on peer review proceedings.