Selecting a CPA firm

Careful selection of a public accounting firm involves the hospital's administrators in a sensitive process. Attention to identifying prospective firms, applying selection criteria, requesting proposals, and preparing for the firms' presentations enables the administration to choose wisely.     

Selecting the right physician for your group

Effective recruitment and selection of physicians for a medical group practice depends on an objective assessment of the group's needs, philosophy, and organizational style, and an objective assessment of all candidates in relation to these factors. While emphasis in the hiring process is traditionally placed on a candidate's medical skills, there are other considerations which should be of equal concern in order to get the best possible organizational "fit": personality, family situation, behavioral style, and organizational philosophy and orientation. The utilization of behavior assessment methods borrowed from the applied management and behavioral sciences can enhance recruitment objectivity, member satisfaction, and retention.     

Hospital construction roars right along

The costs of building and renovation keep climbing, but nobody expects the hospital construction boom to end soon. In fact, it's doubled in two years.     

医院产权制度创新的基本构想

建立与市场经济相适应的现代医院产权制度 ,激发医院的活力 ,已成为我国医院改革不可回避的核心问题。本文运用现代产权经济学原理 ,从战略的角度阐述了我国医院产权制度创新的基本构想 ,即调整公立医院产权结构、改革医院国有资产管理体制、建立现代医院法人治理结构等。     

Effects of firm size on risks and reporting of elevation fall injury in construction trades

Although many occupational safety programs are targeted toward large firms, the construction industry is dominated by smaller firms. This study examines the differential effect of firm size on the risk and the reporting of over 3000 serious and minor nonfatal elevation fall injuries in Danish construction industry trades (1993 to 1999). Small firms (<20 employees) accounted for 93% of all firms and 55% of worker-years. There was an inverse relationship between firm size and serious injury rates and a direct relationship between firm size and minor injury rates. An inverse relationship between firm size and injury severity odds ratios (serious versus minor) was found for carpentry, electrical work, general contracting, and the remaining other trades. Health and safety issues, legislation, and enforcement in the construction industry should, to a greater degree, be focused on smaller firms.