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Article: Best practices in workflow: IHC Health Plans.(Intermountain Health Care among top integrated health systems in several magazine surveys)
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- KMWorld
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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Good organizations are recognized for their achievements. But the best never rest on their laurels. Intermountain Health Care (IHC) has won several awards this year, ranking them high in national healthcare studies. Yet for this integrated healthcare system, the recognition is just one layer of a continuous business improvement strategy through technology.
In January, IHC was named the nation's top integrated health system in a study conducted by Modern Healthcare magazine and SMG Group, a Chicago-based health information organization. IHC also ranked No. 2 in the same study in 2001 and No. 1 in 2000.
The 2002 study reviewed health systems based on ...