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How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care

Harvard Business Review

Communicating successes like these is a powerful way to bring other physicians on board. Dr. Niazi’s team has used Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to prove that this program is cost effective, and is currently collecting data to assess its impact on patient outcomes.

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Case Study: When to Drop an Unprofitable Customer

Harvard Business Review

The Power of Customer Costing. The lack of traceability and transparency extended to the costs for specialized equipment that was used only for particular products or customers. Tommy, an avid reader of the business literature, wanted Egan to adopt an activity-based costing , or ABC, approach. Jane prompted.

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Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts

Harvard Business Review

Examples from treating two medical conditions illustrate its power. Total direct costs (personnel, equipment, and supplies) to the provider for a medical treatment are measured using time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC). Brachytherapy for prostate cancer.