Dressing for success: measuring productivity can ensure continuing success
Ventrone, J.M.; Zanotti, M.; Heidtman, M.M.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 42(8): 30
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10288123 Document Number: 322781
Both managerial and financial benefits can be gained by implementing and monitoring productivity standards in the health-care organization. However, these standards must be reasonable and acceptable to both management and staff if they are to be effective. By implementing a logging system to determine actual daily activity, Elizabethtown Hospital was able to develop reasonable productivity standards that allowed department managers to manage their operations more efficiently.