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A rural Pennsylvania health care system found that by teaming doctors with nurses who keep tabs on the most chronically ill patients, emergency room visits were avoided and costs were reduced.
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Looking for healthcare cost containment innovations? A rural Pennsylvania health care system found that by teaming doctors with nurses who keep tabs on the most chronically ill patients, emergency room visits were avoided and costs were reduced. On the other hand, implementing information technology, which is widely cited as a health care expense cutter, ended up costing more money -- but improving quality.
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