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		<title><![CDATA[Leveraging business intelligence for revenue improvement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  The workflow processes that influence the financial performance of a hospital are diverse, ranging from scheduling and registration to coding, billing, and collections. And so are the many stakeholders' roles and responsibilities. Effective performance management requires a keen understanding of revenue's relation to the activities of payers,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Bermuda Triangle of healthcare: an Illinois healthcare system closes the gaps in patient handoff communication]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you hear "Bermuda Triangle" what comes to mind? Fear and confusion as planes and ships seem to disappear without a trace? It's a mysterious and unsettling image. What's more unsettling is that an activity that takes place thousands of times each day in healthcare organizations--handing over care of a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Assigns 'F1' S-T Rtg to $291MM OSF Healthcare System  Bonds; Affs L-T at 'A']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed its long-term rating on all outstanding debt of the Illinois OSF Health Care System OSF at 'A'. In addition, Fitch has assigned a short-term rating of 'F1' to the following auction-rate bonds based on an Unconditional Tender Offer by OSF. The Rating Outlook is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OSF HealthCare System Signs Exclusive Agreement with Amerinet]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS -- OSF HealthCare System, Peoria, Ill., a multi-state, not-for-profit corporation operating facilities in Illinois and Michigan, has selected Amerinet Inc. as its exclusive group purchasing organization.  The new agreement, effective January 1, 2008, provides OSF with unlimited access to Amerinet's national portfolio of product and service contracts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network Signs Agreement with OSF Healthcare System and Amerinet]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS -- Amerinet Inc., a leading national health care group purchasing company, through a strategic affiliation with OSF Healthcare System, OSF announces a new multi-year agreement to serve as the exclusive group purchasing organization for Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network ICAHN. Established in 2003, ICAHN shares resources between fifty...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Assigns Underlying 'A' Rating to OSF Healthcare System's  Series 2005 Bonds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an underlying 'A' rating to OSF Healthcare System's approximately $122.8 million revenue refunding bonds. The series 2005 bonds are expected to be insured by FSA, whose insurer financial strength is rated 'AAA' by Fitch. A total of $107.7 million of series A and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OSF Healthcare System selects IDX to provide electronic medical records.(Hospital Purchasing)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSF Healthcare System, Peoria, Ill., is implementing a contract to  provide electronic medical records and online charts. The vendor is IDX  Systems Corp., Burlington, Vt.    In August, Saint Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford, Ill., 254  beds, became the fourth of OSF's five hospitals to go...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OSF Healthcare selects PeopleSoft Inc. to install materials management system. (Hospital Purchasing).(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSF Healthcare System, Peoria, Ill., has selected PeopleSoft Inc.,  Pleasanton, Calif., to install integrated systems for a variety of  back-office functions, including materials management.    In November 2001 OSF licensed PeopleSoft 8 for materials  management, financial management, human resources and enterprise  performance.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HMOS CAUSE SYSTEMS' RATING HITS: AND WHEN PLANS ARE SOLD, THE OUTLOOK MAY IMPROVE.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSF Healthcare System in Illinois got an unpleasant reminder last  week of the risks inherent in an integrated delivery system strategy.  Standard & Poor's lowered the credit rating for the  system's bonds to A from A+.    The downgrade reflects weakened financial performance across the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 1999 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Problems linking HMOs may be stalling Ill. deal.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Efforts to meld their two unprofitable HMOs into one plan may be  slowing down a merger between two of the three hospitals in Rockford,  Ill.     The Rockford hospitals are 296-bed SwedishAmerican Hospital and  210-bed Saint Anthony Medical Center. The city's third hospital is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 1998 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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