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Douglas Rosen, Administrator of Warren Memorial Hospital, Inc. announced recently that a reduction in the employee staff will occur during the next flew weeks. This reduction will allow the hospital to increase its operating efficiency and its commitment to providing quality health care to the patients the hospital serves. Mr. Rosen noted that Warren Memorial Hospital, as well as hospitals across the United States, is experiencing a transition in healthcare.

Advanced technologies allowing earlier diagnosis and treatments, accompanied by sound medical practice, are producing the ultimate in health care. These changes have resulted in the reduction of inpatient use of hospitals and many variations in health insurance coverages.

The new prospective payment or DRG System of paying hospitals for the care rendered to Medicare patients is cited as one of the factors contributing to the reduction. Under this sys

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