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Business & Health, Feb, 1994 by Marion Torchia

Putting the guidelines into practice is extraordinarily labor intensive, he says. The nurses must be trained in the screening procedures; the clinic's information system must be redesigned to capture new documentation; staff schedules must be adjusted to the new procedures; and patterns of treatment and results must be reported to the Institute for Clinical Systems Integration, which is partially funded by the BHCAG.

But the results are worth the effort, Reinertsen says, noting that the cost of an average UTI case has been cut nearly in half, to $37 from $69.