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How Kaiser Permanente saved $8.6 million sharing medical equipment and reimagined asset management

Healthcare Finance: Like many health systems, Kaiser Permanente, though admittedly a multibillion dollar organization, faces challenges when faced with the complex duality of both living within their means and delivering the best possible care and meaningful services. They use the dollars they get to provide that care and keep the lights on so to speak, and it all comes from the same "pot."

Dr. Ronald Loo, chair of the Kaiser Permanente Inter-Regional Chiefs Of Urology and Co-Lead of Kaiser Permanente Health Innovation Team, said typically when the belt needs to be tightened, a healthcare provider will generally do one of two things: cut services or lay people off.

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