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Health care is a very labor-intensive industry. How should we go about controlling labor costs and at the same time maintaining quality of care?

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As noted in your post, the health care industry is a very labor intensive industry. However, labor costs can be controlled in a number of ways, but more significantly by implementing the use of technological tools that can/may reduce the need for additional human resources. For example, a hospital may invest in a system which monitors all patients within a ...

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