Investment Areas for a Digital Future
Healthcare organizations are preparing for their industry’s digital future by investing in 13 key areas.
Case Study: Dignity Health
One health system self -funds all of its digital initiatives, and it has created a standalone office to interface with key partners on such initiatives.
Streamlining Efficiency to Improve Care Quality
UT Physicians achieved improvements in care quality through steps such as creating standardized workflows, streamlining provider documentation, creating dashboards, establishing clinical protocols, achieving PCMH status, and focusing on the patient experience.
Henry Ford Health System Joins Direct-Contracting Trend
Henry Ford Health System expects to succeed in its direct-contracting initiative with General Motors, thanks in large part to its capabilities in areas such as analytics, case management, and patient engagement.
Three Strategies for Improving Patient Access in Physician Practices
Stanford Health Care enhanced patient access at newly acquired physician practices by identifying key metrics, improving the efficiency of workflows, and leveraging technology.
2019 hfm Magazine Archives
HFMA members have access to the 2019 archived issues of hfm. Issues include all articles plus web extras and other online-only content.
The Use of ABC for Indirect Expenses
There is a potential connection between the use of the idea of activities with respect to patient-level costing to activity-based costing (ABC) and its variant time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC).
How to Determine a Physician Engagement Strategy for Your Market
When deciding on the optimal physician engagement strategy, hospitals should consider the level of provider competition in the market and how strongly local health plans are pushing value-based care.
Using a Lab Formulary to Improve Value
In an effort to improve the value of the care it delivers, Vanderbilt University Medical Center uses a multidisciplinary committee to determine which lab tests to make available to providers.
Behavioral Economics: A New Approach to Healthcare Improvement
Behavioral economics goes beyond information sharing and financial incentives to give providers tools that can nudge both patients and clinicians to make beneficial healthcare decisions.