Reducing Clinical Variation to Drive Success in Value-Based Care (Part 1)
Engaging physicians and implementing risk adjusted analytics are two of the strategies that healthcare providers can use to address clinical variation in efforts to improve the value of care.
Hospitals Save When They Reduce Food Waste
Addressing food waste can help the environment and hospitals’ bottom lines.
Reducing clinical variation to drive success in value-based care (part 2)
Physician scorecards and evidence-based protocols are key mechanisms for reducing clinical variation.
Specialty practices use predictive analytics to enhance value-based care
Specialty physician practices embarking on value-based care initiatives should start by expanding their ability to collect and synchronize data.
Consolidating Answering Services After Mergers Contains Costs, Increases Physician Satisfaction
Piedmont Healthcare stabilizes costs, improves clinical efficiency, and boost physician satisfaction through careful consolidation of physician answering services.
Health plan data helps physicians, but additional insight would improve outcomes
A patient-centered medical home program has fostered collaborative relationships between a health plan and participating providers, but one provider says the program would be even more effective if the data supplied by the health plan were more actionable.
Analysis: Walmart’s provider partnerships address cost reduction, patient experience and outcomes
Walmart’s venture into healthcare cost savings for its employees has wide-ranging potential financial impacts for hospitals and health systems.
Viewing Sustainability Through the Cost-Savings Lens
Sustainability strategies like installing fluid management systems in the operating rooms (ORs) can improve safety and reduce waste and associated costs.
Setting Targets for Health System Leaders Garners Results
Swedish American Health System’s VP and treasurer shares her organization’s successes in margin improvement.
Connecting with High-Risk Members for Better Care Management
Tara Page-Haddock describes how how care management programs can deliver ROI.