A New Framework for Healthcare Performance Improvement
Improvement initiatives must increasingly focus on long-term, high-impact areas that reengineer clinical care, sharpen an organization’s service portfolio, and exploit the system’s scale of operations.
Rewarding Investment in Social Determinants of Health
Aug. 10—Healthcare providers and health insurers would be far more likely to spend money on health-improving social programs if they could count on a monetary return on their investment.
6 Tactics of Successful ACOs
To gain the assurance of success under value-based care, all accountable care organizations (ACOs) should adopt the best practices of the most high-performing ACOs.
Cohort Reports from the 2018 Annual Conference
HFMA presents reports detailing strategies on cost reduction, consumerism, and business intelligence and analytics.
Managing the Cost of Technology in a Disruptive Era
Healthcare organizations that adopt a managed equipment services model will be better equipped to face the challenges of the industry.
Big Data: Another Emerging Disruptive Force in Health Care
A Texas hospital used big data to improve processes in magnetic resonance imaging.
What’s Driving Increased Hospital Cost Concerns?
Cost control eclipsed revenue growth as the top priority among health system CEOs, according to Advisory Board’s Annual Health Care CEO Survey.
4 Ways Real Estate Strategy Curbs Costs and Supports Care
By perfecting the “puzzle” of care settings and reaching more patients more effectively, health systems can make invaluable headway in their critical goals of reducing fixed and operating costs.
Improving Patient Experience May Reduce Readmissions
Providers should ask high-risk patients about their care experiences before discharge to help reduce costly readmissions.
Advanced Analytics Must Drive the Next Round of Productivity Initiatives
To achieve the next round of cost-reduction goals facing hospitals, care delivery models that use a different mix and quantity of healthcare professionals must be put in place. Supported by advanced analytics and statistical modeling, hospital leadership can demonstrate how fewer labor hours and lower total costs can deliver consistent and excellent clinical outcomes.