9 considerations for a comprehensive technology plan
Healthcare organizations should develop IT plans, measure themselves against their plans and consistently review how regulatory and product changes mandate the need for plan revisions.
Get creative with technology to drive your managed care programs
Technological innovations can help healthcare organizations improve their managed care programs.
Achieving the elusive ROI on an EHR
Navigant's David Burik discusses the challenges hospitals face with their electronic health records and how to maximize their systems to achieve an ROI. Also, five key elements to an effective analytics solution.
Monetizing Data: The Key to Realizing the Value of Data Analytics
Healthcare organizations require data analytics to succeed in the emerging value-focused healthcare environment, and through data monetization, in which they use these assets to create economic value, they can realize the value of their investment in the analytics.
How to Achieve a Return on an EHR
Electronic health records can be a useful population health management tool.
Return on Analytics: Addressing the ‘Signals’ in the ‘Noise’
A healthcare organization’s ability to sustain high-value care delivery and ensure its long-term strategic financial viability depends on how effectively it applies data analytics to inform improvement efforts related to quality, cost, and patient experience.
When Indirect EHR Communication Drives Up Medical Costs
Indirect communication among primary care team members using EHRs is associated with increased hospital visits and higher medical costs for their patients with diabetes, according to one study. Researchers found that medical costs rose by $223 per patient with diabetes in a six-month period for every increase in one percentage point in indirect communication.
A New Era in Healthcare Data Monetization
Technological advancements present an opportunity for healthcare organizations to monetize data.
The CFO’s Role in Innovation
Setting aside less than one percent of operating revenue for innovative projects can help organizations improve patient services and advance the Triple Aim. “The high performers in innovation are not necessarily the high percentage investors,” says Adam Ward, an innovation consultant.
Improving Your Odds for Successful M&A
Although access to technology provides a strong draw in merger and acquisition activity, concerns remain regarding culture fit and high valuation multiples. As always, let the buyer beware.