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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.

Stanford Health Care enhanced patient access at newly acquired physician practices by identifying key metrics, improving the efficiency of workflows, and leveraging technology.

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).

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.

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 goes beyond information sharing and financial incentives to give providers tools that can nudge both patients and clinicians to make beneficial healthcare decisions.

Leaders at Park Nicollet Health Services moved from a traditional budget to a rolling forecast with an eye toward fulfilling principles of continuous improvement.

These eight strategies can help anyone become a master in the discipline of leadership.

Disruption from new market entrants and issues around price transparency are among the trends that could make life difficult for traditional healthcare stakeholders if they fail to adapt.

Pressure ulcer treatment can be as high as $150,000 and can add approximately $40,000 to a hospital stay.