Implementing Green Strategies That Contain Costs and Reduce Waste
A campaign to educate clinicians on proper waste segregation can improve compliance with regulations and keep regular waste out of more costly waste streams.
5 Ways to Boost Billing Capabilities for Transitional Care Management
Samantha Sizemore shares tips for success in transitional care management.
Preventing Readmissions with a Personal Touch
An in-depth look at how one organization is preventing chronic care readmissions through in-home monitoring, patient education, and counseling.
At the Tipping Point for Assuming More Risk
An in-depth look at how organizations can build capabilities to implement effective value-based payment contracts and care delivery models.
Improving Patient Experience May Reduce Readmissions
Providers should ask high-risk patients about their care experiences before discharge to help reduce costly readmissions.
NewYork-Presbyterian Curbs Costs with a Structured Redesign Approach
By pairing project management professionals with operational leaders on key initiatives, the organization achieved $96 million in cost savings in 2017 while maintaining high-quality care.
Optimizing Care Delivery Through Perioperative Value-Based Care
A focus on value during perioperative care can result in better financial and clinical performance.
Reimagining Cross-Continuum Relationships
This article examines how DHG Healthcare partnered with a health system to improve care coordination for hip replacements due to fracture.
Another Innovative Strategy: Create Your Own Drug Company
The primary goal of Intermountain Healthcare’s not-for-profit generic drug company is to help patients by eliminating drug shortages.
Christiana Care Avoids $100M In Costs by Improving Quality, Cutting Waste
Leaders at Christiana Care have reduced waste by ensuring appropriate use of telemetry and modifying their electronic health record to eliminate ordering of automatically recurring lab tests. They also have improved outcomes by better managing blood products and using a care management tool to target at-risk groups.