Focus on care transitions brings substantial new LOS-reduction opportunities
Hospitals can derive multiple operating and financial benefits from focusing care improvement efforts on reducing patients' length of stay in acute care.
Integration supports Presbyterian’s ‘Complete Care’ program
Presbyterian Healthcare Services, based in Albuquerque, is a locally owned, not-for-profit health system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multispecialty medical group. We serve one in three New Mexicans through our healthcare services and insurance coverage. For Presbyterian patients with serious, complex medical needs, we offer a high-touch program that combines primary,…
5 tactics to reduce clinical costs and improve performance
Learn about clinical cost reduction strategies and examples.
Example from the field: Managing clinical costs at a large, academic health system
One healthcare provider recognized that it would be impossible to make a material impact on clinical costs without also addressing related areas such as operational expenses and revenue cycle optimization.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories uses data, clinician teams to identify cost savings
Just one lab utilization initiative can have a massive financial impact, says Andrew Cousin of Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Don’t be so overwhelmed by the scope that you do not take that first small step.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Variation analysis as a tool to improve value
Two leaders with Providence St. Joseph Health describe the systematic approach their organization developed to improve the value of the care it delivers.