HealthTrust: A holistic approach to value analysis
Three HealthTrust leaders talk about the cost and quality advantages of creating a value analysis program and offer strategies for getting started.
7 ways to address financial barriers to medication adherence and contain costs
When patients are able to afford their medications, they are also more likely to take those medications as prescribed, thereby avoiding costly hospitalizations and ED visits. Lower costs in this way helps healthcare providers achieve success under value-based payment models that reward high-quality, low-cost care.
A high-reliability healthcare supply chain: beyond the clinician
Applying the principles of high-reliability organizations to the healthcare supply chain is a key step in enhancing overall quality.
How Providence St. Joseph Health used variation analysis to engage physicians
Kevin Fleming and Caleb Stowell from Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health talk about how their system addressed clinical variation. Also: Rich Daly and Chad Mulvany debut Beyond the News, a deep dive into a current hot topic in healthcare.
Reducing clinical variation to drive success in value-based care (part 2)
Physician scorecards and evidence-based protocols are key mechanisms for reducing clinical variation.
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.
How University of Texas Medical Branch Reduced Readmission Rates Using a Data-Driven, Multidisciplinary Approach
An approach used by University of Texas Medical Branch to reduce 30-day readmission rates exemplifies how healthcare organizations can best use real-time data analytics and standardized process for this purpose.
Reconsidering post-acute care options
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer highlights the need to consider post-acute care in the context of reducing the total cost of care.
Hospitals cut safety-related patient deaths by 22% since 2016: Leapfrog
A national safety-grading group concluded that a combination of factors enabled hospitals to reduce annual safety-related deaths by 45,000, or 22%, since 2016.
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.