topic: Scalability and Optimization
5 Optimal Steps for Creating a Pilot Data Warehouse By Alan Stadelhofer
Rather than becoming frustrated by the potential vastness of a data warehouse build, consider instead the advantages of thinking small. As in, start with a single data warehouse pilot project, learn your best practices from that experience, and expand accordingly from there.
ACOs: Implementing and Sustaining Value-Based Change By Bob Wadsworth
As seen in Health Intelligence Network. Just as “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” neither is an efficient, sustainable, and physician-focused accountable care organization (ACO). Instead, expect to embrace a stair-step approach to making the necessary changes in your care delivery and administrative practices. Competency and capability development is always multi-dimensional, so consider these five steps as a benchmark for your organization’s critical thinking on ACO development. Introduction In California, we’re now in what could be termed the “second generation”...
The Evolution of Pay-for-Performance Healthcare and Reimbursement: Part One By Mark Jahn
Over the next five years, the healthcare industry will experience a significant change in the primary reimbursement method as the industry moves from Fee-For-Service (FFS) to Fee-For-Value (FFV) reimbursement. Also known as Value-Based (VB) Purchasing, Pay-for-Performance, or Pay-for-Value, value-based reimbursement is not new to the healthcare industry. What is notably significant about the shift to value-based programs as the primary reimbursement method is the degree of dominance and the aggressive time frame. There are several recent examples that indicate this transition...
Competitive Marketplace: The Need for Innovation and Flexibility.
Healthcare organizations are challenged to provide improved health outcomes in a climate of increased regulation and market competition. Innovation, flexibility and a strong value proposition are keys to success in 2015 and beyond. “Consolidation will continue in healthcare, it’s inevitable. Prominent healthcare organizations will continue to lead by enhancing their Innovation Centers.” –Mark Jahn “Many Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) in California will be challenged to maintain their value proposition to their provider network. As physicians within these associations age and near retirement,...
Scalability and Optimization: Identifying Improvement Opportunities
With the cost of providing healthcare growing and the resources to pay for it becoming scarcer, one of the great challenges ahead will be optimizing workflows. “Clients are increasingly challenged to execute projects effectively — specifically, accomplishing project goals on time and on budget. Organizations often churn in their execution of projects causing a lot of frustration, cost overruns and project delays. They frequently employ poor project management practices or over-engineer their projects. They can minimize inefficiency and greatly improve their...