Delivery System Transformation
Snapshot A handful of high-performing hospital systems are coming together to form unique new entities that offer better, more convenient care at lower cost. Their leadership and approach to opportunities set them apart from competitors.
Snapshot Patients' ability to pay premiums and out-of-pocket costs is shrinking. They also need more convenient care. Are hospitals listening?
When physicians, executives and trustees look at the pros and cons of assigning a patient's total cost of care to a physician, they can't get bogged down in philosophical arguments over fairness or other concerns about the process, experts say. What's important is how it supports value-based care.
Before becoming chief executive officer of Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas, last August, John Allen already had 14 years of experience working with highly intelligent individuals whose focus was expertise in their field, not developing the management skills needed for…
The Ebola outbreak exposed major gaps in the nation’s ability to manage serious infectious disease threats, according to a report from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Half of states and Washington, D.C., scored five or lower out of 10 key indicators…
Before a hospital or system launches a population health management initiative, it is essential to have clarity around the goals, required resources and success metrics.
This is 14 percent more than all hospitals with an organized quality improvement program that responded to the November 2014 American Hospital Association Survey of Care Systems and Payment. Hospitals use these programs to teach clinical leaders continuous quality improvement methods and team…
More Americans were able to get needed care and pay their medical bills in 2014, according to a survey from the Commonwealth Fund. The number of people who reported not having received health care because of its cost dropped from 80 million in 2012 to 66 million in 2014. Additionally, the number of…
Snapshot Infrastructure costs, lack of on-site expertise and a fierce desire to remain independent have limited rural hospitals’ ability to respond to the quality and value imperatives of reform. But innovative regional alliances and ACO models are removing these barriers while strengthening…
Welcome to the new year, which will be just as exciting — if not more so — than last year. To fortify you and your board colleagues for the challenges ahead, we have added a feature to the magazine called the New Marketplace. It is designed to guide boards in responding to the changes…