Transforming the care model is a necessary first step to succeeding under value-based payment models where payment is linked to outcomes. To maintain acceptable margins while improving quality of care and reducing costs, healthcare executives should develop strategies for: Managing care across the continuum. Reducing readmissions for all diagnoses. Building and supporting the patient-centered medical home model. Achieving clinical integration.
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Models, Organizational , Continuity of Patient Care/standards , Cost Control , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/economics , Economics, Hospital , Quality Improvement , Quality of Health Care/economics , United States , Value-Based Purchasing
Organizations building a new hospital have a one-time opportunity to completely rethink how care is delivered and dramatically enhance quality while concurrently reducing costs. Research clearly indicates technology is a key enabler of patient safety programs. Emerging technologies present the opportunity to automate the entire clinical continuum.
Computer Systems , Hospital Design and Construction , Hospital Information Systems , Systems Integration , Attitude to Computers , Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration , Cost Control , Humans , Medical Staff, Hospital/psychology , Organizational Innovation , Total Quality Management , United States
