Governance and Management Structure Redesign, Payer Strategy, Performance Improvement, and Contracting, Leadership and M... / Blog Post
Initiative Governance: Is Your Team Organized to Drive Decision-Making, Make Change, and Improve Culture?
The need for Initiative Governance grows as new payment models drive integration across groups that have historically never had to be truly accountable to each other.
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Strategy and Leadership, Change Management / Blog Post
Facilitate Effective Change Across the Care Spectrum with CAP
GE’s proprietary Change Acceleration Program is a tool designed to help leaders understand their organization’s approach to managing and implementing change via a flexible, non-linear model.
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Strategy and Leadership, Change Management / Blog Post
7 Tips (and 7 seconds) to Make Your Meetings Run More Smoothly
There are a few key facilitation and meeting tools that you can implement in your next healthcare meeting, and they can make all the difference.
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Strategy and Leadership, Change Management / Blog Post
Measuring the Importance of the Human Side of Change
Have you ever been part of a change that was very successful? Have you ever experienced a change that was not very successful? What were some of the key elements that distinguished each of t...
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Results
$8.5M to $10.7M Identified in Cost Savings Opportunities
Waterbury Health Network
A not-for-profit system identified between $8.5 million and $10.7 million in cost savings opportunities by developing a Business Plan of Operational Efficiency (“BPOE”) between its hospital and two affiliated physician groups, and was able to successfully achieve and sustain the savings.
Perioperative Growth Through Capacity Optimization
Central Maine Medical Center
With an OR schedule that was 95 percent blocked, this hospital could not add surgeons to meet growing demand. Yet the OR suites were being utilized less than half the time. By reconfiguring block scheduling and creating strict governance policies, 100 hours per week of capacity were freed up, and utilization rose to 61 percent.
$6M in Improvement Benefits from Change Management Programs
Mercy Medical Center
This hospital has used Six Sigma® and Lean to improve clinical and business processes for more than a decade and decided to added two new GE change management tools (CAP and Workout), resulting in $6M in improvement benefits.
Implementing Change Leadership to Drive Meaningful Use
Ochsner Health System
Leadership at this leading system decided to undertake the prodigious task of migrating the entire health system (more than 90 clinics and hospitals) to a single, fully integrated, patient-centric EMR system.
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Strategy and Leadership, Change Management, Consulting Solutions / Blog Post
The Stigma--and Support--of Standard Work in Healthcare
Standard Work in healthcare aims to minimize and control any inconsistency/variation whether it be in quality, inventory, cost, or outputs.
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Change Management, Health System Integration, Non-Labor Expense Reduct... / Blog Post
5 Tips To Cut Supply Chain Costs
Hospitals and health systems struggle to reduce Non-Labor expenses to meet budget demands. Here are 5 tips to help get Non-Labor expenses and the supply chain back on budget.
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Physician Services, High Performing Physician Enterprises, Practice Tr... / Blog Post
Using a Collaborative to Build a Clinically Integrated Culture
To succeed in emerging payment models, providers must cooperate to improve patient outcomes and control costs. This requires not just new workflows, but a new provider culture.
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Population Health Management, Clinically Integrated Networks, ACOs, an... /
The Move from Volume to Value: Now is the Time for Change
While most physician practices still operate largely in a fee-for-service world, government and commercial payers alike have signified their intent to reimburse physicians and other provider...
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