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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Strategy and Leadership, Integrated Strategic Financial Planning, Stra... / Top 10
Top 10 Strategic Questions You May Be Too Busy to Ask (But Should Make Time for Anyway)
This list poses 10 questions you may have overlooked or should proactively address as a mid-year checkup.
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Strategy and Leadership, Strategic Planning and Activation, Strategic ... / Articles
Designing a Truly Integrated Healthcare System
Many healthcare organizations, in the name of integration, have acquired a collection of overlapping units that fail to achieve the intended goal of system development.
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There Isn’t “A” Cure for Cancer. There Are 7.4 Billion
This summer, John Flannery started a top ten list on LinkedIn, highlighting his thoughts on how healthcare is transforming around the world.
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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.
Built a Clinically Integrated Network and Analytics Roadmap
Rural Hospital
A rural hospital wanted transform how it delivers care to promote greater value and outcomes and sought to build a clinically integrated network, including creating a roadmap for an analytics solution to aggregate data from numerous EMRs.
Growth and Financial Health Through Management and Leadership Systems
Oschner Health System
Confronted by a perfect storm of challenges, this leading health system was able to find its path toward growth and financial health through proven management and leadership systems. The clarity and rigor that these practices impose on operational performance have the potential to help virtually any healthcare organization regain its footing, no matter what obstacles it faces.
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.
System-wide Pop Health Program, Including Bundled Payments
Non-Profit Health System
A non-profit health system moved to population health management by first aligning physicians by forming and IPA and then designing and implementing a system-wide population health management program, including bundled payments.
$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.
System-wide CJR Orthopedic Episodes of Care Program
Large Integrated Delivery Network
A large integrated delivery network sought to plan and implement a system-wide episodes of care program for orthopedics to meet the requirements of Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement initiative impacting its acute-care hospitals.
Culture Transformation and $5M Cost Savings Annually
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Through efforts to improve efficiency and processes, GE Healthcare Partners’s team has helped this hospital recognize nearly $5 million of cost-saving opportunities annually.
Completed Feasibility Study for a $300M Hospital Expansion
Clovis Community Medical Center
This hospital sought to complete a feasibility study for a $300 million expansion and renovation of a hospital, which included the construction of a new bed tower with all private beds and expansion of the emergency department (“ED”).
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4 Determinants for an Organization's Ability to Implement Change
Four components consistently emerge as the key determinants for an organization’s ability to quickly and effectively implement change.
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Developing Aligned ACO and CIN Boards Within the Health System's Broader Governance Structure
This article describes the critical role that Governance plays in outcomes-oriented organizations (ACOs and CINs) and the steps effective health system leaders must employ in order to achiev...
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Transformation at the Frontline--A Nurse’s Perspective on Enablers of Outcomes-Based PI: Value Stream Mapping
GE Healthcare Partners delivers a nurse's perspective on the value proposition for value stream mapping in healthcare.
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The CFO’s Role in Accelerating Systemwide Performance Improvement
Effective change management requires a top-down, bottom-up approach based on formal performance improvement tools and methodologies.
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Healthcare Transformation Complexities Broaden Leadership Development
Complexity and change are not new terms or realities to manage, yet in healthcare it is the pace and extent of change that is often the topic of conversation, as we all seek solutions to add...
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10 Characteristics of High-Performing Healthcare Organizations
We have observed consistent and common characteristics or attributes among the leaders and many of the employees who work in the highest performing organizations.
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