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23
Jan
Revisiting the Affordable Care Act, Part 1
Innovation usually counters change and nothing happens in a vacuum unless you are the only provider in town. What’s next could rival the change from cost-based insurance to Federal DRG’s in the early 1980’s. The Affordable Care Act has been in place long enough to prove what works well and what needs to be strengthened. […]
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23
Jan
Revisiting the Affordable Care Act, Part 1
Innovation usually counters change and nothing happens in a vacuum unless you are the only provider in town. What’s next could rival the change from cost-based insurance to Federal DRG’s in the early 1980’s. The Affordable Care Act has been in place long enough to prove what works well and what needs to be strengthened. […]
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6
Jan
What’s in your book-of-business?
AI analysis uses one year of book-of-business patient data, payer data, and patient outcomes as a base year. This sets up a second year’s projections. The AI model becomes more accurate in each succeeding year, especially in its ability to connect seemingly disparate factors for disease which can identify additional risks and save lives. The […]
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9
Dec
Is health care at an inflection point now?
The Great Pandemic is in the rear-view mirror but the hangover of inflated costs for materials and staffing continue to be serous headwinds. Yes, margins are improving and volumes are at or greater than in the pre-Pandemic years, but the recovery has been predictably uneven. The trend favors big systems operating across many states […]
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9
Jul
Wellness initiatives
Does health care have enough doctors, nurses, and support staff to launch a variety of wellness initiatives to deal with America’s wellness deficit? Fair question. One South Jersey hospital thought it was a good idea to allow self-scheduling. The response was overwhelming, causing leadership to pull the program because they said they would need at […]
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18
Jun
An essential tool in today’s health care
The only way to refine, enhance, or streamline an organization is to listen to its doctors, nurses, and staff. Ask the right questions, identify problems, and use free form ideation to set goals and tasking. Problem solving needs thinkers, those who have imagination and common sense, those who will ask why and then why not, […]
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5
May
A Patient Engagement Digital Strategy
All health care is transactional in the Age of Consumerism. Patient Engagement strategies include using a digital format to elicit meaningful patient information before an initial visit with a physician. A digital format must obtain the referral, the patient’s primary health concern, how the patient feels, whether he is experiencing any pain, the patient’s medical […]
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8
Apr
Do Patient Expectations Drive Patient Experience?
Expectations are always important before any meaningful engagement. Each Patient Experience is dependent on how closely it aligns with Patient Expectation care goals, treatment, and outcome. Patient Experience is the new currency of patient loyalty which is a powerful business multiplier producing word-of-mouth advertising, social media shout-outs, and new growth. It is also the standard […]
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13
Jan
Why or Why Not?
Part of the new paradigm is the interest in and the ability to improve process, find new economies of scale, and reinvent how health care is delivered. Old-timers called it spit-balling, but it really is conceptualization and problem-solving at its best. Call it what you will. It’s here. More providers are recruiting a Chief Innovation […]
Read More
Revisiting the Affordable Care Act, Part 1
Innovation usually counters change and nothing happens in a vacuum unless you are the only provider in town. What’s next could rival the change from cost-based insurance to Federal DRG’s in the early 1980’s. The Affordable Care Act has been in place long enough to prove what works well and what needs to be strengthened. […]
Read More
Revisiting the Affordable Care Act, Part 1
Innovation usually counters change and nothing happens in a vacuum unless you are the only provider in town. What’s next could rival the change from cost-based insurance to Federal DRG’s in the early 1980’s. The Affordable Care Act has been in place long enough to prove what works well and what needs to be strengthened. […]
Read More
What’s in your book-of-business?
AI analysis uses one year of book-of-business patient data, payer data, and patient outcomes as a base year. This sets up a second year’s projections. The AI model becomes more accurate in each succeeding year, especially in its ability to connect seemingly disparate factors for disease which can identify additional risks and save lives. The […]
Read More
Is health care at an inflection point now?
The Great Pandemic is in the rear-view mirror but the hangover of inflated costs for materials and staffing continue to be serous headwinds. Yes, margins are improving and volumes are at or greater than in the pre-Pandemic years, but the recovery has been predictably uneven. The trend favors big systems operating across many states […]
Read More
Wellness initiatives
Does health care have enough doctors, nurses, and support staff to launch a variety of wellness initiatives to deal with America’s wellness deficit? Fair question. One South Jersey hospital thought it was a good idea to allow self-scheduling. The response was overwhelming, causing leadership to pull the program because they said they would need at […]
Read More
An essential tool in today’s health care
The only way to refine, enhance, or streamline an organization is to listen to its doctors, nurses, and staff. Ask the right questions, identify problems, and use free form ideation to set goals and tasking. Problem solving needs thinkers, those who have imagination and common sense, those who will ask why and then why not, […]
Read More
A Patient Engagement Digital Strategy
All health care is transactional in the Age of Consumerism. Patient Engagement strategies include using a digital format to elicit meaningful patient information before an initial visit with a physician. A digital format must obtain the referral, the patient’s primary health concern, how the patient feels, whether he is experiencing any pain, the patient’s medical […]
Read More
Do Patient Expectations Drive Patient Experience?
Expectations are always important before any meaningful engagement. Each Patient Experience is dependent on how closely it aligns with Patient Expectation care goals, treatment, and outcome. Patient Experience is the new currency of patient loyalty which is a powerful business multiplier producing word-of-mouth advertising, social media shout-outs, and new growth. It is also the standard […]
Read More
Why or Why Not?
Part of the new paradigm is the interest in and the ability to improve process, find new economies of scale, and reinvent how health care is delivered. Old-timers called it spit-balling, but it really is conceptualization and problem-solving at its best. Call it what you will. It’s here. More providers are recruiting a Chief Innovation […]
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