Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
My fellow citizens, Is health care a privilege or a right? That may be the most contentious question in the whole health care debate. Unfortunately, as many of you know […]
Clinical Operations to Drive Value
Elements of Excellence Clinical operations excellence includes elements of traditional healthcare performance improvement efforts, but it goes beyond them because of the emphasis it places on improving value to the […]
A Focus on Value
The global healthcare landscape is radically changing and experiencing a notable increase in the demand of healthcare services from in-country providers. Health experts attribute the increase to: • An aging […]
#1 Way to Decrease Healthcare Associated Infections = Transparencythors Discuss Their Year in Reading
#1 Way to Decrease Health care Associated Infections (HAIs) = Transparency As the New England Journal of Medicine states, “Elimination of health care-associated infections is a priority of the Department […]
How a Focus on Value Can Fix Health Care Mess
Health care industry costs are quickly becoming too high for any one provider, payer, or especially, patient to maintain. It is suggested that more than $1 trillion is being squandered […]
The 9th Reason Why Companies Don’t Capture More Value
Creating value is relatively straightforward if you do not complicate the equation. It is simple: Value = Outcomes / Cost. While fundamentally I agree with HBR’s, “8 Reasons Companies Don’t […]
Healthcare Strategic Imperative – Establish a VMO
Establishing a Value Management Office (VMO) for Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) is a strategic imperative. Reputable organizations such as Cleveland Clinic, MD Anderson and others have already “seen the light” […]
Putting Healthcare Value into Perspective – A Fathers Point of View
On March 14, 2004, while deployed overseas my life took a dramatic turn for the worst – my three-year-old son died. His accident was rare and at the time only […]