Simply achieving the requirements of Meaningful Use as outlined by CMS isn’t enough to fully leverage the benefits of an EHR or realize a beneficial ROI relative to the cost of implementation for these systems. For a great many providers, EHR “go live” ushers in extended periods of disruption both for the physician practices and […]
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Building a Culture for the Future at Palomar Health System
We are at a unique time in the provision of healthcare in America with changes taxing fundamental structures that have been built to meet client and community needs over the past fifty years. Staff and physicians’ ability to respond to change in meaningful and timely ways to address their environment have markedly impacted health systems’ ability […]
Full story »Achieving Organization Agility Through Decision Rights and Governance
Proper organizational structure is one of the most critical enablers to any successful strategy implementation – but it is only one part. Clarity in decisions rights – who gets to decide what – and the governance processesthat support those decision rights – are fundamental to nimble executive management and allowing the organization structure and strategy implementation to work […]
Full story »Honoring Proven Project Principles
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” That is what we heard, more than once. But the conclusion we reached was simple: change management principles should not be compromised for sake of expediency. The reality is you don’t always know at the outset of a major initiative what new information might complicate project […]
Full story »A Process for Improving Clinical Utilization
If hospital leadership expects to achieve efficiencies, stay competitive, maintain compliance and quality of care, the performance of individual services must be continuously measured, monitored and assessed. Evaluating and identifying improvement areas and introducing appropriate interventions can be time consuming – particularly because opportunities are often spread across all service lines and most DRG’s. Variation […]
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