Providing senior-level decision makers the comprehensive analysis, trends and strategies they need to innovate value in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
Unpredictable market renders past strategies ineffective
Unfortunately, healthcare's complex business model, dynamic technology and regulatory changes, and potential for market disruptions render conventional strategic planning processes and financial decision-making tools less effective.
Non-use of patient data greater risk than misuse
There are incalculable advantages to be gained from the use of clinical data in studying chronic diseases across communities and larger populations.
Hospital medicine groups must align business models
Hospital medicine groups yield cost savings of approximately 13% while delivering high quality care and patient satisfaction, irrespective of the business model.
Design communication with health literacy in mind
A recent study by the University of Connecticut indicates that the cost of low health literacy to the U.S. economy is as high as $238 billion annually. It's imperative that health plans and systems drive new efforts.
Sleepless nights cost billions in care and productivity
The continual inability to fall asleep or stay asleep is keeping approximately one-third of the nation up at night. Individuals with insomnia incur $12 billion in direct medical costs and $2 billion in drug costs alone.
P4P programs aim to track, prevent growing MRSA epidemic
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a type of bacterium that is resistant to certain antibiotics, has become a national epidemic, with increasing numbers of serious infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Hospital stays for these infections tripled from 2000 to 2005.
