Featured Insights
2018 State of Cost Transformation: Time for Big Steps
The pursuit of lower costs is not a new priority for most hospitals and health systems. But has the talk translated into action? What goals have organizations set to transform costs, what progress are they making, and what impediments must be addressed?
Research Report
4 Strategies to Unlock Performance Management Constraints
Boost agility and preparedness for risk in the changing healthcare environment with four performance management strategies.
Article
Strategy Management: From Goals to Results
Read this whitepaper to learn the five attributes of organizations that are bridging the gap between setting strategy and executing on that strategy and how to do it.
White paper
From Disparate Data to Informed Strategies
Sustain high-value care deliver and ensure long-term financial viability by applying data analytics related to cost, quality and patient experience.
Article
Clinical Analytics Insights
The Return on Analytics: Finding and Addressing the “Signals” in the “Noise”
The challenges faced by hospitals and health systems on multiple fronts are significant and well documented.
Article
Address and Reduce Inappropriate Clinical Variation
Many organizations have an opportunity to address a difficult-but-essential element of cost transformation: reducing inappropriate clinical variation.
Hospital and health system executives recognize the imperative to transform their organization’s costs as they transition to value-based
Article
Healthcare Cost Containment: From Professional Evaluation to Clinical Excellence
Physicians recognize the need to use clinical data to identify clinical variation that adds cost without enhancing quality of care. At the same time, physicians need a high level of confidence in how data are gathered, analyzed, and deployed.
Article
Greater Hudson Valley Health System Improves Outcomes and Reduces Readmissions Using Axiom Clinical Analytics
“To reach clinical performance goals and maintain our quality-focused Det Norske Veritas accreditation, our leaders recognized the need to have a single source of truth for credible and accurately attributed data and analytics, seeking one place to develop queries and present uniform information,
Case Study
Performance Improvement Insights
A New Look at Hospital Length of Stay: Substantial Benefits Emerge through Focus on Care Transitions
Ensure the right care is delivered, in the right setting, at the right time, with the right workforce—every time, for every patient.
Article
Spring 2019 Kaufman Hall Report: A New Approach to Comparative Analytics
Healthcare leaders today face unprecedented pressures to improve performance across a broader set of dimensions.*
Reflecting this challenge, the set of initiatives underway in most organizations has increased, but questions persist:
Article
Using Cost Data to Optimize Clinical Decisions
As Vermont continues to move toward a global healthcare payment model, hospitals and health systems in the state are under pressure to advance their ability to operate in a value-based care environment designed to minimize cost and optimize quality.
Webinar
Advanced Analytics Must Drive the Next Round of Productivity Initiatives
Learn how hospitals are taking a different approach to cost-reduction goals, supported by advanced analytics and statistical modeling that can demonstrate how fewer labor hours and lower total costs can deliver consistent and excellent clinical outcomes.
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