Yale New Haven Health launched a major initiative four years ago to reduce variation in care at the health system's four acute-care hospitals and outpatient sites. Yale New Haven Health is seeking to ...
William Mohlenbrock, MD, founder and CMO of Verras and a practicing orthopedic surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., discussed physician variation in a recent webinar presented by ...
Research has shown wide variation in per capita spending among different states and among different counties within the same state. Some of this variation can be explained by the health status of the ...
To reduce healthcare spending, hospitals and health systems strive to reduce variation in the utilization of certain treatments and medical services. Verras has increased the consistency of ...
Standardized clinical assessment and management plans are an alternative to clinical practice guidelines that reduce practice variability while allowing for physicians to adapt practices when ...
Addressing unwarranted clinical variation in oncology is a high priority for health systems that aspire to ensure consistent levels of high-quality and cost-effective care. Efforts to improve clinical ...
One of the most puzzling conundrums in the U.S. health care system is geographic variation in care. An important aspect of this phenomenon is inpatient utilization rates. Variation in inpatient ...
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Excelerate today announced that DHR Health, located in Edinburg, Texas, has become a member of its industry-leading, provider-led sourcing model. DHR Health will be ...
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey have found their bundled payment programs improve quality and lower costs. Plus, bundled payments can reduce the ...