The mayo clinic model of clinical integration
Publication date: Available online 30 June 2018Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Richard A. Helmers, C. Michel HarperAbstractThe multi-campus Academic Health Center (AHC) of the future will need to be system-based and committed to clinical integration to continue to meet institutional goals and serve the needs of its patients. The key tactics we describe to accomplish this are:-the creation of a central governance body and a single strategic and operational plan-the subsequent development of specialty councils and independent multidisciplinary practices (IMP)-the creation of enterprise-wide specialty departments (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - July 6, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
The mayo clinic model of clinical integration
Publication date: Available online 30 June 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Richard A. Helmers, C. Michel Harper The multi-campus Academic Health Center (AHC) of the future will need to be system-based and committed to clinical integration to continue to meet institutional goals and serve the needs of its patients. The key tactics we describe to accomplish this are: - the creation of a central governance body and a single strategic and operational plan - the subsequent development of specialty councils and independent multidisciplinary practices (IMP) - the creation of enterprise-wide specialty departments (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - June 30, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
A modified stakeholder participation assessment framework for design thinking in health innovation
Publication date: Available online 28 June 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Sharief Hendricks, Nailah Conrad, Tania S. Douglas, Tinashe Mutsvangwa Increasing pressure to improve health outcomes of populations with limited resources has prompted an emphasis on innovation. Design thinking has been proposed as a systematic approach to innovation in health, owing to its human-centred methodology that prioritises deep empathy for the end-users’ desires, needs and challenges, which results in a better understanding of the problem in order to develop more comprehensive and effective solutions. A key feature of design thi...
Source: Healthcare - June 28, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Interview with Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP
Publication date: Available online 26 June 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Abhishek Dalal (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - June 26, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
An Introduction to Global Health: Practice, Equity, Human Rights, Joia S. Mukherjee. Oxford University Press, NY: New York (2018)
Publication date: Available online 9 June 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): David Flood (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - June 9, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Saving without compromising: Teaching trainees to safely provide high value care
Publication date: Available online 8 June 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Timothy J. Judson, Matthew J. Press, Allan S. Detsky (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - June 8, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Developing and deploying a community healthcare worker-driven, digitally- enabled integrated care system for municipalities in rural Nepal
We describe the development of an integrated care system involving community healthcare worker networks that utilize a home-to-facility electronic health record platform for rural municipalities in Nepal. Key aspects of our approach of relevance to a global audience include: community healthcare workers continuously engaging with populations through household visits every three months; community healthcare workers using digital tools during the routine course of clinical care; individual and population-level data generated routinely being utilized for program improvement; and being responsive to privacy, security, and huma...
Source: Healthcare - June 5, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Trends in hospital-SNF relationships in the care of Medicare beneficiaries
Publication date: Available online 7 May 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Joshua M. Liao, R. Tamara Konetzka, Rachel M. Werner Improving the value of post-acute care at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) has become a Medicare policy priority. Anecdotally, hospitals have responded by formally acquiring or pursuing tighter informal connections with SNFs. We evaluated the trend in connections between US acute care hospitals and Medicare-certified SNFs between 2000 and 2013 using vertical integration and two novel network-based measures (number of SNF partners, and discharge concentration). Among 4441 hospitals and 17,215...
Source: Healthcare - May 7, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Redesigning primary care with health coaches: An interview with Iora Health CEO Rushika Fernandopulle
Publication date: Available online 25 April 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Adam L. Beckman, Sanchay Gupta (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - May 4, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Achieving alignment in graduate medical education to train the next generation of healthcare professionals to improve healthcare delivery
Publication date: Available online 27 April 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Christopher Moriates, Vineet M. Arora (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - May 4, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
UPMC ’s blueprint for BuILDing a high-value health care system
Publication date: Available online 30 March 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Donna Keyser, Jane Kogan, Marion McGowan, Pamela Peele, Diane Holder, William Shrank National-level demonstration projects and real-world studies continue to inform health care transformation efforts and catalyze implementation of value-based service delivery and payment models, though evidence generation and diffusion of learnings often occurs at a relatively slow pace. Rapid-cycle learning models, however, can help individual organizations to more quickly adapt health care innovations to meet the challenges and demands of a rapidly chan...
Source: Healthcare - March 31, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Shared care planning: Realizing the promise of team-based person-centered care
Publication date: Available online 28 March 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Smitha Ganeshan, Galina Gheihman, Marissa Palmor, Stephanie Choi, Diana Wohler, Lisa S. Rotenstein (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 28, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Proportion of patients with cancer among high-cost Medicare beneficiaries: Who they are and what drives their spending
Conclusions There is a high prevalence of cancer diagnoses among high-cost Medicare patients. Implications Programs that target high-cost patients may need to customize interventions based on whether the patient has a cancer diagnosis. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 14, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Prescription for the Future: The Twelve Transformational Practices of Highly Effective Medical Organizations, Ezekiel J. Emanuel. PublicAffairs, New York (2017)
Publication date: Available online 4 February 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Rick Mathis (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 14, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
Expanding access to primary healthcare for women through a microfinance institution: A case study from rural Guatemala
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2018 Source:Healthcare Author(s): Marcela Colom, Kirsten Austad, Neftali Sacuj, Karen Larson, Peter Rohloff The utilization of existing social networks is increasingly being recognized as a powerful strategy for delivering healthcare services to underserved populations in low- and middle-income countries. In Guatemala, multiple barriers prevent access to healthcare services for rural and indigenous populations, and strategies for delivering healthcare in more efficient ways are needed. The case study we describe here is a unique collaboration between a microfinance insti...
Source: Healthcare - March 14, 2018 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
