Three of the “In My Opinion” posts are introduced below, with further resources available on hc1.com’s blog hub. The “In My Opinion” series can be found here.
Driving Down Costs and Eliminating Inefficiences
By: Troy Reiff, R.N., Chief Operating Officer, St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital
There reaches a point where every healthcare organization is ready to stop talking about proving value and start taking action on providing it. The only way to provide high-quality, accountable service to clients is through action. Maybe this means bulking up IT offerings and solutions. Maybe this means gathering information and data on clients to better serve them. And maybe action just means being proactive about decisions across your lab or health system. At St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital, we decided that it was time to provide tangible value to our clients and cut down our spending while we were at it. Click to continue>>
By: Dr. Charlie Miraglia, Executive Director of Medical Affairs, hc1.com, Formerly Chief Medical Officer, Sonic Healthcare USA
Historically, healthcare has always been the one industry that has stubbornly resisted the ‘business mentality’ that most corporate operations cling to. Now, a growing and aging population, government regulations, and other economic headwinds have forced large hospitals and health systems to begin to function more like the growth oriented enterprises they truly are. The recent increase in consolidations and acquisitions now makes it possible for healthcare organizations to deliver the highest level of care to more patients than ever before. However, this consolidation isn’t just an opportunity for huge health systems to throw their weight, community influence, and money around. Smart healthcare organizations are growing bigger not for the sake of volume alone, but for the sake of value as well. Click to continue >>
Proving Value Through Big Data Challenges
By: Ken Cerney, CEO of LI Path
As the healthcare landscape grows, health systems and diagnostic labs are beginning to adjust to new relationships and procedures that weren’t there 15 years ago. Health systems and diagnostic laboratories are faced with more data than ever before, and knowing what to do with this added workload is how labs will prove their value in the industry. Click to continue >>
