Healthcare Data Insights -
Results that Make a Difference
Combining data and analysis to improve your business.
Healthcare Data Insights - Results that Make a Difference
Combining data and analysis to improve your business.
How Orlando Health stemmed healthcare costs by eliminating unnecessary clinical process variation
A six-step initiative by Orlando Health in central Florida to eliminate avoidable variation in healthcare delivery reduced the health system's average length of stay (LOS) by roughly 0.75 days, while yielding a corresponding financial benefit of about $1.2 million.
How Orlando Health improved its bottom line by optimizing observation services
Bringing together clinician “huddles” for quick reviews of the status of patients under observation was just one step that enabled the Florida health system to substantially reduce length of stay among observation patients, thereby reducing costs and increasing revenues by tens of millions of dollars.
Reducing pharmacy costs through improved utilization
By identifying unnecessary spend and changing expensive clinical practice patterns, a four-hospital system achieved nearly $2 million in pharmacy cost savings.
The Value Journey: Improving Cost Structure Through Performance Improvement
A New York hospital offers a case example of how to undertake performance improvement on a systemwide scale to prepare for value-based care.