• Target your care management efforts better with one simple question

  May 23, 2013
  Blog Post | Care Transformation Center

  Health systems are spending millions on IT infrastructure to support population health management. Maybe they should be asking their doctors one simple question instead.

• Member asks: What is the difference between a chief transformation officer and a chief integration officer?

  May 22, 2013
  Blog Post | Marketing and Planning Leadership Council

  As hospitals and health systems reorganize to provide more coordinated care, they’re tapping leaders to manage the transition. Their duties and titles may differ by organization, but we have seen two distinct roles emerge.

• All roads lead to the medical home

  May 21, 2013
  Infographic | Population Health Advisor

  Regardless what payment model your organization adopts, there's one decision that's clear: invest in a medical home. Here's what the ROI of medical home transformation could look like for your organization.

• How to talk to independent physicians about clinical integration

  May 20, 2013
  Blog Post | Care Transformation Center

  To engage physicians in clinical integration, health systems must clearly communicate the program's benefits, roles, and goals. Here's how our talking points toolkit can help.

• Three ways to get physicians on board with clinical standards

  May 17, 2013
  Blog Post | Advisory Board Company

  Learn how two hospitals used performance data, protocol flexibility, and real-time clinical monitoring to pinpoint repeat offenders—and develop reasonable standards.

• Doctors 'print' airway splint to save baby's life

  May 23, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  In a medical first, physicians at the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital have saved the life of a baby boy by using a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint out of plastic particles.

• Medical first: Man has prostatectomy after testing positive for BRCA gene

  May 23, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  A 53-year-old British businessman has undergone the first prophylactic prostatectomy after discovering that he carries the BRCA2 gene, which greatly enhances his risk of developing prostate cancer.

• Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB, study finds

  May 23, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  Yeshiva University researchers have discovered that vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a finding that could pave the way to new treatments for the bacteria.

• Moore Medical Center records safe despite tornado damage

  May 23, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  The health records of more than two million patients in the Oklahoma City area remain safe despite the damage caused by massive tornado on Monday because they were backed up by a regional health information exchange and stored in a data warehouse, Modern Healthcare reports.

• Even in red states, Americans support ACA coverage expansion

  May 23, 2013
  Daily Briefing

  Although few adults living in the Deep South have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nearly two-thirds support the law's Medicaid expansion, according to a poll released this week by Families USA.

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