The AIM Model: Accountable Care IT Capability and Maturity
Focus your IT strategies and implementations for accountable care
Topics: Accountable Care, Market Trends, Strategy, Data Strategy, Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records Strategy, IT Infrastructure
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Tool in Brief
Purpose
Assess your current IT capabilities for supporting an ACO relative to five core competencies and maturity levels (i.e., foundational/quality, performance risk, and utilization risk); useful for identifying areas of focus when creating strategies and priorities for improving IT functions to support new health care reform reimbursement and care delivery models.
Suggested users
Health care IT executives
Type of tool
Web-based, calculator/forecaster
Key Information
Estimated completion time
2+ hours, depending on complexity of IT portfolio
Required inputs
- Select organization
- Enter demographic and operational data (optional)
Tool outputs
- Analyzes and models your IT function scores across five competencies: network interconnectivity, clinical knowledge management, patient activation, financial operations, and population health management
- Produces a spider diagram to highlight areas where IT application improvements may be required
- Produces bar charts to indicate areas where IT application improvements may be required in relation to maturity levels (i.e., foundational/quality, performance risk, and utilization risk)
- Provides reports that show low scoring IT applications and the associated competency areas they impact, allowing members to better focus their IT efforts to support their ACO strategies
