Performance Improvement

Expert Insights

• Five essential elements of multidisciplinary stroke teams 

  January 10, 2012 | Blog | Marketing and Planning Leadership Council

  Multidisciplinary care for stroke patients is critical to improved treatment. Learn about five steps to successfully deploying multidisciplinary stroke teams.

• Patient-centered focus reduces infusion nurses’ steps by 76% 

  January 4, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Oncology Roundtable

  Learn how administrators at Lakeland Regional Cancer Center’s infusion center turned a simple, one-day patient flow mapping session into tangible changes for patients and staff.

• Evaluate turnover, vacancy, and premium labor performance 

  December 14, 2011 | Expert Perspective | HR Investment Center

  Review the national medians from our 2010 benchmarking report presented by hospital type, bed size, and case mix index.

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Research

• Running on Medicare Margins

  September 16, 2011 | Study | Health Care Advisory Board
  

  A detailed look at the major forces shaping hospital margins across the next decade and best practices for developing a comprehensive margin improvement strategy.

• The Accountability Moment

  June 10, 2010 | Study | Clinical Advisory Board

  A guide for hospitals seeking to utilize health data beyond OPPE to improve physician performance.

• The High Performance ED: Optimizing Capacity and Throughput to Meet Ever-Growing Demand

  July 2, 2008 | Study | Clinical Advisory Board

  Best practices to alleviate ED capacity crunch and optimize operations.

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Tools & Analytics

• Human Resources Benchmarking Initiative 

  March 2, 2010 | Tool | HR Investment Center

  Review benchmarks for turnover, vacancy, and premium labor presented overall and then cut by demographic characteristics including hospital type, bed size, and case mix index.

• Oncology Length of Stay Opportunity Assessment 

  December 21, 2011 | Tool | Oncology Roundtable

  Generate a facility-specific estimate of avoidable inpatient days for Medicare cancer patients, based on a customized performance comparison of your hospital to your peers.

• Cardiovascular Performance Dashboard

  May 6, 2010 | Tool | Cardiovascular Roundtable

  Supports the development of customized, color-coded cardiovascular dashboards.

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Multimedia

• The new performance standard 

  January 6, 2012 | Infographic | Health Care Advisory Board

  A graphical look at how trends in pricing, cost, payer mix, and case mix will impact operating margins—and what we must do to respond.

• Building the Chronic Care Management Enterprise 

  December 13, 2011 | On-Demand Webconference | Health Care Advisory Board

  Reviews key components of financing and building an integrated care delivery system.

• Building a data-driven enterprise

  October 18, 2010 | Video | Oncology Roundtable

  Lindsay Conway explains the inherent challenges in data aggregation and analysis and provides insight for maximizing the integration of data in decision making.

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Products & Services

• HR Investment Center

  Best practice research for HR executives.

• Employee Engagement Initiative 

  Equips hospital and health system operational leaders to enhance employee engagement.

• Performance Acceleration 

  Helps hospitals and health systems mobilize staff to meet service, quality, or financial performance objectives.

• Frontline Impact 

  Provides frontline staff with the skills and experiences needed to effectively manage change, drive innovation, and make improvements.

• OptiLink 

  Technology-driven tool for managing workload, schedules, and productivity using actual patient demand.