Care variation reduction (CVR) remains a top priority for clinical executives aiming to reduce costs while improving quality. A care variation reduction strategy requires programmes to develop and embed usable care standards that will guide providers toward evidence-based decisions as appropriate.

Scroll through this resource page to find a robust suite of CVR-related content, which can help your organisation identify and address the greatest opportunities for maintaining consistent care practices, reducing care variation, and driving cost savings.

Review top CVR savings opportunities

• The 80/20 of Care Variation Reduction (CVR) (pg. 7 – 23): Guidance on CVR prioritisation coupled with Advisory Board analysis on the top CVR savings opportunities

Learn how to design care standards

• Create Care Standards Your Front Line Will Embrace: Six tactics for care standard design and rollout

Find strategies to embed care standards organisation-wide

• From Theory to Practice: Integrating Standards of Care Across Your Organisation: Best practices for designing care standards with workflow in mind and thoughtfully embedding standards organisation-wide
• Embedding Care Standards in Frontline Physician Practice: Seven tactics for deploying standards organisation-wide

See examples of care standards

• The 80/20 of Care Variation Reduction: In-depth profiles of organisations that successfully reduced care variation at scale

Access tools to help you implement your care standards

• Toolkit for Building Implementation-Ready Care Standards: A five-part template to help design teams develop consistent and comprehensive care standards that are actionable at the front line.
• The Sepsis CVR Starter Kit
• The Stroke CVR Starter Kit
• The COPD CVR Starter Kit