Healthcare Provider
As a provider, you have the difficult job of providing appropriate and timely care to all of your patients. Certain days of the week are almost always worse than others in terms of crowding and delays when your entire system chokes up. You worry about your ability to provide quality care to your patients given the stress on your staff. To make matters worse, pressure on reimbursement levels limits your ability to add resources to address these challenges.
It does not have to be this way. One of the common drivers of all of the above cost and quality challenges is artificial variability in patient flow. By using the tools and techniques provided by operations management science and IHO’s recommended approach for flow variability management, you can reliably manage your patient flow so that there is alignment between the demand for services and the availability of appropriate resources.
Although all care providers and other healthcare personnel benefit from improved patient flow, we highlight a few constituents who play a critical role:
Cost reduction through optimal patient Flow Variability Management Healthcare Cost Corner
Hospital costs can be decreased by millions of dollars annually by adopting the Institute for Healthcare Optimization’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery.
Case Study
See how Cincinnati Children’s Hospital increased annual revenue by $137M, and avoided $100M in cost, while improving quality of care.
Resources
Joint Commission Resources Book
The IHO’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery is the central theme of Joint Commission Resources’ new book.
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IOM Report: Transforming Health Care Scheduling and Access
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended IHO Variability Methodology as one of the six principles to address the compelling issue of access to healthcare.
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