Mike Stoecklein, Network Director, shares his thoughts on the systems that have produced (and continue to produce) the kinds of thinking that drive our actions. * * * * * * We all went to the wrong school. The courses we took, the way we were taught, and trained and treated were all wrong.
https://createvalue.org/blog/we-all-went-to-the-wrong-school-but-we-are-doing-something-about-that/
Transparency in healthcare is not just about data, or creating analytical reports or posting results to public websites. It’s really about understanding cost, quality, risks and consequences in a way that allows healthcare organizations to evaluate their performance more completely and to take action faster. For consumers, healthcare transparency means having the right information at […]
Wisconsin is known for cheese, the Green Bay Packers, and beautiful Door County. What you may not know is that it is also home to a leading non-profit healthcare collaboration among providers, insurance companies and leaders in the community, government and business: the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO). Last week, an article about WHIO was […]
Steph Van Vreede, Operations Manager at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, shares Lean lessons from her garden. *** “What is the big deal about looking for waste? I am getting my job done, hitting deadlines, things are going smoothly.” Ever hear this line of reasoning from staff? As long as customers are not complaining, […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/guest-blog-what-is-the-big-deal-about-identifying-waste/
When safety and healthcare are said in the same sentence, you automatically think of patient safety, right? Patient safety has been a top priority for healthcare professionals and although progress has been made, we still have a ways to go to fill the gap. However, it is acknowledged, measured, tracked and reported publically. I would […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/the-most-dangerous-industry-in-america/
Today, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article by John Toussaint, M.D. and Donald Berwick, M.D. which describes several important changes that must happen legislatively and from a policy standpoint to lower cost and improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed for fee-for-service Medicare data to be […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/jama-publishes-toussaint-berwick-commentary/
WHIO was created in 2006 to improve the cost and quality of care delivered in Wisconsin. A recent report from AHRQ shows Wisconsin to be second for low cost and high quality in the nation narrowly eclipsed by Minnesota (see attached graph –State comparison). Because providers have complete access to the entire WHIO data set […]
The California Physicians Group shares insights on how they improved existing payment methodologies in a primary care environment. Organization Overview: The California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) is the nation’s largest trade association representing physician organizations practicing in the delivery of accountable, clinically integrated health services. CAPG’s member groups employ and/or contract with physicians who […]
https://createvalue.org/pef/revitalizing-primary-care-with-new-payment-approach/
This article is more evidence that public reporting of physician reporting improves performance. The study design compared other upper midwest healthcare providers with Wisconsin providers that reported data to the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ). The results indicate that the WCHQ members improved performance faster and farther than the organizations that are not publicly […]
Health Partners is a fully integrated health system which includes a 1.2 million member health plan, a large multi-specialty physician group and several hospitals. For the last two years they have been measuring physician group performance in what they call “taking the triple aim to the next level.” Health Partners leaders have developed a model […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/health-partners-total-cost-of-care-model/
