Variety is the spice of life, but the ingredient can be costly for healthcare
With today’s focus on individualized, patient-centric medicine, some degree of care variation is desirable. But non–value-added variability can result in unnecessary costs for patients and payers. Reevaluating how diagnostic guidelines are developed and used can lower costs while helping providers to improve outcomes. In 1785, William Cowpers penned “The Task,”...
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If healthcare is an orchestra, then providers play ‘first fiddle’
Health systems can trim costs by millions of dollars a year — and improve patient outcomes — by reducing care variations. It starts with the diagnostic process, which makes provider engagement an essential component. So how can hospital administrators get that all-important provider buy-in? Through effective communications. These seven...
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