Case Analysis: Intermountain Healthcare Key Factors Behind the Success of Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Healthcare ("Intermountain" or "IHC") is widely regarded as a successful model of low cost‚ high quality delivery. The Midwest-based integrated delivery system achieved this reputation by adopting an approach that emphasizes reducing healthcare costs through process-driven delivery quality improvement. The three most important elements of this approach are: 1) the focus on minimizing
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Intermountain Healthcare October 1‚ 2013 Intermountain Healthcare Continuous improvement in quality and productivity processes is essential for any business that wants to be profitable but more so for Health care organizations due to the constant changing nature of their practice. The philosophy of continuous improvement is captured in the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle proposed by W. Edwards Deming (Fitzsimmons et. Al.‚ 2013). The three principles that form the foundation for Deming’s teaching
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Hill Date: February 24‚ 2013 Subject: PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION Enclosed is a formal report on physician compensation. Intermountain Healthcare is in the process of deciding if changing how physicians are compensated is pertinent to improving Intermountain Healthcare’s motto of‚ “extraordinary care” and financial wellbeing. This report describes how Intermountain Healthcare is looking at using the government enacted Stark regulation system. This system uses RVUs (relative value units) in determining
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Intermountain Healthcare is a model healthcare system located in the Midwest region of the United States serving Utah and Idaho. They are considered the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West. As of 2013‚ Intermountain Healthcare operates 22 hospitals in Utah and 1 hospital in Idaho. Intermountain also operates clinics‚ and urgent care facilities that are run by physicians as part of the Intermountain Medical Group. In total‚ Intermountain Healthcare runs over 160 healthcare facilities
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Nick Bell BMBA511 Operational Excellence 5/08/2012 CASE STUDY THREE Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare Key Points Operational focus - strategy rather than management. How will the organization prepare for the future if their primary customer (government) reduces spending? How will they address decreasing revenues caused by their increasing effiencies? Key People/Structures Dave Burton‚ & Brent James - Clinical Management System Design Linda Leckman – CEO Medical Group
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Kuan-Chung (Bill) Wu HPM540: Professor Kamke HPM540: Case Study 3: Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare 1. What is your assessment of the Performance Management system developed at Intermountain Healthcare? - The Performance Management (PM) system developed by Intermountain has become a model for many healthcare organizations. Intermountain’s PM system includes the following elements: 1) Identifying six most important performance criteria‚ 2) Developing goals for different
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The Intermountain Region aka Irrigation By Junita and Gursharan The Intermountain Region is a region that is located in parts of Canada and America‚ while lying between the Rocky and Coast Mountains‚ the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada. The high plateaus and isolated mountains with the only deserts in the US of A are very sparsely populated (excluding major cities). In Canada‚ this region is consisted of the interior plateau valleys of BC and the Yukon. The economic
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Intermountain Healthcare Case Study Gina L. Turley Northwestern University In the Harvard Business School case study of Intermountain Health Care (IHC)‚ we learned about the efforts made by IHC to adopt a new strategy for managing health care delivery that is focused on improving care quality while simultaneously saving money. Beginning in 1986 as a series of experiments tying cost outcomes to traditional clinical trials‚ IHC’s approach to delivering care became known as “Clinical Integration”
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Healthcare industry is in a lot of pressure to improve patient safety‚ increase efficiency‚ reduce medical errors‚ and provide access to patients to information while keeping costs low and adhering to policies. Information Technology (IT) can be seen as the only way to promote all of this. In healthcare‚ IT has improved operational efficiency and increased productivity by reducing paperwork‚ automating routine processes‚ and eliminating waste through duplication of tests. Computerized physician
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Health Care Models Analysis Sarah Bomar Grand Canyon University: HCA-515 January 15‚ 2014 Food poisoning is a common problem for millions of Americans and people throughout the world. Food poisoning occurs when food infected with bacteria is ingested. People who become infected with food borne organisms might have symptoms ranging from mild cramping and intestinal discomfort to severe nausea and diarrhea‚ accompanied by dehydration. Depending on the
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