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 Nancy Nowak –
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(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 groups within
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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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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 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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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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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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Healthcare Delivery and Financing By: Chrishanda Anderson HCMT241/ Rm. 1035 February 1‚ 2014 Introduction In this paper I will explain and discuss the healthcare delivery system and the financial aspects of it. This paper will also include resources and examples that will help to understand and explain the overall delivery and financing of healthcare. The topics that will be covered in this paper are and overview of the healthcare delivery
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analysis tools that can help management identify areas that need improvement and the areas that are strong and already beneficial to the company is a SWOT analysis. Using this tool management can determine the parts of a business that may need more of their time and resources in order to outcome obstacles that may prevent growth. In this paper‚ we will create a SWOT analysis for our fictitious company Vandalay Healthcare Inc. Strategic Healthcare Plan A SWOT analysis is
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Management Effective in Healthcare Organizations The present environments for healthcare organizations contain many forces demanding unprecedented levels of change. These forces include changing demographics‚ increased customer outlook‚ increased competition‚ and strengthen governmental pressure. Meeting these challenges will require healthcare organizations to go through fundamental changes and to continuously inquire about new behavior to produce future value. Healthcare is an information-intensive
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