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Helping Hospital CEOs
Why the Healthcare Quadruple Aim Hasn’t (Yet) Hit the Bullseye
In 2014, the Triple Aim proposed by IHI in 2007 became the Quadruple Aim. This transition occurred because the objectives of the Triple Aim – better...
Leadership is Personal – Innovating Improvements is a Team Effort
In his recent article “Leadership is Personal” published on LinkedIn’s Pulse, Keith Thurgood (also a member of Prista’s Board of Directors) notes...
Losing Focus on Value in Value-Based Purchasing
When it comes to discussions about healthcare reimbursement and costs, “Value-Based Purchasing” is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit these...
Reducing Preventable Errors Requires a Sustained Shift in Processes and Culture
Preventable medical errors are a serious issue in healthcare and are estimated to be the third leading cause of death in the US, behind cancer and...
Driving Efficiency at All Levels: Organization, User, Provider
Everyone knows time is money, and healthcare consumes too much money. Therefore, it stands to reason that a major objective for hospitals and...
Reverse Engineering an Optimal Performance Improvement Process
In technology circles, reverse engineering is the process of starting with a given end state, such as a product, device, conceived process or...
Bouncing Back from a Hospital Safety Penalty
In December of last year, the federal government penalized 751 hospitals for having high numbers of patient injuries, retroactively reducing their...
Increasing Efficiency in 2018
It’s the beginning of a new year, and in 2018 the healthcare industry would greatly benefit from better utilization of resources. U.S. health care...