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Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Value Analysis, FAHRMM

Grady Health System's Transformation from Traditional Value Analysis to Value Based Product Selection

This case study provides a review of Grady Health System’s transformation from traditional Value Analysis Joint Product Review Team structure to Value Based Selection Committees which promote shared governance including system wide physicians and executives focusing on full integration of cost, quality, outcomes analysis to ensure selection of products offering the greatest overall value for cost reduction and improvement of outcomes.

Analytics & Research, Benchmarking, Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Support Services

How a Community Hospital Improved Heart Attack Outcomes while Reducing Costs to Outperform Most Hospitals in the Country

This article is from the March/April 2017 issue of the AHRMM member-only magazine, Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions. At St. Francis Hospital, HealthTrust advisors and the cardiovascular team implemented successful processes producing consistent door-to-balloon times of less than 35 minutes, slashed costs associated with renal failure by 90 percent, and reduced readmissions below the national benchmark.

HealthTrust is a sponsor of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement.

Capital Equipment, Central Sterile, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Disaster/Outbreak Preparedness, Pharmacy, Medical Device Technology

Dangerous Infusion Errors Top ECRI Institute's Annual Health Technology Hazards List

The safe use of health technology—from infusion pumps to complex imaging systems—requires that healthcare facilities recognize the possibility of danger or difficulty with those technologies and that they take steps to minimize the likelihood of adverse events.

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