Featured ACO Articles

11. Lakeshore Health Network Improves Clinical And Financial Outcomes With Wellcentive 1/30/2013

    The Wellcentive Advance healthcare intelligence platform has helped the Lakeshore Health Network (LHN) and its physicians implement a variety of Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI) programs and significantly improve its clinical and financial outcomes. The 350-member multispecialty Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) in Muskegon, Michigan has realized year-after-year improvements in preventive care and chronic disease management outcomes as a result of its use of Wellcentive’s solutions.

12. St. John Medical Center Uses A Team Approach To Ensure Successful Implementation Of New Electronic Health Record Initiative 4/10/2013

    As new value-based payment models emerge in the healthcare industry, hospitals that demonstrate high-quality, efficient patient care will have a distinct advantage over those organizations that remain mired in unwarranted variation in care processes, unnecessary and duplicative tests, and an inability to coordinate care.

13. Swedish Reduces Transcription Costs, Achieves 100% Adoption Of EMR 10/23/2012

    This case study from Nuance takes a look at Swedish, the largest nonprofit healthcare provider in the greater Seattle Area. Swedish operates five hospital campuses, two ambulatory care centers with ERs, and a network of more than 100 specialty-care and primary care clinics.

14. ACO's: What The Henry Ford Physician Network Can Teach 10/10/2011
    Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are one of the most promising responses to healthcare reform. One of the best examples to date is the Henry Ford Physician Network in Michigan. Here’s how much the new group has achieved already—and a sense of how far it has to go.
15. Case Study: Multi-Specialty Practice Cuts Costs With EHR 8/2/2010
    This case study highlights how Florida Medical Clinic utilized an integrated EHR and practice management solution to reduce annual transcription costs by nearly $1 million and decrease accounts receivable to 27 days. By Sage Software
16. Leveraging Big Data And Analytics In Healthcare 11/21/2012

    With the cost of mapping an individual human genome poised to break the $1,000 barrier – bringing personalized medicine closer to reality – the healthcare and life sciences industries are now grappling with managing the explosive growth of data.

17. Intermountain Healthcare Saves $1.5M, Doubles MT Productivity 4/16/2012

    The transcription group at Intermountain worked closely with its Nuance Healthcare implementation team to plan for the go-live. Together, they developed a strategy for a fast, successful enterprise-wide rollout. Following the implementation at the hospitals, the rollout to Intermountain’s 150 clinics began.

18. Provider's Perceptions On Mobility In Healthcare 8/24/2011
    Porter Research and Billian’s HealthDATA have collaborated to bring you this primary market research program aimed at understanding healthcare providers’ perceptions regarding mobility in healthcare.
19. ACO Represents A Business Shift For Most Hospitals And Physicians 5/1/2012

    This white paper examines how the ACO (Accountable Care Organization) model can impact both hospitals and physicians, and highlights several specific points providers should consider and understand.

20. What You Need To Know In Replacing An EHR 11/5/2011

    This independent mixed case study and white paper performed at the request of Greenway Medical Technologies provides an independent in-depth analysis of how Greenway’s services, solutions, and technology are helping medical practices undergo EMR-to-EHR conversions.