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The healthcare industry must change in order to provide higher quality care and lower costs for patients; one method to improve both cost and quality used in Wisconsin and California is leveraging publicly reported claims and costs data. Wisconsin has been building comprehensive, publicly available clinical and administrative data sets: the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) established...
Determining ‘”value’” in health care, defined as outcomes per unit cost, depends on accurately measuring cost. We used time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) to determine the cost of care in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) – a common urologic condition.We implemented TDABC across the entire care pathway for BPH including primary and specialist care in both inpatient and outpatient...
•Strong organizational leadership, experienced project leaders, and the engagement of front-line stakeholders are critical elements for performance improvement efforts. •A holistic approach, including incentives, feedback, a collaborative interdisciplinary process, decision support, and education may be necessary to change clinician behavior. •A multifaceted performance improvement effort can lead...
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