Tag Archives: patient outcomes

What is Hospital Value-Based Purchasing?

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Carol Clark

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 established the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) initiative (effective FY 2013), affecting over 3500 U.S. hospitals. This initiative was focused on rewarding those hospitals that provide quality of care to Medicare patients versus the traditional quantity of … Continue reading →

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INNOVATION: Patient Care in the Future

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Barbara Turkington

Intermountain Healthcare’s Transformation Lab is researching and developing new ideas to improve and optimize patient care. Some of the Lab projects already underway include the following:

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2013 Top 5 Medical Innovations

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Barbara Turkington

This year’s successful medical innovations will be ones that provide significant health care efficiencies for medical professionals and hospitals/medical centers. But beyond providing healthcare benefits and positive patient outcomes, these innovations will also need to result in cost reductions. The … Continue reading →

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