by Katherine Cwiek, Manager & Laura Zacchigna, Senior Associate
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Proactive collaboration allows AMCs and community counterparts to benefit from each other’s strengths, creating value that wasn’t necessarily sought or derived from more traditional partnering approaches. In Part I of this blog post on partnerships between community hospitals/systems and academic/major teaching centers (“AMCs”) we: Explored changes in AMC rationale for pursuing partnerships and partner attributes […]
by Mark Dubow, Director
Texas Healthcare Trustees - Spring Bulletin
May 2016
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Proactive transformation is critical to your success. This applies across all portions of the health care continuum, yet it is not accomplished through a “one size fits all” formula. Instead, it entails each organization applying its optimal blend of three forms of innovation, and adopting a more comprehensive definition of and maximizing the value delivered to key constituents. Read the […]
by Katherine Cwiek, Manager & Laura Zacchigna, Senior Associate
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Industry transformation requires major adaptations from healthcare organizations – to increase scale, enhance scope, and achieve differentiation, among others. Partnerships can be a key vehicle to facilitate and pursue these adaptations. Partnerships between academic and community hospitals/health systems are a unique sub-set of healthcare provider partnerships. Academic providers aligning with their community counterparts is, of […]
by Mark Dubow, Director
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Your selection of post-acute care (“PAC”) partners can make or break your value-based payment programs and care management initiatives. Even where fee-for-service is still dominant, having the right post-acute care partners can improve economic performance by reducing length of stay and minimizing acute care readmissions. Most health systems and hospitals do not own PAC facilities, […]
by Craig Holm, Director
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The impact of the Affordable Care Act on clinical practice patterns has influenced the utilization of and need for most physician specialties. Completing a medical staff development plan will help a health system or hospital right size its medical staff in light of these impacts, and ultimately help determine community need for physicians. Yet too […]
by Meredith Inniger, Manager & Idette Elizondo, Manager
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Social media’s most valuable role in strategic planning is in communication of strategic planning initiatives and priorities rather than for research during the planning process. It can be particularly useful for reaching employees and creating momentum for moving forward. Your organization can share information about mission, vision, goals, values and ongoing initiatives from your own […]
by John Harris, Director & Carol Davis, Principal
HFM Blog
February 2016
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The forces that transformed taxi service and video distribution are now transforming health care. In the manner of Uber and Netflix, disruptive innovators are revolutionizing how healthcare consumers access services, as well as how providers organize and deliver care. The impact can be swift and profound. In December we examined two types of disruptors in health care: revolutionized […]
by Idette Elizondo, Manager
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There are countless challenges that health systems may face in developing a strategic plan. Below are some of the more common reasons we have found for reluctance to plan. We have also included some thoughts on overcoming understandable hesitation. Reason 1: “We’re too busy keeping the organization operating.” Those in the C-Suite or on the […]
To help the Medical Center with initial implementation of its new 5-year strategic plan, and support development of its internal capabilities so the Medical Center could assume full responsibility for ongoing execution.
by John M. Harris, Director & Carol Davis, Principal
HFM Blog
December 2015
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John M. Harris and Carol Davis write that health systems need to develop strategies to respond to four specific types of disruptive innovators in health care.