Imagine a healthcare system where people live long, healthy lives, receiving quality, affordable care, with clinicians nationwide collaborating to improve outcomes. That's Accountable Care! Learn the benefits of becoming an ACO in this insightful eBook.
The Future of Personalizing Care Management & the Patient ExperienceRaphael Louis Vitón
Actionable segmentation model findings - by Raphael Louis Vitón & Dream team of industry experts, physicians and leaders from Blue Cross, GEHealthCare, RingLeaderVentures, Maddock Douglas, Dr.Daniel Friedland, etc working on improving health outcomes by Personalizing the Care Management business model for Better Outcomes & Better Economics (through patient empowerment)
The Future of Personalizing Care Management & the Patient ExperienceRaphael Louis Vitón
Actionable segmentation model findings - by Raphael Louis Vitón & Dream team of industry experts, physicians and leaders from Blue Cross, GEHealthCare, RingLeaderVentures, Maddock Douglas, Dr.Daniel Friedland, etc working on improving health outcomes by Personalizing the Care Management business model for Better Outcomes & Better Economics (through patient empowerment)
Patient Centered Medical home talk at WVUPaul Grundy
To employers the cost of healthcare is now a business issue and this talk is about what one large buyer IBM did to drive transformation via broad coalition with other large employers to form the Patient Centered Medical Home movement and the covenant between buyer and provider away from the garbage we now buy episodic uncoordinated disintegrated care. In the change of convenient conversation we have worked with the Primary care providers to give us coordinated, integrated, accessible and compressive care with a set of principles know as the Patient centered medical home.
A Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) happens when primary care healers keeping that core healing relationship with their patients step up to become specialists in Family and Community Medicine. The move is to the discipline of leading a team that delivers population health management, patent centered prevention, care that is coordination, comprehensive accessible 24/7 and integrated across a deliver system. PCMH happens when the specialists in Family and Community Medicine wake up every morning and ask the question how will my team improve the health of my community today?
All over the world three huge factors are in play that is driving the concept of Patient Centered Medical Home. They are:
1) Cost and demography
2) Information technology and data (information that is actionable will equal a demand for accountability by the payer or buyer of the care)
3) Consumer demand to engage healthcare differently (at least as well as they can their bank- on line) have a question about lab results why not e-mail?
But at its core it is a move toward integration of a healing relationship in primary care and population management all at the point of care with the tools to do just that.
The Key to Transitioning from Fee-for-Service to Value-Based ReimbursementsHealth Catalyst
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursements has good and bad consequences for healthcare. While the shift will ultimately help health systems provide higher quality lower cost care, the transition may be financially disastrous for some. In addition, the shifting revenue mix from commercial payers to Medicare and Medicaid is creating its own set of challenges. There are, however, three keys to surviving the transition: 1) Effectively manage shared savings programs to maximize reimbursement. 2) Improve operating costs. 3) Increase patient volumes. With an analytics foundation, health systems will be able to meet and survive today’s healthcare challenges.
Many healthcare organizations seem to have been in perpetual pilot stage while experimenting with value-based payment models. Healthcare organizations are focusing their efforts in two primary areas: developing the skills to successfully manage at-risk contracts and, preparing for the considerable business and care delivery transformation necessary for true population health management. But what are the foundational competencies needed to take on risk? Healthcare organizations should consider the following 5 key areas: 1) at-risk contract management, 2) network management, 3) care management, 4) performance monitoring, and 5) improvement prioritization. The value of analytics in each of these competency areas is to prioritize limited resources on the highest impact area.
Healthcare Quality Improvement: A Foundational Business StrategyHealth Catalyst
Waste is a $3 trillion problem in the U.S. Fortunately, quality improvement theory (per W. Edwards Deming) intrinsically links high-quality care with financial performance and waste reduction. According to Deming, better outcomes eliminate waste, thereby reducing costs.
To improve quality and process and ultimately financial performance, an industry must first determine where it falls short of its theoretic potential. Healthcare fails in five critical areas:
Massive variation in clinical practices.
High rates of inappropriate care.
Unacceptable rates of preventable care-associated patient injury and death.
A striking inability to “do what we know works.”
Huge amounts of waste.
Removing Barriers to Clinician Engagement: Partnerships in Improvement WorkHealth Catalyst
With clinicians driving many of the decisions that affect health system quality and cost, they’re an essential part of successful improvement efforts. Clinicians are, however, notoriously overburdened in today’s healthcare setting, and getting their buy-in for additional projects is often a big challenge. To successfully partner with these professionals in improvement work, health systems must develop engagement strategies that prioritize clinician needs and concerns and leverage data that’s meaningful to clinicians.
Improvement leaders can approach clinician engagement on three levels:
Clinician-led local programs.
Department- or division-level programs.
Leadership-level growth and improvement programs.
Rethinking Value Based Healthcare
Around the world healthcare providers are busy exploring how value-based healthcare can both improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery and seed new opportunities for innovation. Continuing our collaboration with Denmark, we are very pleased to release a new perspective on how VBHC can have greater impact in practice. Based on insights from a recent event hosted by DTU Executive Business Education and undertaken in partnership with Rethink Value, this point of view looks at the key issues for patients, physicals, providers and payers.
It explores some of the associated implications for healthcare systems worldwide, highlights several leading early examples of VBHC in practice and looks at how it can have impact at scale. Recommendations focus on the structure of care, key metrics, moving beyond pilots, changes in reimbursement models and the need for greater insight sharing and deeper collaboration.
For related Future Agenda research see www.futureofpatientdata.org
Drive Better Outcomes with Four Data-Informed Patient Engagement TacticsHealth Catalyst
Increased patient engagement leads to better clinical outcomes, but organizations still struggle to engage patients and their families in their care. To start, patients have different levels of interest in their care and competency regarding healthcare, which adds to the challenge of treating each patient like a member of the care team.
However difficult these patient engagement roadblocks are, organizations can use data to overcome them. Access to data allows healthcare leaders and providers to identify opportunities to optimize patient engagement. By implementing four data-informed tactics, systems can increase patient engagement and improve health outcomes:
1. Implement shared decision-making interventions.
2. Advance health equity.
3. Prioritize patient feedback.
4. Provide patient-centered education.
Learn some simple truths about how ACO's operate and function. Adapted from http://www.insight-txcin.org/post/why-accountable-care-organizations-succeed
Patient Centered Medical home talk at WVUPaul Grundy
To employers the cost of healthcare is now a business issue and this talk is about what one large buyer IBM did to drive transformation via broad coalition with other large employers to form the Patient Centered Medical Home movement and the covenant between buyer and provider away from the garbage we now buy episodic uncoordinated disintegrated care. In the change of convenient conversation we have worked with the Primary care providers to give us coordinated, integrated, accessible and compressive care with a set of principles know as the Patient centered medical home.
A Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) happens when primary care healers keeping that core healing relationship with their patients step up to become specialists in Family and Community Medicine. The move is to the discipline of leading a team that delivers population health management, patent centered prevention, care that is coordination, comprehensive accessible 24/7 and integrated across a deliver system. PCMH happens when the specialists in Family and Community Medicine wake up every morning and ask the question how will my team improve the health of my community today?
All over the world three huge factors are in play that is driving the concept of Patient Centered Medical Home. They are:
1) Cost and demography
2) Information technology and data (information that is actionable will equal a demand for accountability by the payer or buyer of the care)
3) Consumer demand to engage healthcare differently (at least as well as they can their bank- on line) have a question about lab results why not e-mail?
But at its core it is a move toward integration of a healing relationship in primary care and population management all at the point of care with the tools to do just that.
The Key to Transitioning from Fee-for-Service to Value-Based ReimbursementsHealth Catalyst
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursements has good and bad consequences for healthcare. While the shift will ultimately help health systems provide higher quality lower cost care, the transition may be financially disastrous for some. In addition, the shifting revenue mix from commercial payers to Medicare and Medicaid is creating its own set of challenges. There are, however, three keys to surviving the transition: 1) Effectively manage shared savings programs to maximize reimbursement. 2) Improve operating costs. 3) Increase patient volumes. With an analytics foundation, health systems will be able to meet and survive today’s healthcare challenges.
Many healthcare organizations seem to have been in perpetual pilot stage while experimenting with value-based payment models. Healthcare organizations are focusing their efforts in two primary areas: developing the skills to successfully manage at-risk contracts and, preparing for the considerable business and care delivery transformation necessary for true population health management. But what are the foundational competencies needed to take on risk? Healthcare organizations should consider the following 5 key areas: 1) at-risk contract management, 2) network management, 3) care management, 4) performance monitoring, and 5) improvement prioritization. The value of analytics in each of these competency areas is to prioritize limited resources on the highest impact area.
Healthcare Quality Improvement: A Foundational Business StrategyHealth Catalyst
Waste is a $3 trillion problem in the U.S. Fortunately, quality improvement theory (per W. Edwards Deming) intrinsically links high-quality care with financial performance and waste reduction. According to Deming, better outcomes eliminate waste, thereby reducing costs.
To improve quality and process and ultimately financial performance, an industry must first determine where it falls short of its theoretic potential. Healthcare fails in five critical areas:
Massive variation in clinical practices.
High rates of inappropriate care.
Unacceptable rates of preventable care-associated patient injury and death.
A striking inability to “do what we know works.”
Huge amounts of waste.
Removing Barriers to Clinician Engagement: Partnerships in Improvement WorkHealth Catalyst
With clinicians driving many of the decisions that affect health system quality and cost, they’re an essential part of successful improvement efforts. Clinicians are, however, notoriously overburdened in today’s healthcare setting, and getting their buy-in for additional projects is often a big challenge. To successfully partner with these professionals in improvement work, health systems must develop engagement strategies that prioritize clinician needs and concerns and leverage data that’s meaningful to clinicians.
Improvement leaders can approach clinician engagement on three levels:
Clinician-led local programs.
Department- or division-level programs.
Leadership-level growth and improvement programs.
Rethinking Value Based Healthcare
Around the world healthcare providers are busy exploring how value-based healthcare can both improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery and seed new opportunities for innovation. Continuing our collaboration with Denmark, we are very pleased to release a new perspective on how VBHC can have greater impact in practice. Based on insights from a recent event hosted by DTU Executive Business Education and undertaken in partnership with Rethink Value, this point of view looks at the key issues for patients, physicals, providers and payers.
It explores some of the associated implications for healthcare systems worldwide, highlights several leading early examples of VBHC in practice and looks at how it can have impact at scale. Recommendations focus on the structure of care, key metrics, moving beyond pilots, changes in reimbursement models and the need for greater insight sharing and deeper collaboration.
For related Future Agenda research see www.futureofpatientdata.org
Drive Better Outcomes with Four Data-Informed Patient Engagement TacticsHealth Catalyst
Increased patient engagement leads to better clinical outcomes, but organizations still struggle to engage patients and their families in their care. To start, patients have different levels of interest in their care and competency regarding healthcare, which adds to the challenge of treating each patient like a member of the care team.
However difficult these patient engagement roadblocks are, organizations can use data to overcome them. Access to data allows healthcare leaders and providers to identify opportunities to optimize patient engagement. By implementing four data-informed tactics, systems can increase patient engagement and improve health outcomes:
1. Implement shared decision-making interventions.
2. Advance health equity.
3. Prioritize patient feedback.
4. Provide patient-centered education.
Learn some simple truths about how ACO's operate and function. Adapted from http://www.insight-txcin.org/post/why-accountable-care-organizations-succeed
mHealth Israel_US Health Insurance Overview- An Insider's PerspectiveLevi Shapiro
Presentation about the US Health Insurance Sector by Lori Rund, VP, Product Management and Market Intelligence at Health Alliance Plan, a managed care organization owned by the Henry Ford Health System, with 650,000 lives. Lori is responsible for the identification, concept building, researching and business case developments for new products, services and markets. She develops and leads comprehensive market intelligence functions to help the organization better understand industry trends and identify business opportunities.
Prior to joining Health Alliance Plan, Lori was Director of Product Development and Market Intelligence at Health Alliance Medical Plans in Illinois and Director of Market Research and Strategy at Carle Clinic Association, also in Illinois.
White Paper - Building Your ACO and Healthcare IT’s RoleNextGen Healthcare
The tools needed to capture, organize, and share healthcare data are truly evolving at the speed of light. Patient Centered Medical Homes play a vital role in the path toward accountable care and technology, staff, and workflow transformation are necessary to achieve PCMH recognition. This transformation allows healthcare providers to deliver higher quality coordinated care by streamlining and rationalizing the patient experience.
Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care TechnologyAlayaCare
While shifting financial models is a major challenge facing healthcare, we can safely assume where that shift is heading. As it stands, there continues to be a paucity of good evidence as to how to run an effective Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, and definitive metrics on how it can lead to better outcomes. Thus, this shift is underway filled with far more expectations than answers.
With this guide will you learn how your home care agency can prepare, adapt and thrive in a value-based purchasing landscape with the help of modern home care technology.
Population Health Management: Enabling Accountable Care in Collaborative Prov...Salus One Ed
This document provides the reader information about population health management (PMH), how it relates to incentive payments for healthcare providers and their health insurance partners (commercial and government). See details about required transformation of care delivery methods, typical accountable care payment models, how to achieve incentives, partnerships between state government (public health) and community shared services needs and necessary technology and data to achieve it.
Five years in, and the Affordable Care Act continues to command conversation in the benefits landscape. Industry players are still scrambling to implement new provisions, keep healthcare costs down, create infrastructure to support new reporting requirements, and develop new payer, provider and care delivery models.
This has, in turn pushed the respective hands of health plans, who have had to change their strategies to fit both the consumerization of insurance and the standards set forth under the ACA.
With end-users in the forefront, health plans must take the strategy implemented 15 years ago with the rise of the internet, and push the marketing and communication initiatives into overdrive to gain and retain customers.
Health plans are shifting their mentality and communication, ant the best of the best are putting time, money, and energy into literacy and new business initiatives.
To simplify, a health plan needs to put the consumer at the center of every decision it makes.
However, in order to plan, communicate, and effectively market to consumers, your health plan must know the consumer, the technology, and the future.
If you’re looking to grow your health plan, we have just released a new guide to help your health plan leverage trends in the post-reform consumer marketplace.
In our latest whitepaper, we share the keys to success for health plans, including the following:
Consumer Trends: Top 5 Healthcare Executive Consumer Strategy Points, Today’s Healthcare Consumers: Six Types of Consumers You Need to Know, Millennial Consumers Special Report
Technology Trends: Big Data, Administration Technology, Payment Technology, mHealth and more.
Future Trends: Accountable Care Organizations, The Future of Telehealth, Continues Rise of Private Exchanges
All of this, and insights on how to make it work for your health plan.
Download this detailed guide, Health Plans: Your Guide to Leveraging Trends in the Post-Reform Consumer Marketplace, free from the Healthcare Trends Institute.
http://www.evolution1.com/health-plans-your-guide-to-leveraging-trends-in-the-post-reform-consumer-marketplace.html
Learn more about our simple, smart, fast, and reliable behavioral health solutions. We’ll help you enhance care quality, better coordinate care, streamline workflows, and grow your bottom line.
Through the innovative use of technology and proprietary revenue cycle management methodologies, NextGen RCM Services, helps practices maximize their revenue cycle results, while minimizing their tedious daily functions of billing and collecting.
NextGen Practice Management: Powerful. Smart. Efficient.NextGen Healthcare
Learn how to increase revenue and gain better control of your operation like thousands of practices that have already improved their productivity and enhanced their cash flow with NextGen® Practice Management (PM).
Tap into our integrated system. See how your organization can achieve a new level of care and financial success. Leverage the NextGen Healthcare Ambulatory Ecosystem for your healthcare IT needs.
Today it’s critical for providers to devote time to patient education; inform patients about their conditions and how to prevent, treat, and manage them. Proper management of chronic conditions extends well beyond episodic and infrequent visits to a provider’s office. This population health white paper discusses why patients must become responsible for their day-to-day disease management. Patients will frequently be required to self-monitor their health indicators, observe symptoms, and note behavior, but they must also adhere to complex medication regimens
White Paper - An Integrated Electronic Dental Record (EDR): The Missing Piece...NextGen Healthcare
This paper discusses the value of a single patient record for a CHC, FQHC, or tribal health center. These centers have medical and dental units that can achieve higher levels of patient care and focus in the continuum of patient care with a unified patient record.
eBook - Top Ten Reasons Cloud Computing is Inevitable in DentistryNextGen Healthcare
This eBook provides a list of reasons behind the certainty of the cloud and cloud based technology in dentistry, and provides the "top ten" reasons for dental professionals to move their electronic dental record (EDR) and practice management (PM) data management systems to the cloud.
eBook - Tools, Resources, and Expertise for your ACO/Collaborative Care JourneyNextGen Healthcare
Learn how NextGen Healthcare can equip you with the tools, resources, and expertise needed to reach your Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Meaningful Use (MU), and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) goals.
eBook - Top Six Ways an Integrated EDR Improves Your Health CenterNextGen Healthcare
If you have doubts about whether you need an electronic dental record (EDR), look no further. This eBook packs the punch you need to see how the right EDR can really revolutionize your practice.
Learn the essential difference why working with QSIDental in implementing and deploying your new enterprise software is unlike working with any other dental software company.
The number of patients with high-deductible plans continues to grow. Effective collection of patient financial responsibilities must be a priority for a practice to stay on the path of financial health. Download this eBook to learn key straegies for optimizing patient collections.
Gain insights from data analytics and take action! Learn why everyone is making a big deal about big data in healthcare and how data analytics creates action.
See how one GI practice in North Carolina achieved over half-million dollars a year in savings and other benefits after adopting NextGen Ambulatory EHR and Practice Management.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
How world-class product teams are winning in the AI era by CEO and Founder, P...
eBook - How to Think Like an ACO
1. How to think like an ACO
Why Healthcare is Changing1
So What Exactly is Collaborative Care?2
Cost Drivers: Value vs. Volume3
ACO/Collaborative Care Benefits4
Accountable care—
What’s in it for you
(and your patients)?
3. Imagine this…
a healthcare system where people, though living longer,
are healthier than previous generations. The quality of care
is continually improving. And the cost of care delivered is
affordable for all Americans.
Now picture this…healthcare providers across the country,
ranging from primary care doctors to specialists, from
hospitals to large health systems, are all collaborating with
each other to improve health outcomes for their patient
populations—and getting paid well in return.
Now that’s Accountable Care!
The American healthcare system is changing rapidly, with no end in sight.
It’s fragmented and its costs have been unsustainable for decades. Our
population is aging while people are living longer. Today, the needs of
chronic care patients and the elderly drive approximately 75% of
our nation’s healthcare costs. Plus, chronic disease is the leading cause
of death and disability in the U.S.—and very costly to treat.
5. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) integrate local physicians with other members
of their healthcare community and reward them for controlling costs and improving quality
While ACOs are not radically different from other efforts to improve the cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery—
such as health maintenance organizations (HMOs), physician-hospital organizations (PHOs), and independent practice
associations (IPAs)—their innovation lies in the flexibility intrinsic to their structure, payments, and risk assumption.
How does an ACO work?
Similar to physicians in integrated healthcare delivery systems—such as the Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, and Intermountain
Healthcare—ACO physicians are accountable for the outcomes and expenditures of their patient population. They are
tasked with collaboratively improving care to achieve cost and quality goals set by payers. ACOs can be voluntary or
involuntary, distribute bonuses when targets are met, and levy penalties when targets are missed.
What are an ACO’s pieces and parts?
“Its components include patient-centered
care with an orientation toward the
whole person, comprehensive care,
care coordinated across all the elements
of the health system, superb access to
care, and a systems-based approach to
quality and safety.”i
“Ultimately, these components
are intended to improve patient
outcomes—including better patient
experience with care, improved
quality of care (leading to better
health), and reduced costs.”ii
7. Adopt collaborative care now
The sooner providers adopt collaborative care models, like ACO and PCMH,
the more likely they are to increase value—and not only share in savings, but
also share in a greater portion of the system savings. Achieving results, however,
is a multi-year process that requires a significant investment in time and resources.
Engaged healthcare consumers and providers
Value breeds a new type of healthcare consumer. One that is more engaged,
satisfied, and healthy. Patients and providers with these characteristics are
fundamental to improved outcomes. Better adherence to treatment
recommendations, follow-up, and prevention are all activities that affect
outcomes, but are required of patients and made easier with engaged providers.
Value doesn’t = volume
Healthcare value doesn’t come from volume but rather from results for lower
cost, achieved by providers who develop expertise, reduce errors, increase
efficiency, and improve outcomes. Value is, therefore, an indicator patients
can use when choosing where to get care.
Value-based payment models:
Public and commercial markets are
deploying new payment models with
value as the target. Commercial
efforts have already saved millions
annually. CMS actuaries project that
the Medicare Shared Savings Program
could save as much as $1 billion over
three years. That number is under 0.10
percent of total Medicare spending.
Medicaid is also launching models in
more than five states across the country.V
Today, it’s common knowledge that the cost of healthcare will continue to rise.
As healthcare becomes a greater portion of expenses for employers, public and
private insurers, and even patients, there is an increasing focus on efficiency
and value. Given this pressure to achieve better value for healthcare, it is safe to
assume that investment will level off and likely decrease over time.
9. NextGen Healthcare ACO/
Collaborative Care Solutions
Collaborative care is not any one
product or service. It is a concept
that is framed and supported
first by proper business planning
and then by the optimal use of
organizational, clinical, financial,
and technical resources. It does
not come from “out-of-the-box”
solutions and is not “plug-and-
play.”Rather, it is a very business
- and staff-intensive concept that
requires expertise.
Benefits for PROVIDERS:
• Gain immediate access to clinical information
• Improve workflow and care coordination
• Enhance communication with all members of
the patient’s care team
• Prevent, diagnose, and treat certain diseases or
combinations of conditions, in particular
complex cases
• Improve the application of evidence-based medicine
through disease management protocols and clinical
decision support
• Increase physician and staff job satisfaction by
creating a “hassle-free” clinical practice
Benefits for PATIENTS:
• Deliver coordinated care across physician offices
and hospitals
• Achieve better health outcomes
• Enable all care team members to access full
medical history
• Stop repeatedly filling out forms on medical history
and repeating unnecessary tests
• Increase patient engagement and satisfaction
10. NextGen Healthcare collaborative care experts help providers reach
collaborative and ACO goals, with services that include:
Education and Strategic Planning
• Health reform megatrends: The impact they will
have on an organization
• Organizational preparedness and transformation
• New delivery models
• Healthcare policy and regulatory analysis
• Healthcare community partnerships
Organizational Transformation
• Cultural planning: staffing models, change
management, new models
• Clinical and business transformation
• Application of technology
Program Assistance
• Funding discovery: matching funding
opportunities to client needs
• Funding-related advice, consulting, and
relationship management
• Funding response writing and planning
• Program execution assistance based on
specific programs
Learn more about
NextGen Healthcare.
Watch an online demo at
nextgen.com/ACO