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Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy 2015

ecepeda — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:28:14 +0000

The staff of HX360™ – a new initiative co-developed by HIMSS and AVIA – wishes you some much-deserved time off with family and for a prosperous and happy 2015!

We’ll be back the week of January 5^th with more exciting ideas about how we can combine the right mix of resources, process and technologies to improve the way we deliver health care.

To learn more about who we are, please visit http://www.hx360.org/content/meet-team

A Strategic Approach to Healthcare Transformation

ecepeda — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:51:56 +0000

Transforming the care model is a necessary first step to succeeding under value-based payment models where payment is linked to outcomes. To maintain acceptable margins while improving quality of care and reducing costs, healthcare executives should develop strategies for:

Reduce Hospital Readmission with a Culture of Continuity

ecepeda — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:39:20 +0000

A recent study examined the impact of a multicomponent intervention on 30-day hospital readmissions over 12 months and found that a “culture of continuity” using processes that strengthen outpatient-inpatient caregiver communication improves patient care.

The results were clear: continuity decreased patient readmissions significantly.

“Multicomponent interventions are more successful at reducing readmissions than single-component interventions.”

5 Steps to Increasing Patient Retention

ecepeda — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:49:46 +0000

Keeping patients within the care network, when appropriate for the patient, allows for more proactive care coordination and improved monitoring of quality care, which also reduces costs. However, keeping patients within the prescribed network can be a challenge.

The following five steps can effectively and significantly increase patient retention:

Bill Petasnick: Why HX360 Makes Sense, From a CEO's Perspective

ecepeda — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:26:51 +0000

For nearly 20 years, I had the pleasure to serve as CEO of Froedtert Health; I’ve been a part of the healthcare field since 1968. Since that time, there has been a huge shift in the way we organize and deliver health services. The only constant has been change. In healthcare, you have to be willing to adapt. And while change seems to be the order of the day, there is one issue that continues to stand out in my mind: Technology. More specifically, the decision-making process surrounding emerging digital technologies.

Speaking Opportunities for the HX360 Event at HIMSS15 in Chicago

ecepeda — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:19:47 +0000

In our last post Fostering Collaboration in Technology-Enabled Healthcare Delivery: Call for Presentations we provided an overview of the HX360 inaugural event at HIMSS15, which will be held April 13-14, 2015 in Chicago.

Fostering Collaboration in Technology-Enabled Healthcare Delivery: Call for Presentations

ecepeda — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:44:42 +0000

“Fostering Collaboration in Technology-Enabled Healthcare Delivery” is the theme of the HX360 inaugural event at HIMSS15 in Chicago on April 13-14, 2015.

Come join a diverse group of innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, providers, payers, healthcare stakeholders and new entrants to the healthcare market to explore solutions to contemporary provider challenges, specifically focused on collaboration, process improvement and healthcare delivery technology.

Running The Gauntlet

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:55:58 +0000

In the book, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway gives an account of the Spanish Civil War through the eyes, and the experiences of, Robert Jordan an American expatriate fighting on the Republican side against the Fascists.

HX360 is born

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:54:52 +0000

HX360 is born

Turning data into insight: Event-based notifications drive improved outcomes

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:53:16 +0000

In order to improve health care quality in a meaningful way, physicians must be empowered to make informed clinical decisions. This includes being promptly notified of changes to a patient’s health status and any new “care events.” A care event could include the patient receiving care from a specialist, being seen in an emergency department or admitted to a hospital and then discharged to home or to another facility.