18 levers for high-impact performance improvement : how healthcare organizations can accelerate change and sustain results /

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Author / Creator:Auton, Gary M., author.
Imprint:Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, [2018]
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 402 pages)
Language:English
Series:ACHE management series
Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12018514
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Varying Form of Title:Eighteen levers for high-impact performance improvement
ISBN:9781567939965
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Summary:Bridging the gap between performance improvement theory and its real-world application, this book applies systems engineering principles and methods to such critical topics as strategic growth, portfolio management, revenue cycle, and clinical utilization improvement. --
Other form:Print version: Auton, Gary M. 18 levers for high-impact performance improvement. Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, [2018] 9781567939958
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Performance Acceleration in Healthcare Organizations
  • Chapter 1. The Emerging Healthcare Business Model
  • Chapter 2. Assessing the Starting Point
  • Chapter 3. A New Framework for Healthcare Performance Improvement
  • Part II. Healthcare Performance Improvement Levers
  • Chapter 4. Improving Processes and Facilities
  • Chapter 5. Aligning Resources with Demand
  • Chapter 6. Leveraging the System
  • Chapter 7. Optimizing Nonlabor Expenses
  • Chapter 8. Improving Quality and Clinical Utilization
  • Chapter 9. Building Revenues
  • Chapter 10. Optimizing the Service Portfolio
  • Part III. Design, Implementation, and Performance Monitoring
  • Chapter 11. Structure and Process for Performance Improvement
  • Chapter 12. Leading Implementation
  • Chapter 13. Three Disciplines for Holding the Gains
  • Appendix A. Organizational Assessment Template for Performance Improvement Competencies
  • Appendix B. The 18 Performance Improvement Levers for Healthcare Systems
  • Appendix C. Application of Improvement Levers by Functional Area
  • References
  • About the Author.