June 15, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Senior executives and quality, clinician, and IT leaders at ThedaCare in Appleton, Wis., have been busy visioning the future, both internally, and collaboratively with leaders of other patient care organizations nationwide. Through the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, they are collaborating with other leaders nationwide to spur clinical business intelligence-driven performance improvment.
June 14, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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According to a survey of 139 hospital and health system executives by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), only 20 percent of physicians believe they are “very prepared” and have the necessary infrastructure to support quality and outcomes-based management. This reinforces the need for services that will help hospitals as they work with their physicians and physician practices to transition to the new models of care.