Intermountain Healthcare October 1‚ 2013 Intermountain Healthcare Continuous improvement in quality and productivity processes is essential for any business that wants to be profitable but more so for Health care organizations due to the constant changing nature of their practice. The philosophy of continuous improvement is captured in the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle proposed by W. Edwards Deming (Fitzsimmons et. Al.‚ 2013). The three principles that form the foundation for Deming’s teaching
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Case Analysis: Intermountain Healthcare Key Factors Behind the Success of Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Healthcare ("Intermountain" or "IHC") is widely regarded as a successful model of low cost‚ high quality delivery. The Midwest-based integrated delivery system achieved this reputation by adopting an approach that emphasizes reducing healthcare costs through process-driven delivery quality improvement. The three most important elements of this approach are: 1) the focus on minimizing
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THREE Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare Key Points Operational focus - strategy rather than management. How will the organization prepare for the future if their primary customer (government) reduces spending? How will they address decreasing revenues caused by their increasing effiencies? Key People/Structures Dave Burton‚ & Brent James - Clinical Management System Design Linda Leckman – CEO Medical Group Nancy Nowak – Chief Nursing Officer Brent Wallace – Chief Medical Officer
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Intermountain Healthcare is a model healthcare system located in the Midwest region of the United States serving Utah and Idaho. They are considered the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West. As of 2013‚ Intermountain Healthcare operates 22 hospitals in Utah and 1 hospital in Idaho. Intermountain also operates clinics‚ and urgent care facilities that are run by physicians as part of the Intermountain Medical Group. In total‚ Intermountain Healthcare runs over 160 healthcare facilities
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Hill Date: February 24‚ 2013 Subject: PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION Enclosed is a formal report on physician compensation. Intermountain Healthcare is in the process of deciding if changing how physicians are compensated is pertinent to improving Intermountain Healthcare’s motto of‚ “extraordinary care” and financial wellbeing. This report describes how Intermountain Healthcare is looking at using the government enacted Stark regulation system. This system uses RVUs (relative value units) in determining
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Kuan-Chung (Bill) Wu HPM540: Professor Kamke HPM540: Case Study 3: Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare 1. What is your assessment of the Performance Management system developed at Intermountain Healthcare? - The Performance Management (PM) system developed by Intermountain has become a model for many healthcare organizations. Intermountain’s PM system includes the following elements: 1) Identifying six most important performance criteria‚ 2) Developing goals for different
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The Intermountain Region aka Irrigation By Junita and Gursharan The Intermountain Region is a region that is located in parts of Canada and America‚ while lying between the Rocky and Coast Mountains‚ the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada. The high plateaus and isolated mountains with the only deserts in the US of A are very sparsely populated (excluding major cities). In Canada‚ this region is consisted of the interior plateau valleys of BC and the Yukon. The economic
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Prejudices in Our World Both Brent Staples in “Black Men and Public Places” and Judith Cofer in “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” seem to be illustrating the prejudices some people have. They both explain how the way they look gets them treated by others. Brent Staples‚ because he is black in perceived as a criminal; Judith Cofer is a Latina and is mistaken for a waitress. Both stories give numerous examples of prejudice. In addition‚ each writer has a larger purpose
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"Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power To Alter Public Space"� Stereotypes affect different individuals regardless race‚ religion‚ sex‚ and creed. In "Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space‚"� Brent Staples demonstrates how a stereotype on race and sex can intervene with one another. Each point‚ whether a narrative or remark‚ can have positive and negative outcomes on the audience Staples is trying to enlighten. His thesis‚ the ability to alter public space
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While surfing the web‚ I found out some very informative information about the life of Brent Staples. Brent Staples was an intelligent man‚ not just an ordinary man from Chester‚ Pennsylvania. He earned various degrees as different universities and colleges like a BA from Widener University in 1973‚ and a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1977. He was a professor of psychology at various universities in the states. Writing is one of Staples’ specialties and he has been a reporter at the Chicago
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