Featured ACO Articles
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Finding The ROI In Clinical IT Systems
10/25/2012
Beacon Partners conducted this particular study in the summer of 2012 to analyze how hospitals and care delivery organizations are using clinical system performance measures as a way to calculate the return-on-investment (ROI) of electronic medical records (EMRs) systems.
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Improving Quality And Reducing Costs In A Medicare Shared Savings Program And ACO Environment
4/16/2014
Over the past decade, the healthcare system in the United States has been increasingly encumbered by an aging population, the burden of chronic disease, and economic pressures. In response to this confluence of events, federal healthcare reform has stimulated the public and private sectors to bend the cost curve and improve performance.
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ACO’s: What The Henry Ford Physician Network Can Teach
10/10/2011
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are one of the most promising responses to healthcare reform. One of the best examples to date is the Henry Ford Physician Network in Michigan. Here’s how much the new group has achieved already—and a sense of how far it has to go.
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5 Steps To Building An Effective Care Management Program
7/1/2016
How to Create, Implement, and Operate a Successful Program.
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The Promise Of Mobile Technology
11/21/2012
Unlike information technology preceding it, mobile technology’s adoption in healthcare has been rapid and broad. According to CompTIA, 81 percent of U.S. physicians use a smartphone in their work environment.
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7 Tips To Getting Paid For Meaningful Use
6/5/2012
The clock is ticking down for physician practices looking to receive the full incentive for achieving Stage 1 Meaningful Use, but the tips in this white paper can help you get there before the deadline arrives.
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ACO: The Next Big Shift For Healthcare Organizations
3/30/2012
This white paper shares the findings of recent research that assesses the understanding and preparation levels for developing an ACO among healthcare organizations.
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PQRS Initiative Yields $70,000 ROI For Clinic
2/28/2012
In this case study, find out how Birmingham Heart Clinic was able to boost charge capture, per-provider income, and patient visits within the first 12 months of deploying integrated HER, practice management, and interoperability solution.
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Balancing The Scales: Selecting The Right EHR For The Life Of Your Practice And Your Patients
3/25/2013
If we are at or approaching a technological tipping point in the history of healthcare, then it has never been more important for physician practices to select the right electronic health record (EHR) – and there are tangible reasons to believe so.
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What You Need To Know In Replacing An EHR
11/5/2011
This independent mixed case study and white paper performed at the request of Greenway Medical Technologies provides an independent in-depth analysis of how Greenway’s services, solutions, and technology are helping medical practices undergo EMR-to-EHR conversions.