Though much emphasis remains on volume growth, health care is slowly but surely shifting some focus from volume to an emphasis on population health – serving the entire needs of a portion of the market. But what does that mean for market strategy? How do you go about attracting a significant portion of the market … Read More
Effective growth strategy in healthcare requires a plan: a collaborative roadmap for achieving growth. But let’s say your intentions are good but you just don’t know where to start. What are some steps you could take to develop a roadmap for achieving the growth you desire? Step one: gather information about the overall environment … Read More
Recent years have brought unprecedented and ongoing consolidation to healthcare. As healthcare organizations continue to grow via mergers and acquisitions, the challenge to demonstrate ROI becomes more critical. Where are your organization’s redundancies? Are merger combined departments performing at consistent levels and with regard for best practices? Do you have confidence that all available … Read More
Fall is a great time to evaluate how fast change is occurring within your organization. Is growth stalled by a failure to execute? If so take steps now to improve. Focus on the tough questions. Is the organization still focused on the desired outcome? Is there a plan and timetable to get there? Does leadership … Read More
Achieving best practice referral development can prove to be challenging yet today’s ultra competitive markets require a best-in-class approach. Take time to develop a framework via a detailed directive that helps move the organization from multiple, fragmented, disparate approaches to one. A well-designed structure, developed within a time-limited work group, includes role definition as step … Read More
Aligning with physicians for service line growth remains an imperative, especially for primary care, cardiovascular, orthopedics and wellness. An integrated service line growth plan allows for both alignment and growth. A well-defined service line growth plan identifies current trends and opportunities in rapidly changing environments. The plan defines a business model for service line growth … Read More