Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

When you write e-mails, reports, letters, and other documents, here's how to keep your readers alert and responsive: Use personal pronouns skillfully. It may be convenient to refer to COGS instead of spelling out "cost of goods sold." Readers find acronyms tiresome, especially ones they're not familiar with. Use them judiciously.

VBM 10

VBM EBITDA Document Activity Based Costing 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Staffed with dedicated professionals armed with the requisite skills, experience, and credibility, a central group can accelerate the realization of value improvements — better outcomes, more efficient processes, lower costs, and aligned payment models — across the organization. Integrate quality data into care delivery.

Health Care 8

Health Care Management Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

These efforts were part of the providers’ quest to increase the value of their care delivery — in other words, achieve better outcomes at the lowest-possible cost. select a project team with the right skill sets. measure both costs and outcomes for comparative analyses of care variation.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

RI co-developed an outcomes-reporting software tool and is now able to seamlessly integrate this information into each patient’s medical record. HOI publishes its outcomes data online and has become the largest contributor of patient-reported-outcomes data to the California Joint Replacement Registry.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Activity Based Costing Metrics 8