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Master the PRIMES

Leading Blog

Fixing involves corporate improvement programs like Activity Based Costing, Six Sigma and others.”These Creating is about transformation—imagination, declaration, invention, and innovation. How skilled are you at creating nothing? Marketing is inept (BELIEF).”. The Primes leaves you with plenty to think about.

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Health Care Providers Need a Value Management Office

Harvard Business Review

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.

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

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.

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