A series of changes anywhere from 7 to 10 years ago in healthcare precipitated
the tsunami effect that in many respects is what we are witnessing today.
This is
my metaphor for describing healthcare transformation. This is a Japanese
painting of a tsunami wave. Tsunami as you all know is a result of disruption
that occurs on the surface of the earth and its basically a sound wave that is
moving through water. In reality the sound wave is separated in time and
distance from the actual tsunami wave. The reason I use this a metaphor is that
a series of changes anywhere from 7 to 10 years ago in healthcare have
precipitated a few years ago are having the tsunami effect in healthcare today.
One of the things about tsunami is that there is no way to stop it, no way to brick walls high enough. Tsunami waves are insurmountable and will
overtake the situation and that is in many respects what we are having in
healthcare today.
Jonathan Swift in 1711 said that “Vision is the art of seeing things
that are invisible”. Charles H. Duell
was the Commissioner of US patent office in 1899. Mr. Deull's
most famous attributed utterance is that "everything that can be invented
has been invented.“ But, I believe that “Vision
is the art of seeing things that are invisible”.
What I am stating here is my vision about healthcare transformation and my
vision.
Establish a Triple Aim in Healthcare:
- Improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction)
- Improving the health of populations; and
- Reducing the per capita cost of health care
Current State of Healthcare
Transformation
Journey
Recommended components for achieving tripe aim
v Interactive
and Visual Model Builder
v Population
Health Management Governance
v Increasing
dollar value (downward economic pressure)
v Improve
Utilization (under and over)
v Health
System – ACO communication
v Extensible
Software Framework for Mobile and Telemedicine
v KPI
Management (financial
against quality)
v Analytics
Solutions and Capabilities
Ø Care management
Ø Disease management
Ø Palliative care
Ø Medication Adherence
Ø Avoidable Admissions
Ø Fraud Waste and Abuse
Ø Risk Modeling and Analytics
