2008
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1235
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Continuous Innovation In Health Care: Implications Of The Geisinger Experience

Abstract: To achieve the diverse health care goals of the United States, health care value must increase. The capacity to create value through innovation is facilitated by an integrated delivery system focused on creating value, measuring innovation returns, and receiving market rewards. This paper describes the Geisinger Health System's innovation strategy for care model redesign. Geisinger's clinical leadership, dedicated innovation team, electronic health information systems, and financial incentive alignment each co… Show more

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“…68 • Telemedicine and other innovations that link remote practices to each other and more specialized resources.…”
Section: A) Informal Network and System Innovationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…68 • Telemedicine and other innovations that link remote practices to each other and more specialized resources.…”
Section: A) Informal Network and System Innovationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Early results have been fairly positive, with lower emergency room utilization and hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, and generally lower costs, with better intermediate quality outcomes for several chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes [11][12][13][14] . However, it is far from clear that these are the best results that can be obtained, that the results will be generalizable to practices at large or what exactly the best approach for making the transition is.…”
Section: H Ealth Care In the United States Is The World's Mostmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An example is the continuous innovation process under way at Geisinger Health System to drive idealized care. 12 Medicare has nothing like the integrated delivery system or information systems capacity that Geisinger has built, but the agency could emulate many of the key lessons about creating explicit goals, leadership, organizational structure, incentives, and processes within the agency and with its partners to drive rapid innovation. The CMS would, of course, need a strong mandate, flexibility, resources, and ongoing political support for such an undertaking.…”
Section: A New Approach To Program Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%