The Changing Role of Ancillary Health Care Service Providers: An Evaluation of Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc
| Autor: | Steven Thompson, John Barron, Shahrzad Grami, Ralph Turner, Szilard Voros, Dawn L. Thiselton, Stephen A. Varvel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Leadership and Management
Total cost business.industry Health Policy media_common.quotation_subject Health care service Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Disease Incentive Nursing Ambulatory care Health care Medicine Quality (business) Diagnostic laboratory business health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | Population Health Management. 17:121-126 |
| ISSN: | 1942-7905 1942-7891 |
| Popis: | In an effort to reduce cost and improve quality, health care payers have enacted a number of incentives to motivate providers to focus their efforts on achieving better clinical outcomes and reducing the prevalence and progression of disease. In response to these incentives, providers are entering into new arrangements such as accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes to redesign delivery processes and achieve quality and cost objectives. This article reports the results of a study designed to evaluate the impact on cost and quality of care resulting from services provided by Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., a clinical laboratory with a comprehensive care model. The results show that patients who utilized these laboratory services experienced lower total cost of care (23% reduction, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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