It is often easier to continue to do what we've always done rather than step back and question why we do something a certain way and take the steps to a different approach. In healthcare, we have a number of barriers to delivering care to our patients - complexities in billing and regulation, geography, demand and uncertainty. As part of our continued commitment to improvement and innovation, we invited our team of medical practice executives to submit stories of innovation

If you are fortunate enough to belong to an organization that does regular strategic planning then most likely you’ve participated in a S.W.O.T. analysis. This is a helpful tool to gage’s your group’s perception on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. While it is helpful, the majority of the time the bulk of the exercise revolves around the firm’s weaknesses. It can be enlightening to hear what employees believe to be your company’s Achilles’ heels; however,

I can’t do much about national healthcare delivery changes, but I can choose my responses. I am choosing to see the positives and apply MedMan’s resources and flexibility to make a difference out there. Here’s what we’ve developed lately. new type of client – Our biggest contract ever came recently from an Oregon insurance plan that is creating access for its members by building its own clinics, turning over the development and management to MedMan. new region - An Arkansas

When given the challenge to assist a client with operationalizing a new 25,000 square foot facility our project team went to the Library. I think back to schlepping to the library on a snowy winter day – a tall brick edifice, perched higher than surrounding buildings, a huge oversized entrance, being greeted by helpful staff who pointed me to the massive book resting on a table of its own that contained the index that would tell me the floor in the building, the area on that

What could MedMan and Medicare possibly have in common? Oddly enough, both value 'sharing'. Sharing is the most common value cited for MedMan Advancing our Values nominees, MedMan's version of Employee of the Year award. But Medicare has two distinct types of sharing - Gain Sharing and Risk Sharing. The terms are used rather loosely, and may not be well understood, as I learned at a recent client Annual Planning Meeting. Ergo, let’s take a closer look… Gain Sharing has been

In the first article in this series, we looked at the Institute of Medicine’s STEEEP acronym, which stands for care that is Safe, Timely, Effective, Efficient, Equitable, and Patient-Centered. Patient-centered care is the sixth and final pillar. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement describes patient centered-ness by stating, “The individual patient’s culture, social context, and specific needs deserve respect, and the patient should play an active role in making decisions