Health Care Industry Trends And the HIMSS Toolkit

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Health Care Industry Trends(And the HIMSS
Toolkit)
Kaveh Safavi MD, JD Chief Medical
Officer Solucient LLC

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Introducing Solucient

• Corporate headquarters in Evanston, IL
• Offices throughout the United States and in
  Europe
• More than 600 employees
• Over 2,000 clients
• Three solution groups
• Business performance
• Clinical performance
• Planning and marketing strategy

Driving intelligent health care decisions since
1984
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The Role of Comparative Dataanticipating and
responding to trends
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Organizational Objectives

• Budget planningin-depth data for operating
  expense, staffing, and utilization targets.
• Operational and process improvementrealistic
  evaluation of operational performance
• Better practicescomparison to peers and better
  performing facilities
• Management education and trainingbetter
  perspective on comparative performance.

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Average Daily Census
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Total Patient Volumes
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Cost per Adj. Discharge
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Operating and Total Margin
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Components of Cost, 2002
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Percent Change,1999 - 2002
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Cardiology Trends Market Impact Models
AMI Admissions (410.0) over next 15 years
expected to dip then resume growth pattern in 2005
Source Solucient Market Impact Models
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HIMSS Solutions Toolkit
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Comparative Information