CLINICAL & FINANCIAL OPTIMIZATION

Systems and process assessments and optimization for:

• STAR™ financial applications
• Horizon Clinicals™ applications
• Pathways™ applications
• Upgrade readiness

Clinical and Financial Assessment
You’ve had a clinical or financial system for some time, but is it realizing its full potential? Are your operations, processes and workflow maximizing system use, enhancing the patient experience and care and providing a tool for your caregivers? You may have recognized that you have issues in a specific area or perhaps you need an un-biased evaluation. IHS has designed a method that will facilitate answers to these and other questions for both your financial and clinical applications and areas by:

• Completing a system(s) review
• Examining current operations and processes
• Providing a comprehensive report with recommendations

Operation/Process Evaluation
IHS performs an on-site review of processes within the business office, patient access areas, ancillary departments and nursing.

Comprehensive Report
For maximum benefit, IHS System Assessment and Optimization provides recommendations for each area identified as critical and in need of improvement. This includes uncovering areas where processes can be enhanced, calculating system requirements for maximum benefit, and of course, indentifying where patient care and employee satisfaction can be improved. You can use this report to make the necessary improvements or IHS can assist you and your team members to maximize your information systems and increase operational efficiencies. The result? Healthier patients, a healthier bottom line and improved employee satisfaction.

Clinical and Financial Optimization
You’ve had a clinical or financial assessment completed. You’ve determined that you need assistance in implementing the necessary changes to reach full potential of your system and operational processes.

IHS can provide you with the expertise you need, whether it’s working with nursing, your ancillary departments, business office, patient access, physicians or IT team. We partner with your teams as a team member, providing guidance and expertise in the areas identified as target elements for improvement. Building on their knowledge of your organization, we leave them better equipped for future projects.

Implementation

• Guide staff in understanding system capabilities and how to apply those to daily   processes and operations effectively
• Maximize use of your healthcare information system
• Re-define system use to improve operational effectiveness and productivity

Benefits

• Staff ownership and improved staff morale
• Effective communication procedures with users and vendors
• Staff re-education
• More meaningful relationship with information systems vendors
• Optimized and up-to-date clinical and/or financial system tables