Value-Based Care & Better Outcomes: A Refocus from Volume to Value

At the heart of value-based care is improving the patient experience and, ultimately, driving better care outcomes. This model of healthcare is drastically reshaping the way organizations deliver care and plays a large role in an individual’s healthcare journey over time.

Achieving value-based care requires an integrated approach that encourages collaboration, compliance and improved clinical outcomes. With collaborative care, providers across the continuum operate as a single team, sharing patient data and insights on a single platform to ensure the best care outcomes for each individual patient. ​

In today’s SUMMIT session, Refocus from Volume to Value, Pam Campbell, Instructional Designer, PointClickCare, and Kim Treboni, Software Training Specialist, PointClickCare, walked the audience through a case study of Mrs. Jones’ journey to wellness.

How Data Can Drive Collaboration and Increase Organizational Visibility

Access to real-time data is essential in succeeding under a value-based care model. However, studies show that the average health system uses at least 18 unique electronic health records (EHRs) across different partners and providers, making seamless data integration next to impossible. But without integrated data, organizations have to contend with a complex and fragmented view of care, resulting in higher readmission rates, longer length of stays and greater risk of revenue leakage. On the flipside, using a single platform that spans care settings and empowers organizations to use real-time data ensures that the right patients are being transferred to the right care partner at the right time, reducing readmission and network leakage rates.

Three Ways Harnessing Data Can Tighten the Lens on Care

Inaccessible clinical data continues to hamper organizations’ ability to implement value-based care and drive better outcomes.

With PointClickCare, organizations are armed with the real-time data and actionable insights necessary to provide proactive, preventative and collaborative care. Here are three ways harnessing data can tighten the lens on care:

• More effective workflows: Real-time data encourages effective clinical chart management that improves quality of care and clinical outcomes. With records stored electronically – and tasks clearly defined through integrated workflows and data – care providers can perform more efficiently and spend more time with residents.

• Network visibility: Real-time data can also help organizations develop a network that provides full visibility into patients’ existing conditions. With a complete view of medical history, care delivery expands exponentially, and providers are equipped with enhanced decision-making capabilities.

• Interoperability: Finally, opening data access to all pertinent care providers enables the interoperability of products and systems. Liberating this data through a cloud-based infrastructure connects stakeholders across the care continuum, eliminates data siloes, and subsequently leads to more informed care.

A Connected Ecosystem

As value-based care and payment-care models continue to move toward the forefront, blind handoffs of patient information are no longer viable. For this reason, healthcare leaders must focus on data and efficiency of information sharing to pave the way to better outcomes.