To reduce healthcare spending, hospitals and health systems strive to reduce variation in the utilization of certain treatments and medical services. Verras has increased the consistency of ...

Sepsis, a potentially-life threatening complication of an infection, affects roughly 750,000 Americans each year and costs more than $22,000 per patient to treat, according to Verras. Verras analyzed ...

Standardized clinical assessment and management plans are an alternative to clinical practice guidelines that reduce practice variability while allowing for physicians to adapt practices when ...

As health systems continue to navigate several interrelated challenges — from rising costs to shifting reimbursement models — many are leveraging innovative strategies that positively impact clinical ...

Yale New Haven Health launched a major initiative four years ago to reduce variation in care at the health system's four acute-care hospitals and outpatient sites. Yale New Haven Health is seeking to ...

Special cause variation, I love to see it! That’s because I know I’m about to learn something important about my process. A ...