MedAxiom Case Studies provide in-depth research and best practices from leading cardiovascular organizations across the country.
Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) is a comprehensive, Medicare-approved program for patients with cardiovascular conditions. It combines 36 exercise sessions with 36 education sessions focused on nutrition, exercise and a healthy mindset. Sentara Healthcare’s implementation of the Pritikin ICR program across its 12 hospitals represents a strategic initiative to enhance cardiac care and patient outcomes. This case study describes how, in collaboration with the Pritikin team, Sentara Healthcare’s adoption of ICR transformed a diverse set of cardiac rehabilitation programs into a standardized system-wide approach, ensuring a consistent, high-quality and financially sustainable ICR program.
Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) is a comprehensive, Medicare-approved program for patients with cardiovascular conditions. It combines exercise and education sessions focused on nutrition, exercise and a healthy mindset. MedAxiom conducted interviews with leaders and clinicians at Heart and Vascular Care in Cumming, GA, to learn more about the clinical, operational and financial impact of their recently established Pritikin ICR program. This case study provides vital insights into the implementation of ICR in an ambulatory cardiology practice, including key considerations for an office setting, such as space requirements, staffing needs, the implementation timeline and potential challenges, and patient and practice benefits.
Not a day goes by without hearing about the chronic condition plaguing emergency departments (EDs) around the country – a lack of bed capacity. Misallocation of inpatient hospital beds has dire consequences for a health system, creating system disruptors that negatively impact patient care and hospital margins. Learn about the Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Weekend Clinic, part of a three-part case series. This solution expands service availability and accessibility through an innovative, cost-effective care pathway to prevent patients from requiring higher-acuity care settings and reduce unnecessary visits to urgent care facilities and EDs.
Not a day goes by without hearing about the chronic condition plaguing emergency departments (EDs) around the country – a lack of bed capacity. Misallocation of inpatient hospital beds has dire consequences for a health system, creating system disruptors that negatively impact patient care and hospital margins. Learn about the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiac Direct Access Unit, part of a three-part case series. This solution creates inpatient capacity by grouping post-procedure observation patients in new observation headwalls, generates new revenue through various services, and improves patient experience.
Not a day goes by without hearing about the chronic condition plaguing emergency departments (EDs) around the country – a lack of bed capacity. Misallocation of inpatient hospital beds has dire consequences for a health system, creating system disruptors that negatively impact patient care and hospital margins. Learn about the Capital Cardiology Associates Direct Access Unit, part of a three-part case series. This solution uses a dedicated unit to see walk-in patients or referrals who would typically have been directed to the ED, providing same-day evaluation of patients with potential cardiac symptoms, including chest pain, shortness of breath or palpitations.
In today’s healthcare environment, cardiovascular programs are under immense pressure to improve operational efficiencies and financial performance while delivering top-tier patient care. Key areas that often contribute to rework and revenue loss include poor charge capture, incomplete documentation and inefficient denial management processes. This case study explores how programs can resolve these inefficiencies, reclaim lost revenue, prevent revenue leakage and reduce operational costs by leveraging cardiovascular-specific coding and revenue cycle experts.
Cardiology continues to get more complex with subspecialization, growing patient volumes and workforce shortages. This case study details how one U.S. health system established a pod structure to alleviate workflow inefficiencies, promote a culture that was comfortable with change, and deliver higher-quality care to patients. This system also increased work relative value units by making teams more efficient and allowing physicians, advanced practice providers, the clerical team and medical assistants to support one another through clearly defined roles.
This case study offers a detailed operational perspective on the adoption of PaceMate within Sentara Health’s cardiology program, underscoring this initiative’s profound and wide-reaching effects on clinical protocols, operational workflows and financial strength. This publication analyzes challenges and successes during system implementation and considers the resulting enhancements to patient care quality, operational efficiency, and fiscal outcomes.
This case study spotlights Ascension Jacksonville’s successful implementation of an ambulatory pathway for remote monitoring within PaceMateLIVE. Based on interviews with key stakeholders, this case study explores the strategic decisions, challenges and innovative thought process behind this initiative. It offers practical insights to enhance patient care, care team workflows and overall healthcare efficiencies, underscoring the importance of partnerships in advancing healthcare technology.
A large regional program embarking on the creation of a ventricular assist device and heart transplantation program engaged MedAxiom to develop a heart failure redesign strategy to improve advanced heart failure care, create program capacity and better utilize facility, care team and physician resources.
West Michigan Heart, experiencing significant operations problems primarily categorized by access and backlog issues, engaged MedAxiom to re-design the care delivery model with particular emphasis on effectively and efficiently managing atrial fibrillation patients.
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, which had a traditional, vertically siloed model for managing operations and governance within the CVSL, engaged MedAxiom to institute a full service line model with co-management as a foundational component of their new innovative model.
Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Inc. engaged MedAxiom to optimize utilization of their advanced practice providers (APPs) – expand use of APPs in the clinic, improve efficiency of APPs in the hospital, establish APP governance and expectations, improve communication, develop formalized standards and protocols for APPs, and enhance the focus on quality among APPs.
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