How to Run a Successful Acute Rehab Program —Strategies to Improve Quality and Outcomes

This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on antitrust violations that can arise when competitors share information either related to a partnership through a joint venture, accountable care organizations (ACO) or merger. The panel will offer insights and guidance on the limitations of exchanging information and managing the antitrust risk.

Regional communication networks unite clinicians in hospitals, when transferring between hospitals, and with EMS environments. But are they really as instrumental to clinical, financial, and quality outcomes as some claim? In this webinar, we'll take a look at specific case studies where current communication systems in healthcare break down and the effects of those weak spots. Our learning objectives are for you to:Define what a regional communication network is, and how and when clinicians use them.Learn how a regional communication solution differs from existing communication solutions.Understand where current systems of communication commonly fall apart, and the quality, financial, and patient outcome implications of that.

Its a bitter pill to swallow: with the rise of high-deductible health plans and the ability to shop around for care, patients arent loyal to practices the way they once were. Everyone tells you to focus on patient engagement, but what tactics actually keep patients-and potential revenue-from walking out the door?

The "old fashioned way" no longer works. Most firms still operate health plans the old fashioned way without connecting the dots between plan data and predictable health risk exposures - even though studies show that over 70 percent of costly illnesses are predictable. Under the old fashioned scenario, plans are still administrated without the benefit of leading edge technology that easily measures and manages workforce health risk that is based on member engagement and automation.