For decades, chronic disease management in Medicare has been hampered by a fee-for-service payment system that rewards volume and activity rather than true clinical improvement. This model created ...

Leading colleges and universities are looking for new ways to demonstrate their value to students and stakeholders, with learning outcomes information emerging as a debated—and desired--endpoint.

Despite a party change in the White House, the government will likely continue moving toward performance-based healthcare with a greater focus on outcomes. Under such models, hospitals’ reimbursement ...

Each organization will develop its approach to outcome assessment based on its structure and environment. Outcome management will necessitate significant changes in how we organize, manage and use ...

When it comes to managing your employees, what matters more — the process, or the outcome? The answer is “it depends”. While there are certainly circumstances where following a specific set of ...

Closing the gap between strategy and execution isn’t just a big challenge for many companies – it’s also an existential threat. Failing to do so could reduce a company’s lifespan by 30 per cent over ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ridgemont Equity Partners, a buyout and growth equity investor, today announced the acquisition of American Outcomes Management (“AOM” or the “Company”), a leading ...

In this multicenter trial, we randomly assigned low-risk nulliparous women who were at 38 weeks 0 days to 38 weeks 6 days of gestation to labor induction at 39 weeks 0 days to 39 weeks 4 days or to ...