Our Take on Driving the Change Towards VBHC
To change the healthcare system as we know it depends on the creative innovation of cutting-edge health systems. It also depends on those organizations extending their innovation to everyone else. The pursuit of value-based healthcare is at a crossroads: The imperative is to balance quantifying patient outcomes with reducing administrative burdens. Aligning value and outcome in the midst of myriad constraints doesn’t come easily. As a health care entity already ahead of the rest in data analytics, demonstrating that you are ready to lead the way to health care transformation is an opportunity you need to tackle.
At Downshift, our deep understanding of both physician workflows and population health management give us unique insight into the opportunities to realize improvements. We’ve worked with healthcare organizations across the country to bring true accountability to accountable care through informed design and disciplined measurement. Our approach, combining collaborative strategy, thoughtful EHR configuration, metrics-based implementation, and an agile approach to incorporate feedback, allows us to address the essential challenges of workflow adoption.
The governmental focus on improvements to value-based care is opening doors for novel approaches to VBHC in action. HHS is vocal about their focus to “transform our system from one that pays for procedures and sickness to one that pays for outcomes and health”, highlighting through their tenets of transparency, simplicity, and accountability that they understand the direction to take. Downshift’s expertise spans the components of the HHS commitment to transformation – we’ve been in the trenches with organizations seeking to empower patients as consumers, equip providers to serve as accountable patient navigators, pay for outcomes, and focus on prevention. Through the formation of PTAC, HHS is acknowledging the intensity of the challenges they face, not only in designing a system that empowers both patients and physicians, but also one that delivers measurable outcomes and reduces the complex burdens of over-documentation.
As an influential healthcare player, claim your seat at the table to set the bar. You are in a position to impact the recommendations for other organizations. The road doesn’t have to be daunting. From determining your VBHC vision to defining your objectives to articulating the tactical requirements to make your dream a reality, we’re here to help you keep moving forward. As your partner, we’ll guide you to ensure that you can move from the 30,000-foot view to the details, because you have what it takes to be a leader in the VBHC space. It’s up to you to craft the solutions that set the direction for healthcare in the 21st century. Downshift, recognize the importance of your role at the front, and extend your reach through HHS to help improve health across the nation. There is nothing more worthy of your innovation. Let’s go.
