Even with sophisticated analytics and data, not all clinical interventions can be predicted and avoidedthere will always be a need for acute care, and health systems benefit from reexamining those processes as well. One powerful case study is Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida. Manatee is a 295-bed facility with more than 800 healthcare professionals. Its Structural Heart acute care unit offers procedures including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with aortic stenosis, LAAC for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, and transvenous mitral valve repair (TMVR) for patients with mitral valve leakage.

Like many cardiac care centers, Manatees team was tasked with establishing a high-performing, market-differentiated program to manage these emerging therapies. They wanted to reduce patient wait times between referral and treatment. They also faced labor-intensive clinic workflows, and a fragmented approach to connecting patients with specialists.

Seeking a value-based solution, Manatees medical directors, device implanters, IT staff and physicians partnered with our team of clinical and operational experts. Together, we standardized referral forms, upgraded tracking tools for those referrals, and developed better provider education materials. Today, Manatee offers pre-admission tests to better understand patients needs and steer them to specialists whose roles are well-defined within the structural heart program.

Better coordination made a meaningful impact: referrals grew 65 percent, and the center was able to provide care for more patients with 60 percent more procedures over the year before. As a result of patients shorter stays and increased team productivity, Manatee realized about $175,000 in annual cost savings for certain case types.

Delivering on the promise of value-based care and addressing the growing burden of chronic conditions, staggering costs of care and rising global healthcare spending will require a multi-faceted approach. The only way we can achieve better patient outcomes in a more accessible, equitable and efficient manner is by working together to shape a better future.

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