{"product_id":"integrated-ambulatory-care-key-growth-strategies-for-small-and-rural-hospitals","title":"Integrated Ambulatory Care: Key Growth Strategies for Small and Rural Hospitals","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom stand-alone small rural hospitals to facilities that are part of a multi-hospital system, challenges exist to maintain market strength as patients migrate towards larger centers for care. \u003cem\u003eIntegrated Ambulatory Care: Key Growth Strategies for Small and Rural Hospitals\u003c\/em\u003e, offers to provide health systems the ability to integrate ambulatory care in a manner which is profitable, clinically effective, time-efficient, and reflective of best practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Integration advice is often scanty or scattered, requiring time and effort to find. This book consolidates this information in a single, handy resource,\" said the author James Hamilton. \"Readers will learn best practices on integrating ambulatory care by leveraging physician services to build and create a sustainable path of economic and market performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTopics include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComprehensive strategies to maintain and grow marketshare in service lines: women's health, musculoskeletal services and chronic disease management, as well as others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmploying physicians is costly. We provide the benchmark architecture for success as well as gold standard accreditation achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime-tested medical office space design that leads to an economically efficient practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTools to calculate primary care access based on patient panel size and hours worked\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormulas and annual percent of new patients needed (by specialty) to maintain a viable practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eData and methodology to calculate downstream revenue from physician practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEffective engagement of the employed physician network so that it can be used as a profitable strategic weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntertwined with lean management principles will be the concepts of population management and telemedicine as it applies to chronic disease management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProven methods in customer service implementation and action plans with metrics for customer knowledge, access, education\/promotion and patient experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrategies for developing a successful primary care medical home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frame work for implementation strategies offered in this book can apply to hospital leadership teams from an independent free standing small\/rural hospital to similar facility leaders that are owned and operated by a larger system. Both struggle with their own organizational goals, but bottom line success in gaining market share and patient volumes will translate into a highly successful organization which is a common goal for any organization regardless of ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe audience for this book includes senior and middle management leaders for independent as well as integrated systems that own small\/rural hospitals. Additionally employed physician leaders, members of the medical group executive team, board members, medical staff leadership and educators for graduate leadership training.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe strategies represented in this book have been time tested for effective outcomes. If strategies in this book are implemented as prescribed this will create a foundation for sustainable service line growth and profitability. Additionally, successful rural health care centers also offer a great deal of promise in providing a strong medical infrastructure to help in community growth and employment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AAPL Shopify","offers":[{"title":"ship","offer_id":44987062681737,"sku":"IR-BINTAMB-B-01","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/5578\/3490\/files\/c1_Hamilton_Integrated_Ambulatory_Care.png?v=1764540839","url":"https:\/\/www.physicianleaders.org\/products\/integrated-ambulatory-care-key-growth-strategies-for-small-and-rural-hospitals","provider":"AAPL Shopify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}