Value-Driven Healthcare: Transforming the Environment with Business Intelligence

October 22, 2008 This article was written by Lisa M. Loftis, Intelligent Solutions, Inc. She writes that in a recent speech, U.S. Secretary of Health Michael Leavitt labeled the transformation to a value-based healthcare environment as both imperative and the most significant financial challenge that the country has ever faced. He defined the value-based movement as "a growing collection of people, organizations and governments who believe that the value of care should replace the volume of care." Achieving value-based healthcare is not be easy. The provider segment has evolved from a small, personalized, community doctor model . . .