Reducing clinical variation is a critical step to reign in America’s healthcare costs. In a recent Verras blog post, Dan Woods provides a brief case study of one hospital’s experience in reducing MRI ...

To reduce healthcare spending, hospitals and health systems strive to reduce variation in the utilization of certain treatments and medical services. Verras has increased the consistency of ...

Standardized clinical assessment and management plans are an alternative to clinical practice guidelines that reduce practice variability while allowing for physicians to adapt practices when ...

William Mohlenbrock, MD, founder and CMO of Verras and a practicing orthopedic surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., discussed physician variation in a recent webinar presented by ...

As health systems continue to navigate several interrelated challenges — from rising costs to shifting reimbursement models — many are leveraging innovative strategies that positively impact clinical ...

Repeatability is the measurement of variation when a process is done multiple times. Precision is the means of reducing variation in a process, so the results have less variation as a whole.

San Mateo, Calif. – Process integration engineers are gradually losing their battle to keep process variations hidden behind the defensive barrier of tight design rules. Variations in metal line ...

The frequency of low-value care can be reduced by a respectful, data-driven process anchored in nonjudgmental communication and explicit core values. The cost of health care in the United States is ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a spirited exchange between academicians, industry process engineers and researchers, a panel at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design Tuesday (March 19) ...