Center for Practice Innovation: Clinical Metrics show improvement
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This was a big “a ha” for me while in attendance of the American College of Physisicans’ Center for Practice Innovations November Conference.
The title of the conference as “Focus on the Practice- Challenges, Choices and Change.” In complete honesty, my assumption was that I was going to learn about the challenges and difficulties of smaller practices in supporting the most current models of care. I did learn about some of that; however, my assumption was proven mostly faulty after seeing the presentations. What I learned about was about how smaller practices are actually not only getting there, but shining a light onto the rest of medical care through innovation.
I saw multiple examples of practices examining their care processes carefully and making improvements in the flow of information (even using LEAN-Toyota Management-waste reduction techniques).
» Read more: Small practices leading the way: ACP’s Center for Practice Innovation
