Gundersen Lutheran Health System: performance improvement through partnership
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case study. Organized health care delivery system
- Contributor(s):
- Klein, Sarah. McCarthy, Douglas. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Interprofessional Relations Organizational Case Studies Organizational Innovation Benchmarking Community Health Services Continuity of Patient Care Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- organization & administration Disease Management Efficiency, Organizational Electronic Health Records Health Services Accessibility Hospital Administrators Hospital Restructuring -- organization & administration Leadership Models, Organizational Organizations, Nonprofit Patient Care Management Primary Health Care Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration Humans Iowa Minnesota United States Wisconsin
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Gundersen Lutheran Health System is a physician-led, not-for-profit integrated delivery system serving more than 550,000 people in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Gundersen Lutheran has increased efficiency, improved patient care, and achieved the high performance associated with large urban institutions by: 1) using clinical and financial outcomes to set benchmarks and targets for improvement, to increase transparency, and to drive improvement among physicians; 2) investing in primary care and disease management programs; and 3) hiring engineers to improve operations. It offers leadership training programs that encourage cross-training and partnership within the institution and uses external collaborations to improve community health and extend its models of care and service to outlying communities. Gundersen Lutheran's physician compact outlines the organization's expectations of physicians and ensures that its medical staff remains committed to the organization's mission: to distinguish itself in patient care, education, research, and community health.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101537960 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101537960