TOOLS FOR COMPETING IN A DATA DRIVEN WORLD
Health Care Providers, Government Agencies, Independent Social Service Agencies, and many other service providers
find themselves in an environment where data protocols are used to judge, rank, incent, and penalize. Some of these
protocols are short instruments for assessing patients and outcomes, some are new rules on lengths of stay or readmission, and some are simply
requirements to meet a particular threshold on an outcome measure.
Failure to meet these performance thresholds may result in financial penalties, reduced reimbursment,
lost market share, or the withdrawal of support from a critical payer.
Objective Arts' software tools are built for you to compete in this
increasingly data driven world and win. And win without long software development projects, massive implementations, cultural change, or adopting radically
new ways of doing business.
The Cycle
Opportunities for using data more effectively exist in every corner of a service provider's operations.
Leveraging these opportunities
often follows a similar pattern. We call this pattern the Tactical Measurement Cycle. This cycle
has characteristics that are familiar to all of us - for a targeted or "tactical" problem, first we measure,
then we identify where we might intervene, we take action and finally we reassess to measure our success or
failure.
OA's SMR (Service Measurement Record) Software Suite takes this familiar pattern and
injects modern software and technology to amplify its efficiency and effectiveness. Regardless
of the challenge you face, or what part of the measurement cycle is important to you, our tools can help
you efficiently leverage information to take a data driven path to success.
SMR is built on the premise that organizations solve problems in similar ways. We try to
measure, not necessarily to get a perfect answer, but to have a better handle on how we can
approach a problem or challenge, and then design a solution...
Health Care providers face many different challenges that require them to measure
in a new way. New regulations and reporting requirements appear frequently, aimed
at decreasing the cost of care. In order to maintain margins providers have to be
more efficient in how they manage data....
One core principle of the SMR platform is that users should only
enter the data required to solve the problem at hand. We strive
to give the user the ability to achieve the maximum output, advice,
and analytics from the minimum data entry burden possible....
Readmission Rates will be a huge issue for hospitals beginning in 2012. Any readmission in less
than 30 days will result in a financial penalty to the hospital. This problem lends itself well
to a data driven approach to both monitoring and improvement. SMRs newest module initiative
Speed to implementation is perhaps our most important metric. Every implementation
is different, but our goal is to build a customized implementation of the SMR platform,
with minimal work for the user overnight. We are constantly driving towards "Instant On" benefits
from our systems.