Care
Pathway
Innovations
Helping you build robust, resilient care pathways that accelerate patient access to evidence-based care, reduce variability, minimize length of stay, and support patients as they return home.
Care Pathway Innovation Solutions
A comprehensive solution for an array of disease
states and procedures
We work directly with your leaders and care teams to assess challenges and needs along the care pathway and design, prioritize and implement sustainable solutions for equitable and patient-centric care
Transformation based on a ready-to-go toolkit:
IHS Design and Management expertise
Supports the project from design to execution and keeps teams connected and engaged through the change.
Digital pathway accelerator playbook
Follows a proven approach & framework based on years of experience and a solid track record of results, tailored to your pathway and situation.
Digital patient engagement and remote monitoring solution
Enables remote management and digital engagement of patients across the entire care pathway, from procedure preparation to follow-up.
Centers of excellence network
Provides opportunities to tap into others’ transformation experience to enable benchmarking, collaboration, and coaching.
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An approach that brings a variety of benefits:
For the hospital:
- Better resource utilization
- Greater cost-efficiency and capacity
- Reduced waitlists
- Standardized pathways that reduce risk and variance
- Improved reputation and greater patient satisfaction
For patients:
- Faster access to care and treatment
- Reduced length of stay
- More informed preparation for procedures
- Improved quality of care
For the physician and
care team:
- More time to care for patients
- Ability to focus on value-added activities
- Transparency through a standardized pathway, and greater insights through data
Examples of our pathway-related projects:
Aortic Stenosis Care Pathway Development and Optimization
A solution to optimize the entire aortic stenosis pathway from referral to long term follow up, including multidisciplinary heart team activation, optimized Cath Lab, Hybrid OR, ICU and bed management, and remote patient management.
Thoracic Diagnostic Assessment Pathway Optimization
A patient-centered solution to streamline Lung DAP referral pathways and accelerate access to screening and diagnostic imaging processes for patients with suspected lung cancer.
Heart Failure Pathway Development and Optimization
A complete solution to optimize heart failure outpatient clinics, accelerate efficient device implantation and inpatient pathways, enable remote patient management, and maximize care networks outside hospitals.
Stroke Pathway Optimization
A solution to accelerate patient access to comprehensive, integrated, and evidence-based peri- and post-stroke care in acute and community settings, and optimize cardiovascular risk factors, comorbidity, and access to resources for long-term management.
Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease Pathway Optimization
A solution to optimize DBS patient assessment and selection criteria, optimize patient flow from DBS therapy validation to post-surgical follow up, and enhance proactive battery management and long-term follow up processes.
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Success stories
Explore some of the ways we've helped turn challenges into success.
Southlake regional health centre reduces cancellations
Learn how the partnership with Medtronic improved patient care and resource utilization, virtually eliminating cancellations due to capacity issues, leaving patients happier, and staff more confident.
The Charles H. best diabetes
care centre
Learn how the partnership between Medtronic and the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre created efficiencies and improved wait times for patient appointments.
Reducing cardiac wait times
in Newfoundland
An innovative approach undertaken
between Eastern Health and the Medtronic team dramatically improves wait times for cardiac patients.
Explore how we uncover customer's needs and work together to implement tailored & sustainable solutions.
Read how we've helped transform care pathways, improved efficiency, and supported our clients in doing even more.
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