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    • IHS Pathway Optimization 

    A comprehensive solution for an array of disease states and procedures.

    Our comprehensive and integrated solution helps providers implement, run, and sustain care pathways that are evidence-based, best-practice-informed, and patient-centric. Capitalizing on hundreds of projects across a broad array of medical conditions, our proven approach can quickly transform your pathway and deliver sustainable results.

     

    What we do:

    • Diagnose bottlenecks based on benchmarks and library of best practices, analyses and observations 
    • Optimize pathways using a value-based approach and help embed them in daily practice
    • Enable digital transformation

    Transformation based on a ready-to-go toolkit 

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    Digital pathway accelerator playbook

    Follows a proven approach & framework based on years of experience and a solid track record of accounts, tailored to your pathway and situation.  

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    IHS experts & lean management

    Supports the project and keeps hospital teams connected through the change.  

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    Get Ready® digital solution

    Enables remote management and digital engagement of patients across the entire care pathway, from procedure preparation to follow-up. 

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    Centers of excellence network

    Provides opportunities to tap into others’ transformation experience to enable benchmarking, collaboration, and coaching. 

    We optimize care pathways by: 

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    Leveraging our ever-growing knowledge base of pathway-specific best practices, as well as learnings from our robust network of key opinion leaders (KOLs) across a wide spectrum of therapies. 

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    Using road-tested methods and tools that are pathway-specific where needed to enable fast, cost-effective transformation. 

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    Integrating full change management support to ensure a successful transformation. 

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    Driving clinical team engagement and alignment through a value-based lens that focuses on optimizing outcomes while balancing resources and cost. 

    An approach that brings a variety of benefits  

    • Better resource utilization
    • Greater cost-efficiency and capacity
    • Reduced waitlists
    • Standardized diagnostic and treatment pathways that reduce risk and variance
    • Improved reputation and greater patient satisfaction

    • Faster access to care and treatment
    • Reduced length of stay
    • Reduced risk through standardized pathways
    • More informed preparation for procedures
    • Improved quality of care

    • More time to manage patients
    • Ability to focus on value-added activities
    • Transparency through a standardized pathway and greater insights through data
    • Ability to benchmark to other centers’ performance and underpinning practices

    Examples of our pathway-related projects 

    • Care pathway optimization: Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease
    • Pathway development: Cryptogenic stroke
    • Stroke pathway optimization
    • Cryoballoon ablation pathway optimization 
    • Optimizing the cryoablation process
    • Optimizing the cardiothoracic pathway
    • Pathway development - syncope
    • TAVI pathway optimization
    • Bariatric pathway optimization

    >500 

    Pathway optimization projects conducted the past 4 years across EMEA

    20+ 

    Medical conditions where Medtronic has presence with its therapies

    Would you like to learn more about how IHS can help your hospital implement, run and sustain care pathways? 

    Download our whitepaper (open in new window)

    Our success stories

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    The bariatric care pathway went remote in just 4 weeks at Medical University Centre Mannheim

    The bariatric department needed to find a way to quickly reduce in-person consultations during the COVID-19 crisis, so IHS implemented a fully operational, remote bariatric pathway in just four weeks.

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    Moving vaginal hysterectomies (VH) to day surgery – it takes teamwork

    The Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust enlisted IHS to help create a playbook that could be rolled out across NHS England to replicate a successful and sustainable day surgery pathway. 

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    Increasing daily TAVI capacity through an improved pathway at St. Antonius

    Within eight months of our partnership, the hospital increased the total number of TAVI procedures by 24% without adding resources or capacity. 

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