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September 20, 2017

The program is aimed at helping high use patients.

September 13, 2016

Bucking national trends, a University of Utah Health Care program is making a difference in healthcare quality and cost, reports a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The value driven outcomes program breaks down health procedure costs to the level of each bandage and minutes of nursing time. After addressing inefficiencies exposed in three procedures - joint replacement, in-hospital laboratory testing, and sepsis management – patients fared better and costs fell.

February 04, 2016

Quality improvement including University of Utah Health Care Value Driven Outcomes tool reduces numbers of inpatient lab tests, lab costs.

January 11, 2016

University of Utah Health Care CEO Testifies Before Florida, Vermont Legislatures

December 03, 2015

"Many hospitals admit they can barely keep track of their own operating costs, and those costs get passed onto us. But one hospital in Utah has figured out a way to get a handle on the problem and others are anxious to follow its lead,"

December 09, 2013

Every week in the media, an article lasers in on the outrageously high and variable costs of health care and how those costs are bankrupting both individuals and the country.

November 01, 2013

Jim Turnbull, chief information officer for University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics spoke with H&HN Senior Editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about VDO.

July 25, 2013

University of Utah Health Care one of only three health systems to be recognized with annual award from H&HN magazine