g market visibility, increasing efficiency and improving financial performance. Partnering with the physician, Accelero develops strategic brand-building programs, incorporating digital, marketing and social media components. Initiatives to maximize efficiency in the operating room and the back office are addressed via strategic operational plans that assess infrastructure, patient outcomes performance and care, margin and volume goals. The Practice Advantage program also includes support in evaluating and implementing potential technology upgrades, including electronic medical records and practice management software.
With an anticipated significant growth in orthopaedic procedures resulting from changing patient demographics, the Hospital Advantage program enables hospitals to maximize the efficiency of their orthopaedic service lines to grow volume and increase profitability. The program addresses the patient experience, improving patient care processes at all points of the inpatient stay. The Hospital Advantage program also focuses on hospital and service line performance, increasing financial margins through efficiency and revenue enhancement initiatives and growing volumes though marketing and branding programs.
"Our surgeon and hospital customers face a number of complex challenges in the delivery of care," said David C. Dvorak, President and CEO of Zimmer. "Through our Accelero Health Partners consulting service, we are helping customers navigate the new health care landscape and provide more efficient, cost-effective and satisfactory outcomes to all stakeholders, including care providers, patients and payors."
To learn more about the Practice Advantage and Hospital Advantage programs, visit the Zimmer exhibit at the 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in San Diego, CA. Accelero Health Partners will also be sharing insights on the emerging business
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