PerformanceBridge Practice
Driving continuous performance improvement in imaging, through tailored assessments, targeted recommendations and ongoing monitoring and partnership with you
Data and expertise tailored to deliver results
Part of Philips PerformanceBridge – a flexible suite of continuous improvement solutions – PerformanceBridge Practice is an innovative offering designed to make your performance, utilization and workflow data perform for you in ways that will drive improvement and deliver measurable outcomes.
Together, we can help drive continuous improvement at the imaging department and enterprise levels.
Philips has recently acquired U.S.-based start-up, Analytical Informatics, Inc., whose advanced workflow tools and applications will help strengthen our PerformanceBridge Practice offerings. We’re currently working on fully integrating their capabilities with ours, and look forward to being able to provide our customers with even more solutions that can help them maximize opportunities to do more with For more about the acquisition, please read the press release here.
Our approach
Because we care about your success, our approach is designed to align with your goals. Leveraging our integrated suite of digital health technology capabilities and breadth of experience, we gain deep insights into your specific challenges and create actionable recommendations for a path toward improvement.
Together, we uncover your specific challenges, help you prioritize opportunities and navigate the transition to a model of delivering care that’s focused on outcomes, value and the patient.
Diving deep into your data and organization to:
Working together to:
Partnering over the long term to:
Utilization review
Review of efficiency, modality and staff utilization at modality and department level
Network and market analysis
Analysis of referral network, inclusive of market share and exam volumes, in Primary Service
+ analyses by individual room, machine and technologist productivity, with root cause analysis
+ measured by physician and patient leakage, as well as network segmentation
Growth plan
Development of basic market growth and technology management plan, based on installed base and equipment age
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Identification of value drivers and cost savings associated with performance recommendations
+ estimated outpatient, primary and secondary service areas, projected growth in imaging services by modality, and predictive analysis of patient and procedure volumes
+ and efficiency improvements, as well as revenue enhancements from new patient growth and reduced leakage
Solution Advisor
Support from a dedicated Solution Advisor who collaborates with you to enable continuous improvement and drive business impact of performance improvement projects
Practice management tool
Access to our practice management tool, providing vendor-agnostic analysis with tailored dashboards, scheduled template reports, notifications and drill-downs for root cause and gap analyses
Structured to adapt and scale to your needs
| PerformanceBridge Practice Services | Assessements | Subscription |
| Engagement level | One-time analysis, plus detailed recommendations (4-6 weeks, typically) | Ongoing integrated engagement with dedicated Solution Advisor |
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PerformanceBridge Practice
in action
Per capita cost reduction
Challenge
Highly variable imaging exams make optimal scheduling problematic and longer exams drive up operational costs.
Method
Identified target protocols by looking at volume and durations, and utilized machine log files to obtain accurate information.
Impact*
*Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions.”
Establishing data confidence
Challenge
Imaging departments have a wealth of data sources, yet each gives differing views; this makes it difficult to derive meaningful information without establishing a ground truth and data consistency.
Method
Deployed a network listener to capture HL7 and DICOM. Aggregated and reconciled data from RIS, PACS, EMR, and workflow engine with triangulated output.
Impact
Identified and addressed root causes for data discrepancies; established meaningful metrics for specific departmental performance indicators. Streamlined reporting approach across managers and reduced reporting time.
*Results from case studies are not predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.”
Accommodating higher patient case complexity through optimizing resources
Challenge
A hospital’s Interventional Radiology (IR) service line was caring for more severely ill patients and performing more complex procedures, changing the way IR staff organized and conducted work
Method
Assessed current state of the IR service line and the resources required to meet patient needs, by combining data from hospital billing with RIS data to compute a department level Case Mix Index (CMI)
Impact
*Results from case studies are not predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.”
Reducing turnaround times
Challenge
Lengthy order to complete turnaround times (TATs) and ineffective processes and professional staffing were causing operational inefficiencies and significant delays in the imaging department (e.g., >70 minutes for contrast CT, >80 minutes for MR with contrast)
Method
Identified target protocols by looking at patient volume and durations, and performed a deep-dive root cause analysis into the source of delays.
Impact
*Results from case studies are not predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.”
Right-sizing for current demand and future growth, challenging the 1-1 replacement mindset
Challenge
With an upward trend in patient volume and an aging technology fleet, an imaging department needed to ensure it was right-sized for current and future demand
Method
Benchmarked current patient volumes, studied current equipment and utilization, and mapped utilization against efficiency benchmarks. Also analyzed referral network and market growth rate
Impact
*Results from case studies are not predictive of results in other cases. Results in other cases may vary.”
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PerformanceBridge is an integrated, scalable portfolio of services, tools and support enabling hospital departments to improve their performance and build a program for continuous improvement over time.
