Health Care Redesign

ICSI, the Minnesota Hospital Association and Stratis Health have launched the RARE Campaign to prevent 4,000 avoidable hospital readmissions in Minnesota and surrounding areas by December 31, 2012. For complete and continually updated information on this broad-based supported campaign, go to: www.RAREreadmissions.org. All ICSI member hospitals are urged to join if they haven’t already and can […]

The ICSI Palliative Care Strategic Initiative will focus on identifying the elements of care delivery that will improve the quality of the patient’s care while increasing its value. It will address care delivery redesign, payment methodologies, and elements of patient/family-centered care. Updated: 9/26/2012

“Health Care home” is considered a key strategy to transform health care. ICSI is collaborating with health care leaders to build a medical home model that is patient-centered and value-driven. For additional health care home information and materials see the Minnesota Department of Health Web site at: Updated: 7/18/2011

DIAMOND is one of the nation’s most promising efforts to improve health care for people with depression because it changes the way care is delivered and how it is paid for. Through ICSI, medical groups, health plans, employers and patients collaborated to develop a better, evidenced-based model for managing depression. Updated: 11/2/2012

The COMPASS Consortium is implementing and evaluating the use of the COMPASS model as part of a CMS cooperative agreement. ICSI is leading a consortium of 10 medical groups to implement a COMPASS (Care of Mental and Physical and Substance Use Syndromes) care model in seven states to improve the care of patients with depression […]

The statewide screening rate for cervical cancer is 76%, for colorectal cancer 64%, and for breast cancer 73%(MN Community Measurement 2011 Health Care Quality Report). ICSI and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) are collaborating to help medical groups enhance their current screening efforts around these three cancers. The collaborative will run from July 2012 […]

ICSI is committed to help stakeholders in health maximize the value of health care services by targeting the Triple Aim of health care: As part of that effort, ICSI will provide resources that address cost reduction opportunities that promote greater affordability of health and health care that simultaneously improve, or at least maintain, the quality […]

There is no well-established mechanism at the local level to discuss or manage the balance of investments in health care and the other social determinants of health. This white paper proposes the development of voluntary regional organizations and/or use of current organizations to work with stakeholders of the health system to 1) review local data […]