Analysis Of Laura Bielecki Mgh 642 Innovators - 1389 Words

Laura Bielecki MGH 642: Innovators in Healthcare Mid-Term Case Questions Due: Monday March 9, 2015 Sentara Healthcare Case â€Å"Sentara-backed company has been chosen to manage 200,000 Medicaid enrollees across 23 Alabama counties† (â€Å"About Sentara Healthcare†). The hope of this relationship will be to provide Medicaid recipients with services across numerous health systems in the north and west central Alabama counties. Alabama has approved a new delivery model for Medicaid within the state. This partnership with Sentara will help provide a leg up for the Medicaid system because Sentara has â€Å"experience in providing managed care services to Medicaid enrollees in Virginia as well as a similar mission of a long successful track record in serving Medicaid patients (â€Å"About Sentara Healthcare†). Disruptive Innovation New Medicaid innovation is the goal of the CEO of the Huntsville Hospital Health System. Sentara has already experimented with numerous innovative ideas that have been successful in Virginia and North Carolina. One of the most important success stories that would be most beneficial to the Huntsville Hospital Health system would be Sentara’s quality and safety innovation. The quality and safety innovation is a disruptive innovation that will be useful in the new Medicaid project in Alabama. At Sentara Healthcare, â€Å"information technology was invested heavily within each of its hospitals† (Vijayaraghavan, V.,