{"id":4294,"date":"2015-12-08T23:57:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T04:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/hospital-for-special-surgery\/"},"modified":"2015-12-08T23:57:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T04:57:32","slug":"hospital-for-special-surgery","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/hospital-for-special-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital for Special Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the heart of Manhattan, there sits a hospital that churns out tens of thousands of life-altering procedures every year. Patients with new hips and knees roll out of the operating rooms like widgets and gizmos roll of the assembly line at some of the most efficient factories in the world. This is the Hospital for Special Surgery, the nation\u2019s oldest orthopedic specialty hospital, which performs 29,000 surgeries annually \u2013 that\u2019s an average of 79 per day and 365 by its average surgeon in a given year!<sup>1<\/sup> Recently ranked #1 in Orthopedics by <em>US News and World Report <\/em><sup>2<\/sup>, HSS is achieving its mission of \u201chelping patients move better with less pain\u201d<sup>1<\/sup> through effectively driving alignment between its business and operating models.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4270\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"knee\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4271\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee2.jpg\" alt=\"knee2\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/knee2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/hip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4269\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/hip-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"hip\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/hip-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/hip-600x317.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/12\/hip.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>They\u2019re putting this stuff inside of your leg.. Don\u2019t you want it done right?!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s get down to business..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The business model of the majority of our country\u2019s hospitals is broken. These general hospitals aim to be everything to everybody, and in the process lose out on many of the gains in efficiency and effectiveness that we would expect from modern medicine, not to mention drive up the costs! This is because these general hospitals are actually trying to house two competing business models simultaneously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Job shops<\/strong> or \u201c<strong>Solution Shops<\/strong>\u201d <sup>3<\/sup>: Doctors working independently or in teams come up with solutions unique to each patient. Their process is different every time, and it needs to be. At the outset, they aren\u2019t able to guarantee a correct diagnosis or recommend a procedure so their services must be paid for on a fee-for-service basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Value-Adding Process<\/strong> (VAP)<sup>3<\/sup> businesses: Once the problem is known definitively, doctors perform relatively standardized procedures and can be paid for predictable outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HSS is different \u2013 this hospital has chosen a focused VAP business model centered on hip and knee replacement surgery. By separating this defined process from the solution shop activities, HSS is able to provide top quality care without the high complexity and high overhead associated with a traditional hospital business model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time to operate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to its operating model, HSS focuses on doing one thing and doing it really well. Doing the same thing over and over creates surgeons who are truly experts in their field. This is enabled by the extremely high volume of surgeries that HSS is able to perform, ensuring that they see it all. The number of joint replacement surgeries performed by HSS is the highest in the world &#8211; more than double the next highest hospital, and more than 22 times the national average for all other hospitals!<sup>1<\/sup> This unmatched scale drives process efficiency up and variability down, so that the average surgery takes significantly less time than at competitors (about 1.5 hours)<sup>1<\/sup>. This increased cycle time significantly lowers the risk of dangerous and costly infections and other complications.<\/p>\n<p>HSS\u2019 competitive advantage is further sustained through its use of Comprehensive Care Pathways, essentially standard operating procedures (no pun intended!), for defined patient conditions and types of surgeries<sup>1<\/sup>. This leads to less variability, improved quality and better patient care. In the hospital\u2019s words, <em>\u201csurgeries that are rare at other hospitals are routine at HSS\u201d <\/em><sup>1<\/sup>. The hospital also heavily leverages data and has built out clinical registries with 84,000 patients enrolled which allow it to track patients with similar conditions and understand which factors influence improved outcomes<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Primed for performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This focused business model and streamlined operating model have translated into true differentiation in orthopedic surgery. HSS has the lowest infection rate in the state of New York and a significantly lower readmissions rate than the national average for similar procedures<sup>1<\/sup>. Patient satisfaction has consistently ranked in the 99<sup>th<\/sup> percentile, attracting patients from all over the world to have their procedures done at HSS<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Most general hospitals have historically relied on fee-for-service payment models due to their entanglement of the solution shop and VAP business models. With all of the pressure to cut costs and improve quality in today\u2019s health care system, there has been an increasing trend toward value and outcome-based payment models instead. This means that hospitals receive one set price for a procedure, like a joint replacement, and are expected to deliver a stated outcome. Any complications that arise or inefficiencies created along the way will be at the expense of the hospital. Thanks to the high performance gained through alignment between its business model and operating model, HSS is extremely well-positioned to win in this environment and ride the value-based payment wave into the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Hospital for Special Surgery, \u201cAbout Us\u201d, https:\/\/www.hss.edu\/about.asp.<\/p>\n<p><sup>2<\/sup> U.S. News and World Report, \u201dU.S. News Best Hospitals 2015-16\u201d, http:\/\/health.usnews.com\/best-hospitals\/rankings.<\/p>\n<p><sup>3 <\/sup>Christensen, C., Grossman, J. &amp; Hwang, J. (2009). <em>The Innovator\u2019s Prescription<\/em>. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hospital business model is broken &#8211; here&#8217;s who\u2019s getting it right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":926,"featured_media":4295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[744,745,578,7],"class_list":["post-4294","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hospital","category-surgery","category-tom-winner","category-winner"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/assignment\/the-tom-challenge-tom-winners-and-losers-assignment\/","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hospital for Special Surgery - Technology and Operations Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/hospital-for-special-surgery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hospital for Special Surgery - 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