The Polaris Approach to High-Value Care

Service offerings include:

Health Systems

  • Care delivery model development / evaluation / enhancement
  • Revenue cycle optimization
  • Process improvement
  • Technology adoption

Care Teams

  • Team-building & cohesion
  • Addressing / avoiding burnout & compassion fatigue
  • Team redesign
  • Culture change

Patients & Families

  • Program & service development
  • Patient experience improvement
  • Patient and family engagement, communication, and education

Pharma, Med Tech & Payers

  • Creative convenings to achieve unprecedented results
  • Codesigning communications with patients
  • Crafting conversations with care teams

Public Health, Safety Net Providers & Governmental Agencies

  • Community needs assessments
  • Program development & implementation
  • Innovative financial methodologies

Examples of Polaris Projects:

Care Delivery Models

(with a focus on chronic disease & complex care)

  • Designing & implementing novel care delivery models
  • Optimizing value-based care reimbursement
  • Integrating palliative, psychosocial and supportive care

Health Systems Research

  • Evaluating care delivery models
  • Assessing access to care, care utilization & spending
  • Reviewing & improving intervention outcomes

Public & Global Health

  • Delivering palliative care to rural communities
  • Implementing global cancer control programs
  • Designing public policy & community health curriculum

“We must take time to define our own path. Too quickly we can find the world defining it for us.”