Impact – 2020 Copy – Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network

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To our community

From day one, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network has been focused on improving the lives of individuals, families, neighborhoods, communities and zip codes while elevating the health and well-being of our entire region. Since 2012, our network has continuously advanced the practice of medicine and our collective success with patients.

Health care is changing before our eyes, and our network has responded in big ways. Now it’s our turn to drive change by positively transforming the way care is delivered.

Our key values as a network include transparency and accountability. That’s why we have produced this impact report to celebrate the network’s historical accomplishments as well as our tremendous quality achievements for 2020 leading into 2021. Within these pages, you will learn more about the key aims we have set for ourselves as a family of providers and performance metrics that help evaluate our performance to date. You’ll also encounter individual patient stories that will make it abundantly clear where the real impact of our work lies.

As VHAN prepares to celebrate our 10th anniversary in 2022, we are reminded just how much our mission starts and ends with our community. We are improving today. We are inventing tomorrow. And together, we are positively impacting lives.

The best, as they say, is yet to come!

Network Highlights

The Network Effect

The combined efforts of VHAN members and staff over our nine-year history have consistently produced market-leading results. Every year, we have outperformed the expected cost trend for our market by an average of 2.5% per year. While financial results absolutely matter, we are focused on the high-quality clinical outcomes that drive cost savings. Collectively as a network, VHAN’s data shows:

ER Visits

Nearly 20% below market average

Decrease in HbA1c

For 89% of uncontrolled patients in VHAN’s Diabetes Program

In-Patient Admissions

20% below market average

Impact Focus Areas

The topline results we have achieved as a network are not possible without very specific efforts across multiple key areas. Based on the needs of the constituents we serve, VHAN currently has focused improvement and innovation efforts in the following categories: