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Transforming Care Delivery to Focus on Patient Outcomes: Why Boards Matter

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In the publication, authors Joshi and Horak state that hospital trustees support hospitals’ fundamental missions to improve the health of the community. In a climate of growing concerns about the quality of health care and the amount we pay for it, trustees are called upon to oversee the transformation of the culture of the organization.

The key to new payment programs? Data management.

Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit

Overseeing Health Equity in the Age of Emerging Risk

Incorporating health equity into strategy represents a new undertaking for some health care leaders — one that requires a shift in thinking and taking action in such core areas as culture, structure, functions and incentives.

Redefining the Physician’s Role as Care Team Leader

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With training and support, physicians can become effective team leaders.

Put Equity at the Heart of Care

Health care is a fundamental right — a civil right and a human right. Statistically, however, underserved patient populations, often minority groups, receive the worst care nationwide.

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Credentialing, Privileging and the Engaged Board

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Education, preparation and collegiality can empower physician and lay member trustees to make fair and thoroughly vetted decisions.

Advent of "Care Systems" Means Governance Must Also Transform

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Society and industries are always evolving; revolutionary change occurs sporadically when powerful forces align to disrupt the old order. The health care delivery system today is in the midst of an historic transformation to redesign how care is delivered. The quite immodest aim is to take 20 to 30 percent of costs out of the system while maintaining or improving clinical outcomes and patients’ health.