Many hospital and health system boards and their leadership teams are at an interesting juncture where each is heavily reliant on the other for strategic support and execution. They have a shared goal of successfully moving their organizations forward at a time when the field is in an overwhelming state of transition.
Boards are expecting their leadership teams to establish accountable care organizations by initiating strategic alliances with a wide variety of partners and by re-engineering medical service delivery across the continuum of patient care.