Op-Ed: Hospitals, Health Systems Embracing the Move to Value
Hospitals and health systems are embracing the move to value-based care and enhancing affordability, writes Nancy Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, and 2018 chair of the AHA Board of Trustees, in a published Saturday in Modern Healthcare. 鈥淭he goal is to provide greater value to patients by improving quality, lowering costs and enhancing the patient experience. The 鈥榗atch鈥 is that defining high-quality care, measuring it and communicating about it with integrity and transparency is tough. Darn tough. It starts with a culture of caring in which patient interactions are authentic and decisions are made with the patient as part of the team.鈥
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