Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future.” The team conducted exploratory interviews and analyzed the results to identify must-do, priority strategies and core organizational competencies organizations should establish to remain successful in this time of sweeping change.

Must-do strategies to succeed in the future

• Aligning hospitals, physicians and other providers across the care continuum
• Utilizing evidence-based practices to improve quality and patient safety
• Improving efficiency through productivity and financial management
• Developing integrated information systems
• Joining and growing integrated provider networks and care systems
• Educating and engaging employees and physicians to create leaders
• Strengthening finances to facilitate reinvestment and innovation
• Partnering with payers
• Advancing through scenario-based strategic, financial and operational planning
• Seeking population health improvement through pursuit of the “triple aim”
• Organizations on path to implement the above must-do strategies should achieve competency in several areas of care delivery and organizational management. Similar to the strategies, these competencies are intrinsically connected and aligned

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