1. The rise of consumerism, and the need to provide tools for patients about pricing, resources, and care options.
2. Building a holistic perspective to promote the continuum of care and making transitions efficient for organizations, patients, and families.
3. Maintaining high reliability so each patient receives the best possible care at every stage in their care cycle.
4. The management of chronic care, how it relates to population health, and a new focus on wellness.
5. Balancing new payment models with the shift from volume to value, while some reimbursements are still on volume.
Doug Shaw, Mark Seklecki, and Maryjane Wurth also gave an update about change in AHA leadership, political and economic drivers of building a better health care system, & the merger of AHA Solutions into Health Forum, followed by insight from executives from Lakeland Health, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, and Banner Health Washakie Medical Center on shifts in culture, leadership, and partnering within healthcare organizations.
The Partner Summit is an opportunity for AHA partners to come together for two days to learn and collaborate with member hospitals, American Hospital Association Leadership, and top healthcare service providers. Throughout this year’s summit, common themes arose in discussion about changing the culture in healthcare to integrate technology, investment in the healthcare workforce, how to fix the problems in the healthcare industry, focus on health vs. healthcare, and what population health really means.
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