Importance of Alignment in Healthcare – An Overview
Written by Joseph Sluka, Jeff Absalon, and Rod Marchiando
It is not a rosy picture. The landscape for healthcare in the United States and many countries across the globe is in a tremendous state of stress. Inadequate access, soaring costs, and less-than-optimal quality permeate the reality of health delivery in its current state. Health systems are experiencing mounting pressures of competition and slimming margins that have been accelerating for years and are now punctuated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Workforce challenges are ubiquitous, highlighted by nursing and nonclinical worker shortages and an impending crisis of physician shortages. Healthcare consumers frequently experience inadequate preventive care, critical delays, debilitating costs, and less-than-desired health outcomes. While reviewing quality and cost, we see example after example of less than the acceptable value in the care that healthcare institutions deliver and that we, as individuals, receive.
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