Getting From Here to Accountable Care
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Whether as an invited speaker, board member, or expert panelist, my frequent travels afford me excellent opportunities to observe how health care reform is unfolding on the ground in real time. After delivering a favorite lecture – Population Health: Is It the Secret Sauce? – this spring, I had the pleasure of hearing, and seeing first hand, how one midsize integrated health care delivery system in northeastern Pennsylvania accepted the challenge and is transforming health care delivery.
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