A look back at some of the key events that impacted cardiovascular programs and health care in 2015.

IHI’s Triple Aim symbolizes health care’s patient-centered focus. What’s lacking is an aspect that considers the need for improvements in clinician work environments.

Possibly the greatest challenge is that the meaning of “value”, at least as it pertains to health care, is elusive. There is no clear definition of what constitutes “value” among providers, let alone payors and employers, and a “value” outcome can often vary according to such factors as expectations, age, and ...

Co-management provides an ideal platform to engage physicians, create an effective value-oriented leadership model, align economic incentives to promote rapid adoption of value, and eliminate resistance to change.

Health care leaders want to know what type of compensation plan designs are emerging that differ from a traditional WRVU-based model. They also have questions related to how to choose annual incentives that work in an industry moving toward value, but still largely rooted in fee for service reimbursement.

Co-management provides an ideal platform to engage physicians, create an effective value-oriented leadership model, align economic incentives to promote rapid adoption of value, and eliminate resistance to change.