Under managed care, health care has become a sometimes uneasy
partnership between consumers, health care providers, and the
communities they serve. Empowered by a broadly held understanding
of medicine and an ability to collect and use performance
information to improve health services, this alliance is reshaping
our local health systems. In this constantly changing environment,
competitive advantage will go to those physicians who are fast-and
focused-in their ability to transform their practice into
accountable, cooperative business units-reshaping society's
expectations of medicine and ultimately improving the delivery of
health care.
In The New Health Partners, physician Stephen Prather reveals
how doctors can regain stewardship of their medical practices and
strengthen their crucial role in the health care of their local
communities. Prather?a nationally known physician consultant,
educator, practitioner, and speaker--gives physicians effective
techniques and practical advice needed to deliver bottom-line
results.
Prather shows physicians, medical directors, and administrators
how they can acquire the essential skills of leadership and team
development for use in both office and community health settings.
Step-by-step, Prather explains how to apply the transformative
power of the "Six Dimensions of Health Systems" to integrate
delivery of care, align economic and non-economic incentives,
manage chronic illness, empower clinical groups, work with patients
and their families, and redesign care for community benefit.
This groundbreaking book explores how to
A- Put in place successful methods for creating economic
incentives to motivate physician change
A- Map outproven approaches for achieving clinical quality
improvement and efficient office practices
A- Gain insight into a proven strategy for engaging the community
in a rewarding partnership
A- Combine effective management principles, time-honored values,
and useful guidelines for the most skillful use of performance
data
The New Health Partners is based on the information gathered
from in-depth organizational and marketplace assessments and
surveys of physician-leaders from across the country. This vital
resource also includes numerous examples of best practices that
have proven to be easily reproducible, cost-effective, and
beneficial to patients. This hands-on volume will prove to be an
invaluable aid for any physician-leader who wants to work smarter
and direct a health care organization to be ethically, clinically,
and fiscally sound.
Discover t-he Six Dimensions of Health Systems That Can
Transform Your Medical Practice
The New Health Partners is an essential handbook for physicians
who want to reshape their practices to prosper within the managed
care environment. This key resource offers a blueprint for helping
physicians, medical directors, and administrators create the needed
partnerships and cooperative business alliances, put in place the
best practices that will maximize accountability, and, ultimately,
achieve success in disease management.
"Steve Prather's book encapsulates the key forces in health care
today. If followed, his practical solutions will dramatically
change the way we organize and deliver care."--Henry G. Walker,
president and CEO, Providence/Health System
"Prather has written a book full of helpful insights, tips, and
examples for thosetrying to make sense of the leadership
opportunity facing doctors today and tomorrow. His strategies and
stories can help those who lead physician practice today and guide
those who teach tomorrow's doctors."-Paul Batalden, professor and
director, Health Care Improvement Leadership Development Center for
the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School
"Using his vast experience and keen insight, Steve Prather
presents exciting concepts and practices that will contribute
greatly to the improvement of the delivery and quality of clinical
care into the next millennium-a major concern for all health care
leaders."-Dan S. Wilford, president, Memorial Hermann Healthcare
System
"I urge the leaders of health care systems to read and study
this enlightening book together. And, since integration, alignment,
improvement, teamwork, and partnering are relevant activities at
all levels of an organization, it would be wise for leaders to
encourage and enable the many natural work groups in their
organization to similarly study, digest, and adapt the rich
knowledge available in [this book]. Doing so will produce a much
more effective and competitive health care system."-From the
foreword by James S. Roberts, senior vice president, physician
leadership, VHA, Inc.
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