Are You an Old or New Era Hospital Leader?

Sabrina Rodak
Becker's Hospital Review
May 31, 2012

With the healthcare industry moving towards accountable care, pay-for-performance models, increased quality demands and population health management, hospitals and health systems are experiencing a revolution. The multiple changes in the industry — not only in philosophy but in regulations — require changes in healthcare leaders. To be successful, hospital and health system leaders will need to be collaborative, transparent and flexible. Here, industry experts describe how an "old era" healthcare leader would approach specific areas of healthcare, and how this approach differs from strategies successful "new era" leaders should take.