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The Four Forces Driving Healthcare Change
VIDEO - Consultant Jef Williams details the four areas driving change in healthcare for radiologists.
Healthcare reform may be shaking up the medical imaging community in every which way, but according to Jef Williams, vice president of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting, there are just four main tenets of healthcare that are really driving the change.
In this video, Williams boils the list down to electronic health records, health information exchanges, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and declining reimbursements.
Still, the combined impact of these four forces is considerable.
“It’s requiring the imaging specialists, the leaders in healthcare, in imaging, to step outside of their comfort zones and get outside of their departments, get outside of their silos,” he said, “and look at ways to work collaboratively.”
Podcast: Preparing for Accountable Care Organizations
January 28th 2011The new ACO model could dramatically affect how radiologists practice, and now’s the time to get involved in the process. Dr. Steven Gerst, MD, MBA, MPH, CHE, vice president of medical affairs at technology company MedCurrent, sheds some light on ACOs and what radiologists should be doing now to prepare.
