title: Positioning your organization for success in the new era.
abstract: To meet the challenges accelerated by reform, healthcare organizations require: integration of hospital and physician businesses, in which both parties' interests are aligned clinically and financially; care and disease management capacity and proficiency; the ability to use capital efficiently to fund strategic financial plans; sophisticated IT; the ability to direct patients to the lowest possible cost setting, in accordance with high-quality and best-practice care.
authors.affiliation: Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc., Skokie, IL, USA. mgrube@kaufmanhall.com
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Grube
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D018166:Health Care Reform; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States