HM14 Special Report: The Future of the Healthcare Marketplace

2. Redesign acute care, with hospitalists taking the lead;

3. Reach out beyond the walls. It will be very important for hospitalists to work even more closely with primary care providers;

4. Bring your clinical colleagues along to pursue the “triple aim” (better health, better healthcare, and lower per capita costs); and

5. Benefit patients, payers and providers through these changes.

Key points:

• “We’ve got to change the delivery system;”

• The changes in the healthcare system are areas in which hospitalists can continue to be leaders;

• ACA changes can be better for the patient, payer and provider; and

• HM14 is off to a strong start with a clear, overarching goal of hospitalists leading the changing world of medicine.

Dr. Hale is a pediatric hospitalist at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.