Health systems

For most involved in health care, success requires a deeper understanding of the forces influencing health system decisions and performance. Our research is designed to help you:

• Track health system priorities and challenges by understanding where leadership is putting their time and investment
• Build productive partnerships and avoid common pitfalls—with a nuanced view of the archetypal actors and their points of divergence

Health care is becoming more diversified and complex every day. With existing players acquiring new skills and new entrants trying to disrupt, health systems need continuous, impartial, and accurate readouts on the market. Our research will help you and your health system leaders:

• Anticipate disruptions and business risks
• Build consensus for strategy development

It's not sufficient to only observe and understand the market. Health systems need to respond to those signals. With no shortage of choices and risks for expansion, research that weighs the relative tradeoffs and success ingredients is key. Our health system research:

• Takes a structured approach to expansion and divestment decisions
• Assesses emerging care models and shifting sites-of-service so you can understand how leading systems are positioning themselves as agents for change

Poor execution can derail even the most innovative strategies. Since health care success is contingent on coordination and cooperation across a wider system of assets and partners, continuous system improvement is crucial. Our research looks at the wider continuum of care gives members the ability to:

• Benchmark performance against peers—and act on shortfalls with impartial expert guidance
• Lead teams toward continuous improvement on evergreen efficiency, sustainability, and systemness aims
• Recruit, engage, and retain the right staff to make progress on system priorities