Healthcare Innovation March 29, 2023
Mark Cockley, M.D., chief clinical officer at Wisconsin’s ThedaCare, discusses advances that he and his colleagues have been making in improving patients’ health and engagement—beginning with staff
When the leaders of ThedaCare—an eight-hospital, 40-clinic integrated health system based in the eastern Wisconsin cities of Appleton and Neenah—set out to transform their organization into a proactive partner in health, they knew this vision would require them to make some significant changes. ThedaCare, which serves Northeast and Central Wisconsin with eight hospitals and more than 180 points of care, confronted the same challenges facing providers everywhere: higher operational costs amid flat reimbursement; disruption from the shift to value-based care and population health; and vast amounts of data newly available from apps, wearables...