Commentary: Why healthcare’s future must be collaborative

Healthcare is transforming. Those who pay close attention to the industry can see interest in value-based arrangements growing, hear calls for price transparency getting louder, and feel the hurt of patients who are forgoing care either because they can’t afford it or because it is otherwise inaccessible to them.

Changing an industry that accounts for 18% of U.S. gross domestic product takes time, but that’s a commodity increasingly in short supply, as voters cited healthcare as their No. 1 concern in the 2018 midterm elections. External pressure on the industry to change will only increase as the 2020 elections get closer, so how can organizations of every size work to improve healthcare outcomes while...