NEJM June 5, 2024
Timothy J. Dentry, MBA, and Thomas H. Lee, MD, MSc
In strategic partnerships with others focused on improving costs and efficiencies, a health system needs to continue to be the right side of the brain, looking for the opportunities, not doing the routine tasks.
Abstract
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Light Health describes two strategic partnerships that Northern Light made to help reduce the health system’s expenses, expand its capabilities, and increase efficiency, all while making the lives of its staff easier. He explains the caution that went into forming these partnerships, ensuring that Northern Light would continue to support its staff, retain its independence, and not become a minority partner, and describes the health system’s positive outcomes as a result of working...
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