What It Takes to Lead Health System Change
Harvard Business Review October 3, 2017
“What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?” asks Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal, M.D., in an essay published today in Harvard Business Review.
To answer this question, Blumenthal draws from two earlier phases of his career: his tenure as national coordinator of health information technology at the start of the Obama administration, when he was charged with creating a nationwide, interoperable electronic health information system, and his work to replace the electronic health record system at Partners HealthCare, New England’s largest health system.
Blumenthal discusses what he views...