1.12.2010 SPEAKER: Gene Lindsey, MD, President and CEO, Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates MODERATOR: Ronald Dixon, MD, MA, Associate Medical Director, MGH Beacon Hill Internal Medicine Associates; Director, Virtual Practice Project, Massachusetts General Hospital

Forum Abstract

Forty years ago, visionaries recognized that the problems in health care delivery could only be solved by reorganizing the resources of and payment for health care in a way that optimally balances the needs of the patient for quality care with the needs of society more generally. Today, this same reorganization is needed, and it must be led by the providers of health care. These issues cannot and will not be solved by our federal or state government. Changes in the delivery of care can only occur by leveraging the talents of each person who works for a health care organization and leading them to look at health care from the perspective of the patient. The job of health care leaders is to create a culture and vision that engages their employees in making these important changes.

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