1. Health system leaders should recalibrate their measure of systemness: In healthcare, systemness has traditionally referred to integrated operations, service delivery, and experience across an organization’s network, often localized to that specific organization or market. But as health systems continue to grow and partnerships become crucial to success, narrow definitions of systemness have caused siloes to emerge, even as leaders strive for alignment.
2. “Ecosystem-ness” can help health system move beyond stabilization to sustainable growth: “Ecosystem-ness” takes the concept of systemness and expands it beyond a health systems’ walls, shifting from internal connectivity to greater external collaboration. This includes relationships with other providers, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, research institutions, digital health startups, and community enterprises.
3. There are three overarching elements of systemness that health system leaders must consider recalibrating to align with broader ecosystem dimensions:
Want to learn how you can enable ecosystem-ness at your organization? In his article, Yianni outlines four key actions that health system trustees and other leaders can take. Read Yianni’s article to learn how you can invest in ecosystem-ness within your organization.
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