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The outpatient shift is changing the high reliability paradigm for health care organizations. What historically has been an acute care and IP focus will need to expand across the enterprise as the locus of care moves away from hospitals and into diffuse ambulatory and home settings. More sites of care, workforce challenges and higher disease complexity have led to increased risk and more obstacl...

Clinically integrated networks (CINs) gained a foothold more than a decade ago amid the backdrop of an unsustainable trajectory for fee-for-service (FFS) health care delivery. CINs could function as a vehicle for value-based care (VBC) models in providing an alternative for clinical and payment model advancement. Since then, CINs have become a cornerstone of care delivery, enabling clinical value ...

Hospital system chief financial officers (CFOs) face an increasingly complex financial landscape, one shaped by regulatory shifts, technological advancements and evolving patient expectations. Here are 3 top takeaways to effectively navigate in 2025. ► Pharmacy Optimization: With systems reporting 25% of revenue tied to pharmacy operations, this area represents a significant revenue opportunity fo...

As payers incorporate much-needed financial incentives to advance health equity, provider organizations and clinically integrated networks (CINs) should adopt payer-agnostic approaches for true transformation. Both public and private payers have begun incorporating financial incentives into contracts with providers to advance health equity. The ACO (accountable care organization) Realizing Equity...

As children’s hospitals and large pediatric programs work toward recovery and stabilization, administrative and clinical leaders are assessing which elements of COVID-19 disruption and innovation are here to stay. Many children’s hospitals have begun to understand their continued volume depletion, attributing lost emergency department and inpatient volumes to the natural consequences ...

Editor’s note: Answers have been edited for clarity. Sg2 was formed in 2001, and, today, our cutting-edge expertise, analytics and tailored consulting offerings help health industry leaders anticipate health care trends and provide them with unparalleled insight into local market dynamics. We are just one of the companies that founder Michael Sachs started—and grew—with his visi...

Consumerism in health care must transform to meet changing consumer expectations. Consumers increasingly expect to be at the center of their health journey, yet the industry has lacked the ability to translate a retail-like experience—to the benefit of innovative disrupters. To compete and drive profitability, health systems must acknowledge the transformation in health care driven by compet...

Did you know that patients—who know you, trust you and chose you—are quietly walking out the door to your competitors? In today’s market, it’s rare for a health system to capture more than 50% of a patient’s share of care. Even among systems with loyal patients and high-functioning teams, more than half of the revenue opportunity is silently slipping away—undete...

Editor’s note: this post was originally published on Sg2’s parent company Vizient Inc’s blog. What do Boeing, General Electric, Lowe’s and Walmart have in common? They are among a growing number of self-insured employers bypassing traditional benefit networks offered by insurers and instead contracting directly with health systems to deliver health care services to their e...

Editor’s note: Answers have been edited for clarity. Sg2 was formed in 2001, and, today, our cutting-edge expertise, analytics and tailored consulting offerings help health industry leaders anticipate health care trends and provide them with unparalleled insight into local market dynamics. We are just one of the companies that founder Michael Sachs started—and grew—with his visio...