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The rapidly changing landscape in health care calls for greater collaboration among all stakeholders – providers, payers, and consumers. While the national debate continues on the appropriate approach for change, thoughtful leaders know that change must be anticipated.

Strategies for Tomorrow (SFT) has built its reputation on bringing communities and collaborations together to plan and implement health information exchanges (HIEs). The next stage for HIEs calls for them to be aligned with related initiatives. Two key themes have emerged.

1. Expand the collaborative relations enabled by health information exchange:

• Help physicians and hospitals achieve Meaningful Use.
• Facilitate the formation of Accountable Care Organizations with shared risk by providers and payers.
• Integrate data and applications into care delivery work flow for informed clinician decision making.
• Expand the use of data analysis tools to serve the needs of providers, payers, and consumers.
• Enable new uses for shared data – comparative effectiveness, population health and clinical trials.

2. Develop new HIT/HIE migration strategies for multi-stakeholder initiatives.

• Establish physician adoption approaches that help practices and systems redesign work that supports patient-centric models.
• Find ways for state-level HIEs, community HIEs, and Integrated Delivery Networks to co-exist successfully and be financially sustainable.
• Work with payers and providers to improve quality and value around such initiatives as Accountable Care Organizations, care coordination, data analysis tools, and payment reform.
• Develop financial sustainability models that support these activities.

SFT’s Consulting Team

SFT has assembled a team of consultants that bring a full set of expertise, collaboration skills, and deep experience in the current health care environment. The leading consultants are former executives who have worked for HIEs, providers, government, and health plans. The consultants understand business and strategic planning, financial sustainability, technology, governance, organizational structuring, policy development, vendor selection, implementation, operations, privacy and security, and collaboration building.