Accountable Care. Bridging the Health Information Technology Divide. 1st Edition

Accountable Care: Bridging the Health Information Technology Divide, First Edition, (Bridging the Divide) is a book, 17 months in the making, that touches on many elements of this technological journey with a focal point of clinically integrated accountable care organizations (ACOs) at the epicenter. As the nation and global health system shifts focus from volume-driven care to performance and quality-driven care, leadership is returning to the provider. This is resulting in a greater emphasis on clinical and administrative performance and on the priority of improving population health. Three overarching influential factors touched on throughout the book are the aging of our US and global population, complexity of the healthcare system, and the continuous drive for new innovation. As a first edition text, Bridging the Divide starts a series that will focus on various aspects of health information technologies that are part of the future for accountable care organizations and other care delivery organizations.

Managing editors include: Bill Spooner is Chief Information Officer at Sharp Healthcare. Bert Reese is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Sentara Healthcare. Colin Konschak is Managing Partner of Divurgent. Contributing authors include: J.M. Bohn, founder of KMI Communications LLC. Chon Abraham, PhD, MBA is an associate professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) at the Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary. Shane Danaher, MBA is Client Services VP for Divurgent. Cynthia Davis, MHSA, RN, FACHE is a Principal with CIC Advisory, Inc.. Robert Esterhay, MD is the chair of the Department for Health Management and Systems Sciences in the School of Public Health and Information Sciences at the University of Louisville. Richard G. Jung is Chief Executive Officer of InTuun. Greg Miller is Senior VP at Medicity, Inc., a subsidiary of Aetna Corporation. Chip Perkins, MBA is VP of Provider Solutions at OptumInsight. John P. Reinhart, CPA is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the International Center for Long Term Care Innovation (InnovateLTC). David Shiple leads Divurgent's Advisory Services Practice. Mary Sirois, MBA, PT is the principal responsible for Divurgent's Clinical Transformation practice. Tim Webb is a Partner with InfoArch Consulting. Laishy Williams-Carlson is a regional Chief Information Officer for Bon Secours Health System. Ken Yale, DDS, JD is VP of Clinical Solutions at ActiveHealth Management.