Slideshow: Coordination a Hurdle to Building ACOs

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Initiating collaborative relationships is the key to improved quality, most healthcare leaders say. Teamwork is an emerging focus, with nearly three-quarters (72%) of those surveyed entering collaborative care relationships. At the same time, healthcare leaders are reluctant to engage in shared savings programs as a risk-sharing cost-reduction tactic: 63% say they have no plans for such programs, which are a foundation of the evolving accountable care organization models.

View the data from the most recent HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report, Collaborating to Improve Care and Cut Costs, in this slideshow.