One of the many challenges facing today’s healthcare strategists involves convincing the C-suite and leadership teams, as well as the entire organization, to implement a new strategy. Even when the new idea is supported by abundant data and there are excellent reasons to embrace the strategy, far too often change is a hard sell, and even harder to make happen.
In fact, change is painful, not only for organizations but also for the individuals working within them. Choosing a new direction, moving into new markets, altering processes in order to embrace MACRA or shifting to value-payment models may all be necessary–but very challenging to implement.
