Summary
Health care leaders discuss the focus on "systemness" in large health systems to compete with digital care providers. The conversation highlights the importance of community partnerships to improve patient care and health literacy.
Key Facts
- Large health systems in the U.S. are focusing on integrating services to compete with digital care providers.
- "Systemness" aims to make it easier for patients to use health services and retain more patients within the system.
- Leaders agreed that concentrating solely on "systemness" might overlook valuable community partnerships.
- Experts from Cleveland Clinic, Endeavor Health, Sutter Health, and OURA joined the webinar discussion.
- Endeavor Health noticed health literacy gaps in their patients and used community health workers to address them.
- Endeavor Health collaborates with food banks to provide healthy options for patients with specific health needs.
- Sutter Health found that over a third of their patients have low health literacy, emphasizing the need for community resources.
