How it's done: Keys to implementation of delivery system reform

The vision of Obamacare - including the expansion of health care coverage to millions more Americans - rests in no small part on the reduction of health care waste and the spread of cheaper, more sustainable models of health care delivery. Though this will require thoughtful policy, powerful payment incentives and innovative new models of care delivery, it will also require all health care industry stakeholders to execute rapid, large-scale change in practice much more effectively. This paper offers nine strategies for more successfully managing this transformative change.