Stephen Grossbart, PhD

After a turbulent 2020 and a 2021 the New York Times summed up as “languishing,” healthcare leaders are determined to pursue positive change in 2022. The pandemic still looms large, but health systems will also focus on other prominent performance drivers, following the lead of top performers in other industries that stress long-range tactics and prioritize consumers and data-driven decision making. With these strategies in place, trends in the following six areas will determine organizational success in 2022 and have a lasting impact on providers and patients:

1. Health equity.
2. Patient safety.
3. Staffing.
4. Care delivery.
5. COVID-19 recovery.
6. Payment and payers.

尽管医疗保健行业的许多人都急于将2020年抛在身后，但新的一年也会带来挑战、担忧和承诺。拜登政府新政策的三个主要类别的趋势、护理提供和医疗保健技术将塑造2021年，关键问题包括COVID-19的长期影响、未来的应急准备和《平价医疗法案》(ACA)的前景。医疗保健领导者可以通过了解这些类别中的关键领域，以及事件、活动和政治任命将如何影响医疗保健生态系统，为这个关键的一年做好准备。

尽管医疗保健行业的许多人都急于将2020年抛在身后，但新的一年也会带来挑战、担忧和承诺。拜登政府新政策的三个主要类别的趋势、护理提供和医疗保健技术将塑造2021年，关键问题包括COVID-19的长期影响、未来的应急准备和《平价医疗法案》(ACA)的前景。医疗保健领导者可以通过了解这些类别中的关键领域，以及事件、活动和政治任命将如何影响医疗保健生态系统，为这个关键的一年做好准备。

The quality and patient safety movement of the early 21^stcentury called for greater board of trustee involvement in improvement. However, too many health systems still don’t have the resources in place to effectively engage their boards around quality and safety measures.

Six guidelines describe how organizations can better leverage data to inform their boards:

1. Emphasize quality and patient safety goals.
2. Leverage National Quality Forum-endorsed measures.
3. Use benchmarking and risk adjustment to select targets.
4. Access data beyond the EHR.
5. Provide data and information for multiple organizational levels.
6. Develop a board-specific measurement and presentation strategy.