Industry experts at Guidon Performance Solutions’ Second Annual Virtual Healthcare Summit agreed that health care organizations’ ability to survive their increasingly demanding and changing environment will require a new agility and adaptability. Consensus from the speakers signaled that most health care systems are unprepared to cope with the ongoing change.

Speakers described the pressures on cost and care as the most challenging management issues since the Industrial Revolution. Attended online by more than 300 participants, the summit featured health-care thought leaders from across the country who shared insights and best practices from diverse sectors within health care.

“There is a higher urgency to find creative ways to streamline the delivery of care and services,” says Ron Wince, Guidon’s president and CEO and summit host. “Wince suggested that most health care organizations are not prepared to cope with the pace of change, and depend on legacy practices that no longer work.

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