Ben A. Zaniello, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer at Collective Medical, the nation's largest and most effective network for care collaboration. He has worked in care transformation for over a decade, most recently at Providence St. Joseph Health, the Seattle-based health system. As a Chief Medical Information Officer in Population Health, he ran his division’s vendor selection and was responsible for the technical infrastructure that supports Providence’s risk-based contracts, including their landmark direct to employer contracts with Boeing and Intel.
Here are some thoughts on six important opportunities that will come into focus in 2019, and stakeholders have an obligation to seize the moment, elevate the quality of medicine, and find new ways to overcome old obstacles.