Mapping the Path to 21st Century Healthcare ─ The Ten Transitions

This book provides a detailed guide to the ten transitions critically important in assessing a healthcare organization's progress in moving towards the 21st century model. Divided into four sections, the author progresses from establishing a basis for the ten transitions to a deeper analysis of each transition, after which a score is developed to rate the organization's progress. This helps an organization prepare for the new structures, processes and cultural values that will emerge as a result of industrialization.

Scott Goodwin, MBA, D.A., CPHQ, LSSBB, has more than 20 years, experience as a healthcare quality professional that includes hospital senior quality leadership positions and quality consulting with multiple hospitals. He is currently the owner/chief innovation officer for AWLG Healthcare Consulting, LLC. Since 2013, he has been an adjunct professor at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire, where he teaches healthcare quality and Lean and organizational ethics. In 2014, he received the innovator’s award from the New Hampshire Foundation for Healthy Communities, which celebrates extraordinary ingenuity, creativity, and skill in improving health and healthcare access, delivery, or quality. Over the past 10 years, he has studied the influences shaping American healthcare organizations and healthcare quality improvement.