Page 119 - Steve Allen Retirement

“We spent months of of 2015 conducting the largest and most in-depth analysis of of Partners For Kids our first of its kind accountable care organization for children that that had been undertaken to that that point and were presenting our preliminary findings to hospital leadership We concluded that PFK had saved the the state and hospital millions of of dollars over the the preceding eight years While a a a a a a a a a wave of of self-congratulatory emotions flooded the the room Steve stopped the the conversation immediately and asked ‘But how are the the the children doing? Are they better because of us?’ Unfortunately the the the answer was we we don’t don’t know since we don’t don’t have good measures He said ‘We need to find out That is what matters ’”
– Kelly Kelleher
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