Comparing The Transformational Model With Accountaable Care

Healthcare organizations are not only going through technological changes but changes in management practices as well. These changes will challenge healthcare organizations practices, policies, and patient attitude. Comparing the transformational model (TM) with accountable care organizations (ACO’s), this paper will explore how each model improves quality of care, access to care, and reduce cost while discussing their differences. The transformational model focuses on healthcare establishments becoming “learning organizations (Sollecito & Johnson, 2013).”
This includes shared responsibilities, decision-making, innovation, and learning to meet the challenges of society. Accountable care organizations (ACO’s) are providers who voluntarily
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It is the framework used by leaders as a guide to redesign their organization. This learning involves leadership supporting and creating an environment where staff can meet the challenges and changes of tomorrow’s healthcare. To reduce cost, improve care, and access to care, the transformational model involves organizations improving on services and patient satisfaction. To accomplish this it requires new ways of providing services.
Organization learning focuses on improvements as a necessity and essential to overall care. To do this it would require educating the staff and change how care is provided while enhancing their skill set (Sollecito & Johnson, 2013).This will allow organizations to better manage cost, provide quality services, improve patient outcomes, education, and decision-making by patients
(Sollecito & Johnson, 2013). One of the challenges with this model is the lack of incentives for providers. With hard work there is no reward? All healthcare providers continually enhance their skill set to better serve the customer base, which is the patient. However, with redesign requires time, money, and realistic expectations. For the transformational model change to happen, it …show more content…
After careful reviewing both models, they both exhibit beneficial qualities in cost, quality, and patient care. Therefore the ACO’s model may become the more dominate model due to its incentives versus the transformational model that focuses more on quality of care and values with undefined financial goals. The focus in healthcare will always
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be quality, cost, and access to care regardless of the model. The healthcare industry is constantly evolving with leadership roles changing their dynamics (Science Direct, 2014).
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References
Johnson, J. K. and Sollecito, W. A.(2013) Chapter 10: CQI, Transformational , and the learning Oraganization. Mclaughlin And Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement In Health Care 4th Edition.(pp. 286-294). Jones and Bartlett Learning: Burlington, MA
Science Direct (2014) Accountable care organizations in the USA: Types, development and challenges. Health Policy Volume 118, Issue 1 October 2014, Pages 1-7. Retrieved from: