Boston Scientific Thinks Big In Heart Failure Risk-Share Plan
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Value-based care and leveraging digital health and analytics are now viewed as the all-important ingredients in sustainable health care delivery. With that in mind, Boston Scientific and global professional services company Accenture recently joined forces in a total-cost-of-care heart failure project that is rewarded on patient outcomes.
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