In the age of value-based healthcare, where hospitals and providers are taking on more financial risk for the care of patients, forward-looking hospital administrators should rethink the role of infectious-disease (ID) physician leaders in promoting patient safety, mitigating risk, improving outcomes and saving costs. Early involvement of ID physicians promotes effective infection control and sound antimicrobial stewardship, which are critically important concerns for health systems as they seek to achieve their strategic objectives in accountable care or bundled payment initiatives.
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