The Catalyst Issue 6 | Spring 2010 | Page 2

NANCY L. BIRDWELL Chief Development Officer PETER BRUMLEVE Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer HOLLY HALLEN Associate Executive Director, Division of Strategy, Marketing and Communications AMY PERKINS Director, Development Marketing and Annual Giving KERRI WHITE Consultant and Project Manager PATRICIA BRENNAN Managing Editor A continued focus on patient-centered care T he new healthcare bill signed into law by President Barack Obama will expand access to healthcare for literally tens of millions of Americans. What a challenge and what an opportunity! The complexity of this legislation is vast. It is comprehensive and hopes to create opportunities in three general areas: access to care, system redesign and financial support. In each of these areas, there are many opportunities for Scott & White. We have been fortunate to be recognized in the last few years as a unique integrated system that provides high-quality and lower-cost care throughout an array of disease management processes. Our structure is consistent with the description of an Accountable Care Organization, which this legislation hopes to promote as we transform healthcare in the United States. The high current costs of healthcare and the rate of increase of those costs are not sustainable. Moreover, the quality of care provided for the price—50 percent per capita greater than any other country—is not what any of us want. And so we have a real chance over the next decade to create higher quality, more efficient, more accessible, innovative health care. This effort will be a marathon, not a sprint. It will be a meticulous, challenging, complex process, but one that is important for the future of all our citizens. Putting the patient at the center of the effort and focusing our initiatives on patient care are what Scott & White is all about. We know we must change, and we will change for the better on behalf of our patients. In this issue of THE CATALYST, you will learn about many things that we are currently doing to benefit our patients and provide hope for the future. You also will be introduced to our newest trustee, Texas’ First Lady Anita Perry, who has, in her short tenure with Scott & White, already provided insight and observations that have been significant for our great organization. I hope you enjoy the Spring 2010 issue. ALFRED B. KNIGHT, MD President and CEO, Scott & White Healthcare 2 THE CATALYST Spring 10 | sw.org JAN MCINROY Copyeditor REBECCA MCCOY GARY L. HANSEN Photography KORZENOWSKI DESIGN Design KATHERINE MURPHY MARY OELERICH-MEYER JEFFREY WESTHOFF BARBARA WRAY Contributing Writers Scott & White THE CATALYST is published four times each year for friends of Scott & White by Scott & White Memorial Hospital; Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, a 501(c)3, not-for-profit Texas organization affiliated with Scott & White Clinic; Scott & White Health Plan; and the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. For appointment information, call 800-792-3710 or visit our website, sw.org. Correspondence and inquiries should be addressed to: Amy Perkins, Director, Development Marketing and Annual Giving, Scott & White Healthcare, THE CATALYST, 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508. SUPPORT SCOTT & WHITE For information about how you can make a gift to Scott & White, please contact the Scott & White Office of Development. 800-293-4483 | 254-724-2768 [email protected] sw.org OUR VISION Scott & White will be the most Trusted and the most Valued name in American Healthcare. OUR MISSION To provide the most personalized, comprehensive and highest quality healthcare enhanced by medical education and research. ©2010 Scott & White. All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means of the entire contents or any portion of this publication without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.