Table 3.

CCO Research Questions by Survey Domain

Workforce

Are CCOs able to meet the workforce needs of the organizations that they serve better than alternative governance models?

Can organizations that have adopted a CCO governance structure more rapidly adapt care delivery processes to changing external demands than those using other models?

Are the number or focus of institution-wide processes of care delivery changes of CCO led institution different than institutions with other governance models?

Do disease stratified patients of institutions that use the CCO model to standardize care for their specific diseases have better outcomes than organizations that do not use the CCO model to standardize care?

Are the institutional total costs of ownership for CCO led institutions higher or lower than those of institutions without CCO governance?

Workload

Is the mission of academic physicians better supported by the CCO model than by alternative organizational structures?

Are organizations with CCOs better able to standardize the delivery of critical care services than those using other models?

Do institutions that use the CCO model have less variability of the devices that are required to deliver critical care than institutions that do not use CCO governance?

Burnout Well Being

Does the CCO governance structure attract providers that as a group achieve better patient level outcomes than other models?

Does the CCO governance structure provide better work life balance than alternative models?