Mission
To continuously enhance the health of the individual patients and larger populations we serve in ways that contribute significantly to the prosperity and quality of life of our communities.
Vision
To be the clinical care network of choice for healthcare consumers and purchasers in the communities that we serve by coordinating the continuum of care, supporting providers in their efforts to optimize patient outcomes, and enabling patients to successfully participate in the management of their own health.
Core Values
Physician Leadership
Quality Driven
Excellence
Patient Centeredness
Collaboration
Value Sensitivity
Our Story
Doctors and Hospitals Team Up to Improve Care in the Region
Sequent Health Physician Partners is a working partnership between a group of area doctors and Gwinnett Medical Center. The purpose is to make quality medical care more convenient and accessible for all patients, deliver more personal attention to patients with long-term conditions, and create a greater focus on wellness and staying healthy. For doctors it gives them more control over patient care and it fosters better communication between doctors. And if you should ever need hospital care or other advanced treatment, the Gwinnett Medical Center hospitals and other facilities are part of the partnership. This type of arrangement is called a Clinically Integrated Network or CIN. The goal is nothing less than a physician-led transformation of the health care delivery system, resulting in higher quality, more cost-effective care.
Our community is likely to realize the following benefits:
Our Team
Under Development
Governance and Structure
Sequent Health Physician Partners was formally incorporated in 2014 through a cooperative between Gwinnett Health System (GHS) and over 40 physician leaders. Sequent was started to further the GHS mission to "provide quality health services to our community" and provide its citizens with a competitive, integrated and high value health care solution. GHS has committed its ongoing financial and operational support to Sequent Health Physician Partners.
Gwinnett Health System is a 553-bed, not-for-profit health care network that includes two hospitals and other support facilities, more than 4,800 employees, and 800 affiliated physicians. The hospitals system has repeatedly receive national recognition for clinical excellence, ranking in the top five percent in the nation for clinical quality.
Gwinnett Medical Center-Lawrenceville, the system's flagship hospital, provides inpatient and outpatient services as well as 24-hours emergency care, including the Children's Emergency Center, and Level II trauma care. The North Tower features the most advanced technology in health care, and the Strickland Heart Center provides advanced cardiac services, including open-heart surgery. GMC-Lawrenceville's comprehensive array of medical specialty services includes the Center for Orthopedics, Center for Neuroscience and Center for Sleep Disorders. This hospital is also the site of Gwinnett Day Surgery, Gwinnett Extended Care Center, Gwinnett SportsRehab and the Gwinnett Women's Pavilion. The Women's Pavilion offers a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and a high-risk pregnancy unit.
Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth, located at the intersection of pleasant Hill and Howell Ferry Roads, has 81 beds and expert medical care delivered in a state-of-the-art facility. GMC-Duluth offers 24-hour emergency care and is best known for its Sports Medicine Program, Center for Orthopedics, Concussion Institute, Center for weight Management and Glancy Rehabilitation Center, which offers inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for individuals with orthopedic or neurologic conditions.
Sequent Boards and Committees
The Sequent Health Board of Managers is responsible for developing and overseeing implementation of the CIN's mission, vision and strategic plan. The board provides executive oversight for all CIN operations and final approval for all strategic plans, initiatives, budget, capital expenditure and senior management appointments.
The Board is comprised of 15 individuals from the health system and medical community. Eleven seats are filled by physician participants who provide medical care within the service area. The physician board members represent a balance between primary care and specialty care, as well as employed and community physicians. The remaining four board members are appointed by the health system, including the GHS CMO, CFO, COO and representative from the GHS Board of Directors, The GHS chief executive officer and chief legal counsel serve as ex-officio to the Sequent Board.
The Board of Manger has appointed several committees to focus on key strategic areas of the CIN. The committees are comprised primarily of physician participants that equitably represent the physician community along with leadership from GHS that lend content expertise to their respective committee.
- Payer Strategy
- Budgeting & Oversight
- Business plans
- Capital investments
- Value-added services
- Vendor contracts
- Incentive programs
- IT strategy
- Selection and oversight of vendors
- Oversight implementations
- Reporting needs and requirements
- Data governance
- Payer Strategy
- Budgeting & Oversight
- Business plans
- Capital investments
- Value-added services
- Vendor contracts
- Incentive programs
- Payer Strategy
- Budgeting & Oversight
- Business plans
- Capital investments
- Value-added services
- Vendor contracts
- Incentive programs
- Clinical & value strategy
- Care coordination
- Performance metrics and standards
- Clinical pathways
- Performance improvement
- Patient satisfaction
- Provider remediation
Management Team
The Sequent Health Board of Managers is responsible for developing and overseeing implementation of the CIN's mission, vision and strategic plan. The board provides executive oversight for all CIN operations and final approval for all strategic plans, initiatives, budget, capital expenditure and senior management appointments.
The Board is comprised of 15 individuals from the health system and medical community. Eleven seats are filled by physician participants who provide medical care within the service area. The physician board members represent a balance between primary care and specialty care, as well as employed and community physicians. The remaining four board members are appointed by the health system, including the GHS CMO, CFO, COO and representative from the GHS Board of Directors, The GHS chief executive officer and chief legal counsel serve as ex-officio to the Sequent Board.
The Board of Manger has appointed several committees to focus on key strategic areas of the CIN. The committees are comprised primarily of physician participants that equitably represent the physician community along with leadership from GHS that lend content expertise to their respective committee.
Gwinnett Health System Partnership
One of the real benefits of Sequent is the partnership between the doctors and a hospital system. It provides a seamless experience from the primary care doctor to advanced hospital treatment and everything in between. Sequent Health Physician Partners is proud to have Gwinnett Health System in the network.
Gwinnett Medical Center is part of Gwinnett Health System and is a 553-bed, not-for-profit healthcare network that includes two hospitals and other support facilities, more than 4,800 employees, and 800 affiliated physicians. The hospital system has repeatedly received national recognition for clinical excellence, ranking in the top five percent in the nation for clinical quality.
