By Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka Begin with the end in mind.... The 2nd of the habits propounded by Stephen R. Covey. I start my day by mentally reviewing my overarching goals. In formulating the objectives that underlie my activities in this role, I have drawn heavily from Ekong’s paper on this role and from discussions with seasoned colleagues. My goals are to • Resource the health plan clinical teams. • Resource our provider network. • Resource the system of care, as best I can. I make certain to get an early start, particularly since my to-do list today consists of 3-4 hours of driving to and from meetings. Included are a series of provider visits, a public-policy workgroup meeting with key stakeholders, clinical team meetings to discuss complex cases in two of the four health plan markets that I support and, most crucial of all, a high level state meeting to discuss the system of care in one of the states I support. As I have intimated in a previous post, one of the things I e...