Steward Health Care System is a community-based accountable care organization and community hospital network. As an integrated, cost-effective accountable care organization, Steward is committed to providing world-class care in the communities where its patients live. Steward is widely recognized as a national leader in implementing a new model of integrated health care delivery. Steward’s model takes care of patients from wellness and care management all the way through their end of life. By providing health care services in a coordinated and more efficient manner, Steward is able to control costs while dramatically improving quality, eliminating care fragmentation and reducing duplication of services in the delivery of health care.