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round the world, CEOs and senior manag-ers of healthcare systems are asking them-selves how best to deal with the challenges of today’s rapidly changing healthcare landscape. The solutions they opt for must be sol-idly grounded on fundamental values that will guide future practices, decisions, and standards.The increase in human health risks, epitomized in recent years by the outbreaks of influenza A(H1N1) and SArS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), underlines the urgent need to connect strategic think-ing on health with management processes in a glo-balized world. To make this connection, we believe it is essential that health systems strive for transparency as a fundamental value.