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Who Killed Health Care?: America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure
In the battle for U.S. health care, patients and doctors are losing. Who Killed Health Care? shows how to win the war. One of the nation's most respected health care analysts, Regina Herzlinger exposes the motives and methods of those who have crippled America's health care system-figures in the insurance, hospital, employment, governmental, and academic sectors. She proves how our current system, which is organized around payers and providers rather than the needs of its users, is dangerously eroding patient welfare and is pushing costs out of the reach of millions. Who Killed Health Care? then outlines Herzlinger's bold new plan for a consumer-driven system that will deliver affordable, high-quality care to everyone. By putting insurance money in the hands of patients, removing the middleman in the doctor-patient relationship, and giving employers cost relief, consumers and physicians will be empowered to make the system work the way it should. Herzlinger describes in precise detail how her innovative program will provide - Smaller, disease-focused medical facilities that provide complete care for patients
- A national system of medical records that provides privacy with confidential access by approved practitioners
- Mandatory performance evaluations of all hospitals and all other medical organizations
- Mandatory health insurance with subsidies for those who cannot afford it
Who Killed Health Care? is a call to arms that must be answered; the welfare of every American hangs in the balance. “A brilliant analysis… A must-read.” – Bill George, Professor, Harvard Business School and Former CEO of Medtronic “As it becomes more and more obvious to everyone that our current health care system is unsustainable, this is the book that had to be written.” – Daniel H. Johnson, Jr. MD, former president of the American Medical Association “Regina Herzlinger’s ideas to tackle the crisis of the U.S. health care system are based on keen knowledge of the system’s existing difficulties along with insights that introduce the reader to new streamlined choices that have the potential of getting both quantity and cost under control.” – Joseph Kennedy, founder, chairman, and president, Citizens Energy Corporation, CEO, Citizens Health Care, former representative (D-Mass) “Regina Herzlinger… offers a vision of the way things can be, should be, and will be sooner or later. The only question is: how long do we have to wait?” – Greg Scandlen, founder, Consumers for Health Choices “Regi Herzlinger has brilliantly articulated a better way – embracing the principles of competition and innovation that cause every other sector of our economy to thrive. Discharging American health care from the ICU can only happen by putting individual Americans – not politicians and bureaucrats – back in charge of their health care decisioins.” – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla), M.D. “Following on the heels of her landmark Market-Driven Health Care, Herzlinger lays it on the line with her expose of what many who work in the health care industry have felt in their gut. Now it is articulated in an entertaining and must-read portrayal, with you and me as the only way out.” – Dennis White, executive vice president for strategic development, National Business Coalition on Health “A wonderful Orwellian romp through issues which carry a deadly irony. The killers of health care are, of course, the third parties, each of which has an itchy palm and a commitment to profit or power which exceeds the commitment to service, with each engaging the others within a politically shaped box. Rarely has the case for the public been made with so much force, foresight, and wit, and a better way forward shown so clearly.” – James F. Fries, MD, Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine “You can practically hear the war chants as Professor Herzlinger sets out her view of what’s wrong with the health care system and how to fix it. You’d best read it so you can decide which side you will be on when the battle is joined.” – Paul Levy, CEO, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA “Regina Herzlinger, the nation’s leading expert on consumer-driven health care, has given us a brilliant analysis of the flaws in our health care system and what it will take to get it back on track. Her latest book is a must-read.” – Bill George, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School, Former CEO, Medtronic, and author of Authentic Leadership “You don’t have to agree with her diagnosis and prescription for the U.S. health care system, but you do have to read her book. Once again, Professor Herzlinger has put together a well researched, well written, and very provocative blueprint for the future of health care.” Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Market-driven Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses In The Transformation Of America's Largest Service Industry
What happens when the demanding consumers who nearly brought the U.S. automobile industry to its knees focus the same kinds of pressure on the industry that represents one-seventh of the U.S. economy—health care? The health organizations that combine quality, convenience, information, choices, and lower costs will be the winners in this revolution. Regina Herzlinger, chaired professor at the Harvard Business School, distills the facts from the noise surrounding the one industry whose measures of success are life and death. In a thoroughly readable, anecdotal style, she pinpoints the drivers of change—the savvy consumer, the cost-conscious payer, and the rapidly improving technology—that will revolutionize the American health-care system. This is a must-read for those in every corner of the immense health-care web. With its strong narrative style, this is a book that will be read and talked about by everyone concerned about the future of American health care. .
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Consumer-Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers
Professor Herzlinger documents how the consumer-driven health care movement is being implemented and its impact on insurers, providers, new intermediaries, and governments With additional contributions by health care’s leading strategists, innovators, regulators and scholars, Consumer-Driven Health Care presents a compelling vision of a health care system built to satisfy the people it serves. This comprehensive resource includes the most important thinking on the topic and compelling case studies of consumer-driven health care (CDHC) in action, here and abroad, including new consumer-driven intermediaries for information and support; types of insurance plans; focused factories for delivering health care; personalized drugs and devices; and government roles..
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Let's Put Consumers in Charge of Health Care (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Businesses spend billions on health insurance And what do they get for their money? A lot of unhappy employees. Workers fret about the quality of the care they receive, the burden of their out-of-pocket expenses, and the gaps in their coverage For businesses, health care has become a lose-lose proposition: They pay way too much, and they get way too little. The problem is that the health care industry has been shielded from consumer pressure--by employers, insurers, and the government. As a result, costs have exploded even as choices have narrowed. But if companies embrace a new model of health coverage--one that places control over both costs and care directly into the hands of employees--the competitive forces that spur productivity and innovation in consumer markets can be loosed upon the inefficient, tradition-bound health care system. Moving to consumer-driven health care requires that companies revamp their health benefits in six ways: Give employees incentives to shop intelligently; offer a real choice of insurance plans; charge employees prices that accurately reflect the company's costs; let providers set their own prices; adjust payments for each enrollee based on need; and provide relevant information..
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Curing U.S. Health Care, 3rd Edition (HBR Article Collection)
Soaring health-benefit costs. Low-quality care. Complex HMO rules. U.S. health care is sick. The cure? Radical approaches to innovation, competition, and process improvement on the part of all players Innovation: Developers of new health care services, technologies, and business models can better navigate the many forces affecting innovations' success--such as regulatory caution. And hospitals and HMOs can embrace simpler, more affordable, and convenient innovations--such as angioplasty. Competition: Instead of shifting health care costs to employees, companies can unleash competitive forces by giving employees more health plan options, greater control over their health care spending, and more information to make wiser choices. Process improvement: Health care practitioners can adapt methods from Toyota's famed production system to eradicate problems during patient care delivery. No single player can cure U.S. health care. But by harnessing the collective power of innovation, competition, and process improvement, we can revitalize this struggling system. This Harvard Business Review Article Collection offers guidelines for doing your part..
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Curing U.S. Health Care (HBR OnPoint Collection)
U.S. companies are fed up with soaring U.S. health benefit costs; patients, with low-quality, inconvenient care. The root cause of these problems? The wrong kind of competition Industry players divide up--rather than drive up--value. Employers shift costs to employees. Insurers limit patients' access to services. Providers spend less time with patients. The prevailing question is "Who's paying?" not "Who's providing top value?" Consider a different kind of competition--where industry players increase value: 1) Providers excel at preventing, diagnosing, and treating specific diseases--where cost and quality improvements await; 2) hospitals and HMOs embrace convenient, cheap, simple products and services; and 3) companies give employees more health plan options, greater control over what they spend, and more information to make wiser choices. By insisting on the right kind of competition, we can collectively begin to revitalize this struggling system. This Harvard Business Review OnPoint collection offers guidelines for doing your part. HBR OnPoint collections include an overview and three full-text HBR articles, each with a synopsis and annotated bibliography. The three articles: "Redefining Competition in Health Care" (HBR reprint R0406D) by Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, "Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care?" by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Bohmer, and John Kenagy (HBR reprint R00501), and "Let's Put Consumers in Charge of Health Care" by Regina E. Herzlinger (HBR reprint R0207B)..
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Employer-Purchased Insurance May Decline As Consumers Gain Control.: An article from: Family Practice News
This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 703 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Employer-Purchased Insurance May Decline As Consumers Gain Control. Author: Bruce Jancin Publication:Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal) Date: December 1, 1999 Publisher: International Medical News Group Volume: 29 Issue: 23 Page: 45 Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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