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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (444 download)
Download or read book Shaping a Consumer-driven Health System written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Regina E. Herzlinger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780787972165
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Consumer-Driven Health Care written by Regina E. Herzlinger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03-22 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Herzlinger documents how the consumer-driven health caremovement is being implemented and its impact on insurers,providers, new intermediaries, and governments. With additionalcontributions by health care's leading strategists,innovators, regulators and scholars, Consumer-Driven HealthCare presents a compelling vision of a health care system builtto satisfy the people it serves. This comprehensive resource includes the most important thinkingon the topic and compelling case studies of consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC) in action, here and abroad, including newconsumer-driven intermediaries for information and support; typesof insurance plans; focused factories for delivering health care;personalized drugs and devices; and government roles.
Author : Kim Slocum
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000730662
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Consumer Directed Health Care written by Kim Slocum and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-07-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a balanced 360 degree view of consumer directed health care. It provides insight, analysis, and original research to help us see more clearly the important dimension in the future of American health care.
Author : Timothy Jost
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822341246
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Health Care at Risk written by Timothy Jost and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAnalyzes what is wrong with the U.S. health care system, assessing and critiquing the ability of consumer-driven approaches to fix these problems and comparing the U.S. experience with that of other nations./div
Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522561994
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Consumer-Driven Technologies in Healthcare: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of medical technologies is undergoing a sea change in the domain of consumer culture. Having a grasp on what appeals to consumers and how consumers are making purchasing decisions is essential to the success of any organization that thrives by offering a product or service. As such, it is vital to examine the consumer-centered aspects of medical technological developments that have a patient-centered focus and allow patients to take part in their own personal health and wellness. Consumer-Driven Technologies in Healthcare: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is a critical source of academic knowledge on the use of smartphones and other technological devices for cancer therapy, fitness and wellness, chronic disease monitoring, and other areas. The tracking of these items using technology has allowed consumers to take control of their own healthcare. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as clinical decision support systems, patient engagement, and electronic health records, this publication is an ideal reference source for doctors, nurse practitioners, hospital administrators, medical professionals, IT professionals, academicians, and researchers interested in advancing medical practice through technology.
Author : Susan M. Finley
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598585746
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)
Download or read book The Great American Rip-Off written by Susan M. Finley and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives the reader a look at the complicated U.S. health care system through the eyes of a consumer. It explores two key questions: Why, with all of the resources that have been devoted to solving the health care crisis, does the situation continue to deteriorate? And, what, exactly, could be done differently this time to turn the situation around? The author examines obstacles that have stood in the way of health care reform in the past - including politics, government red tape, profit-driven providers, moneyed lobbyists and special interest groups and even, our own consumer "entitlement mentality" - and challenges the reader to envision a scenario in which innovation in health care might be possible. The author argues that consumers are the key to forward progress on health care: we'll only see consumer-driven solutions when enough people demand them. This book is a challenge to consumers to speak up and hold our leaders in the medical community, the government and corporate America accountable for developing solutions that work for us. Susan M. Finley is a small business owner and marketing strategist. She began her career as a bank product manager, and in 1994 co-founded Michaelson Kelbick Partners Inc. (MKP), a firm specializing in marketing and communications for the financial services industry. Over the course of a decade, the agency managed marketing communications for some of the largest bank mergers in recent history. In 2003, she left MKP (now renamed mkp communications, inc.). Her knowledge and understanding of the complicated U.S. health care financing system comes from a three-year research and consulting project, started in the hopes of serving as a catalyst for consumer-driven changes in health care. She lives in North Carolina, where she and her husband have recently founded Finley and Finley, LLC, to continue their research on potential avenues for innovation in the health care and financial services industries.
Author : Regina Herzlinger
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071509887
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (715 download)
Download or read book Who Killed HealthCare?: America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure written by Regina Herzlinger and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned authority from Harvard Business School confronts America's health care crisis-and how consumer control can fix it PRAISE FOR WHO KILLED HEALTHCARE? “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
Author : Gordon Moore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190886137
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Choice Matters written by Gordon Moore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The direct-to-consumer business model has transformed how people seek out goods and services from music to mortgages. So what happens now that the revolution has come for healthcare? While consumers have begun to insist on healthcare that is as convenient and personalized as nearly every other good or service they purchase, most healthcare provider organizations, physicians, and insurance companies remain woefully unprepared to meet this demand. Choice Matters is the healthcare sector's guide to understanding and delivering the brand of consumer-centered care that is an imperative for the Zocdoc age. Drawing on the authors' diverse backgrounds in medicine, business, and public policy, this practically-oriented resource offers an on-the-ground introduction for clinicians and managers to better understand: Â- The differences between healthcare and other consumer-driven markets Â- What factors are most important for consumers in seeking care providers Â- How consumers make decisions about healthcare Â- The system-wide effects of increased consumer choice in healthcare Â- The important distinction between patients and consumers By celebrating the possibilities inherent to consumer-centered healthcare, Choice Matters offers a refreshing, empirically informed take on how healthcare in the United States can flourish, not wither, in the new economy.
Author : Maryalice Jordan-Marsh
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 144961065X
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Health Technology Literacy written by Maryalice Jordan-Marsh and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Health Technology Literacy is a `must read' for anyone who cares about the future of health and health care, and how technology is already shaping a new consumer-oriented vision of that future. As one of today's leading scholars in the area of `consumer-facing health technologies, ' Dr. Jordan-Marsh has written a book that helps the rest of us understand how taking better care of ourselves is being played out in the digital age."--Katharyn A. May, DNSc, RN, FAAN Professor and Dean, School of Nursing University of Wisconsin-Madison --Book Jacket
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309144337
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Healthcare Imperative written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation but continually lags behind other nations in health care outcomes including life expectancy and infant mortality. National health expenditures are projected to exceed $2.5 trillion in 2009. Given healthcare's direct impact on the economy, there is a critical need to control health care spending. According to The Health Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, the costs of health care have strained the federal budget, and negatively affected state governments, the private sector and individuals. Healthcare expenditures have restricted the ability of state and local governments to fund other priorities and have contributed to slowing growth in wages and jobs in the private sector. Moreover, the number of uninsured has risen from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008. The Health Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes identifies a number of factors driving expenditure growth including scientific uncertainty, perverse economic and practice incentives, system fragmentation, lack of patient involvement, and under-investment in population health. Experts discussed key levers for catalyzing transformation of the delivery system. A few included streamlined health insurance regulation, administrative simplification and clarification and quality and consistency in treatment. The book is an excellent guide for policymakers at all levels of government, as well as private sector healthcare workers.
Author : Marc A. Rodwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Dark Side of a Consumer-Driven Health System written by Marc A. Rodwin and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we adopt a full consumer model for our healthcare system, we will incorporate not only the positive elements of consumerism but some negative ones as well. These negative aspects are often overlooked. This essay examines the negative side. In brief, health care consumers are only entitled to what they can pay for so those with no money get nothing and those with little money receive little; the market may respond to consumers by lowering quality while lowering price.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309113695
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-09-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the work of the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, the 2007 IOM Annual Meeting assessed some of the rapidly occurring changes in health care related to new diagnostic and treatment tools, emerging genetic insights, the developments in information technology, and healthcare costs, and discussed the need for a stronger focus on evidence to ensure that the promise of scientific discovery and technological innovation is efficiently captured to provide the right care for the right patient at the right time. As new discoveries continue to expand the universe of medical interventions, treatments, and methods of care, the need for a more systematic approach to evidence development and application becomes increasingly critical. Without better information about the effectiveness of different treatment options, the resulting uncertainty can lead to the delivery of services that may be unnecessary, unproven, or even harmful. Improving the evidence-base for medicine holds great potential to increase the quality and efficiency of medical care. The Annual Meeting, held on October 8, 2007, brought together many of the nation's leading authorities on various aspects of the issues - both challenges and opportunities - to present their perspectives and engage in discussion with the IOM membership.
Author : John Sanderson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9780595608676
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)
Download or read book It's All about Money: Winning the Healthcare War! written by John Sanderson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05-09 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger D. Blackwell
Publisher : Book Publishing Associates, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780976744900
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (449 download)
Download or read book Consumer Driven Health Care written by Roger D. Blackwell and published by Book Publishing Associates, Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States does not have a health care system; it has a sickness care system and now the system itself is sick. The costs of health care drain nearly 15% of all the goods and services produced in America, 50% more than other industrialized nations. With benefits costs approaching $10,000 per employee with family coverage and increasing at double-digit rates, this crisis is not only threatening American jobs, but the ability of U.S. companies to survive in the global marketplace. Consumer Driven Health Care is informative and entertaining reading for executives who want to know more about reducing the high costs of health care, consumers unhappy with the growing proportion of their paychecks going to health insurance premiums and co-pays on physician visits and prescription drugs, and health care providers and policy makers looking for a detailed, easy-to-understand explanation of ""America’s Two Trillion Dollar Crisis.""
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309493439
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health was released in September 2019, before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. Improving social conditions remains critical to improving health outcomes, and integrating social care into health care delivery is more relevant than ever in the context of the pandemic and increased strains placed on the U.S. health care system. The report and its related products ultimately aim to help improve health and health equity, during COVID-19 and beyond. The consistent and compelling evidence on how social determinants shape health has led to a growing recognition throughout the health care sector that improving health and health equity is likely to depend â€" at least in part â€" on mitigating adverse social determinants. This recognition has been bolstered by a shift in the health care sector towards value-based payment, which incentivizes improved health outcomes for persons and populations rather than service delivery alone. The combined result of these changes has been a growing emphasis on health care systems addressing patients' social risk factors and social needs with the aim of improving health outcomes. This may involve health care systems linking individual patients with government and community social services, but important questions need to be answered about when and how health care systems should integrate social care into their practices and what kinds of infrastructure are required to facilitate such activities. Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health examines the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care to achieve better health outcomes. This report assesses approaches to social care integration currently being taken by health care providers and systems, and new or emerging approaches and opportunities; current roles in such integration by different disciplines and organizations, and new or emerging roles and types of providers; and current and emerging efforts to design health care systems to improve the nation's health and reduce health inequities.
Author : Vail Marie Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Role of Consumers in the Success of the Consumer Driven Healthcare Movement written by Vail Marie Miller and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's legislators have found themselves floundering for an economically tenable solution to the healthcare crisis. Consumer driven health plans (CDHPs) represent a proposed solution based on America's constitutional, liberal roots. The success of the consumer driven health movement relies on the anticipated benefits of better informed healthcare consumer choices and increased associated responsibility. CDHPs--with lower monthly premiums and higher deductibles than traditional plans--should incentivize enrollees to become better-informed, prudent consumers of healthcare by searching the Internet for the cheapest and best providers, insurance plans, and medications. In turn, healthcare costs should decrease and quality of care should increase as providers compete for patients. Potential enrollees' competency to make informed decisions regarding the following five tasks critical to CDHPs were assessed: 1) enrolling in CDHPs, 2) becoming better symptom-based medical decision-makers, 3) learning about preventing and managing common chronic conditions, 4) locating high quality healthcare providers, and 5) curbing spending on medications. Twenty volunteers (10 English-speaking, 10 Spanish-speaking)--all without health insurance, from varying sociodemographic backgrounds--participated in observational usability testing using screen capture software, Morae 2.0. The average Flesch-Kincaid reading level and consistency of information presented on four popular health Infomediaries was also assessed. The results suggest most potential CDHP enrollees don't have the adequate skill sets or online tools to effectively and safely make the informed decisions associated with plan usage. The Infomediaries provided fairly consistent information, but had a mean Flesch-Kincaid grade level of 10.1, well above the recommended sixth to eighth grade level. Most participants used search engines' sponsored links that led to poor quality websites. No participants used the government-produced healthfinder.gov. Home computer access (p=.01) and increased years of education (p=.02) had statistically significant positive effects on performance of the tasks. Age, gender, and primary language were not significant. The renovation of healthfinder.gov, health infomediary websites, a free educational program based in public libraries, and a call for greater responsibility by search engines with regard to sponsored links should result in a more just system that is likely to result in delivery of better quality healthcare in America and greater respect for patient autonomy.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309036437
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
