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 : Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1068
EAN: 9781591397786
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1591397782
Label: Harvard Business School Press
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 506
Publication Date: May 25, 2006
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Studio: Harvard Business School Press




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The U.S. health care system is in crisis. At stake are the quality of care for millions of Americans and the financial well-being of individuals and employers squeezed by skyrocketing premiums-not to mention the stability of state and federal government budgets.

In Redefining Health Care, internationally renowned strategy expert Michael Porter and innovation expert Elizabeth Teisberg reveal the underlying-and largely overlooked-causes of the problem, and provide a powerful prescription for change.

The authors argue that participants in the health care system have competed to shift costs, accumulate bargaining power, and restrict services, rather than create value for patients. This zero-sum competition takes place at the wrong level-among health plans, networks, and hospitals-rather than where it matters most, in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of specific health conditions. Redefining Health Care lays out a breakthrough framework for redefining health care competition based on patient value. With specific recommendations for hospitals, doctors, health plans, employers, and policy makers, this book shows how to move to a positive-sum competition that will unleash stunning improvements in quality and efficiency.





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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Review
I am taking a Health Care Management Strategy class and this book was recommended by our professor.

Very well thought and comprehensive book.

Some comclusions can be challenged, but the book bringing a new look on Health Care and provide solutions for improvements.




Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Congratulations
This a great book for physicians that likes strategic administration. Porter and Teisberg provides a major contribuition for the health care.This book will enable dramatic improvement in the efficacy and quality of patient care in the USA and other countries.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - How sick is US Healthcare
Interesting view on the actual US healthcare and a challenging way to solve the mailaise



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Excellent analysis with some weak points
This book has received probably disproportionate attention due to Prof. Porter's notoriety as a strategic thinking theorist. There are better overall books on healthcare policy available. In particular I recommend the Bodenheimer/Grumbach books, one on healthcare policy and one on primary care, Dr. Arnold Relman's book, A Second Opinion, Strained Mercy, an outstanding and thorough analysis of healthcare economics with particular regard to Canada's healthcare system and Pricing the Priceless a more ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Redefining Health Care
Book Review
Redefining Health Care by Michael Porter

I am writing this review to help share some excellent ideas on the availability and quality of medical treatment in the United States and on the U.S. economy which is being dragged down by ever-increasing medical costs. The economic impact is not just on corporate profits and stock prices but also on U.S. employment because everything that raises costs makes it harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete with foreign suppliers and ... Read More







 






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