> Dana wrote:
> increased for everyone. Hospitals have to charge $20 for a bandaid to cover
> their overhead.
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
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-HealthCare-Americas-Consumer-Driven/dp/0071487808/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1186951-5207869?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181966975&sr=8-1
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