Editors:
Essential reading for all physicians and health systems managers
Provides prescriptive advice on how health care can be delivered dependably and at the lowest possible cost
Provides models from health care systems which have successfully implemented these positive changes
Illustrates efficient practice strategies for the treatment of resource draining chronic diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, and congestive heart failure
A call to arms that will transform how health care is delivered
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Caring for Chronic Diseases: How We Got into This Mess, and Why We Need to Get Out of It
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How to Effect Change in Health Care: If It Doesn’t Fit, Use a Larger Hammer
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Managing Chronic Disease: You Can’t Do Things Differently Until You See Things Differently
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Success Stories Told by Champions: Boldly Going Where Few Have Gone Before
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About this book
Great Health Care is enlightening and entertaining. It’s a must read for physicians, patients, health policymakers and administrators, and the interested public---anyone who wants to understand what great health care is, and how we might build it together.
The authors share their stories and motivations and the methods they have used to transform care for their own patients within their own practices and health systems. They thoughtfully explore how we got into this mess, how we can get out of it, and the barriers to making it happen.
“It is not only the impact of chronic diseases on our health and economy that draws us to this subject. It is the intriguing and rewarding potential for improving the status quo through redesigning how chronic disease care is provided and paid for.” (Timothy Harrington, MD)
"You can't do things differently until you see things differently." (Eric Newman, MD)
“We start people on the road to recovery, but the 12 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation is just the warm-up period. The really important part is what happens afterward.” (Richard Lueker, MD, Beth McCormick, MS)
“We believe the extra-ordinary efforts of our program coordinators are key to our clients’ wellbeing and our unusually low readmission rate.” (Kathi Farrell, RN, BSN, PHN, Kathleen Sullivan, RN, MSN)
“In real life, we are not usually given the chance to have a do-over. But we are given the chance to continuously improve. With the right skill sets, and the right partners, we can transform.” (Eric Newman, MD)
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book tackles the complex problems of chronic disease care and healthcare delivery system failures. … Health professionals, consumers, and policy makers are the intended audience, but the book also can be used by students in the health professions, health policy, or public policy. … Notable features of the book are the colorful graphs and the human interest stories that illustrate the most salient points. … This is a good addition to an ever-growing body of literature.” (Carole Ann Kenner, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
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University of Wisconsin, Rheumatology Division Department of Medicine, Madison, USA
J. Timothy Harrington
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Division of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology Clinical Innovations, Danville, USA
Eric D. Newman
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Great Health Care
Book Subtitle: Making It Happen
Editors: J. Timothy Harrington, Eric D. Newman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1198-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1197-0Published: 14 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-1198-7Published: 23 December 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Popular Science in Medicine and Health