Healthcare affordablility : motivate people, improve processes, and increase performance

"A major concern in society is affordable healthcare and quality healthcare accessibility. Both of these societal needs are included in this book. The cost of all dimensions of healthcare has increased dramatically over the past 10 years. In addition, accessibility and availability of quality healthcare has been effected by new regulations, new rules, and radical changes in the industry. This book addresses patient requirements, value delivery, responsiveness, and quality at a lower cost and price. It also provides a view and perspective at an enterprise level across all providers and suppliers"-- Read more... Abstract: "A major concern in society is affordable healthcare and quality healthcare accessibility. Both of these societal needs are included in this book. The cost of all dimensions of healthcare has increased dramatically over the past 10 years. In addition, accessibility and availability of quality healthcare has been effected by new regulations, new rules, and radical changes in the industry. This book addresses patient requirements, value delivery, responsiveness, and quality at a lower cost and price. It also provides a view and perspective at an enterprise level across all providers and suppliers" Healthcare Affordability: Motivate People, Improve Processes, and Increase Performance applies the Theory of Affordability across the Healthcare Enterprise. Affordability is realized when the Value delivered exceeds the Patient's requirements, while the expense for the quality resources required to deliver that Value is at a Cost less than the revenue received from the competitive pricing applied to the care. The aim of healthcare affordability is to attain performance excellence in all areas across the entire Healthcare Enterprise. The Healthcare Enterprise involves 5 types of providers: Healthcare Providers, Medicine and Pharmaceutical Providers, Machine and Device Providers, Service and Supplier Providers, and Insurance and Payment Providers. Obviously, one key focal point of healthcare affordability is affordable healthcare, a condition that has been chased for decades, but has yet to be achieved. This book provides a useful framework and foundation for any organization to pursue and achieve Affordability. Although there are many methods used to accomplish performance improvement, this approach has been proven successful with many organizations. It integrates strategic vision and direction, with operational goals and objectives and tactical targets and tasks. This book also provides a leadership strategy and structure for change and transformation, and a designed plan to execute an 18-month implementation program. Features: Affords patients and providers a better, faster, safer, and more affordable and profitable experience and approach Offers solutions for current state dilemmas, and provides a framework for future state success Increases the speed of delivery, improves the quality, and decreases the cost of care Provides methods and tools for linking and integrating strategic, operational and tactical goals Healthcare Affordability: Motivate People, Improve Processes, and Increase Performance provides readers with methods and means for solving the complex problem of affordable healthcare. "A major concern in society is affordable healthcare and quality healthcare accessibility. Both of these societal needs are included in this book. The cost of all dimensions of healthcare has increased dramatically over the past 10 years. In addition, accessibility and availability of quality healthcare has been effected by new regulations, new rules, and radical changes in the industry. This book addresses patient requirements, value delivery, responsiveness, and quality at a lower cost and price. It also provides a view and perspective at an enterprise level across all providers and suppliers"-- Provided by publisher Content: Making the case for healthcare affordability -- Healthcare affordability defined -- Healthcare affordability applied -- The strategic dimension -- The operational perspective -- The tactical reality -- First and foremost, assess the situation -- Design the solution and plan for success -- Implement improvements -- Maintain and sustain the results : continuously improve -- Enterprise wide responsibilities -- The end : start now.