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Diagnosing And Treating The Pathologies Of The American Health System

By: SMITH DAVID BARTON

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Hardcover | 23 November 2009

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This book provides unique insights into the current heated healthcare reform debate in the United States and the expanding US$2 trillion industry that is the focus of public concern. The author's extensive experience as an educator, consultant, researcher and author of five well-received books on that system provides a unique resource of largely unreported cases to mine. These vivid case studies weave the history, richness and complexity of the problems faced by patients and service providers into fascinating Byzantine intrigues. They illustrate the underlying structural problems that have produced disparities in treatment, escalating costs, unsafe and inadequate care, the demoralization of the many decent and committed people who work within the system and passionate calls for reform. Highly readable, the book also offers a candor and richness in detail that is typically lacking in textbooks, academic journal articles and the popular press.

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Dedication	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Introduction: Fixing Healthcare in the United States	p. 1
Governance: Who's in Charge?	p. 9
Organizing the Owners	p. 9
HealthEast and the Misplaced Mission of a Voluntary System	p. 13
The AHERF Bankruptcy: Failure of Board Oversight	p. 19
The Medical Staff: Villains or Victims?	p. 33
Organizing the Medical Staff	p. 33
The Mysterious Death of a Mobile Infirmary Medical Staff Member	p. 37
South Park Hospital and the Limits of Medical Staff Oversight	p. 44
Nursing: Where Is It Going and Why Does It Never Get There?	p. 51
Nursing's Stunted Evolution	p. 51
Why Did Franklin Go Bankrupt?	p. 53
How Should Healthcare Organizations Respond to the Nursing "Shortage"	p. 61
Financing: How Gold Rules	p. 67
Following the Money	p. 67
Len Abramson and U.S. Healthcare	p. 71
The Office of Medical Assistance and HealthChoices	p. 86
The Market: Why It Doesn't Work-Or Does It?	p. 95
Working the Market	p. 95
Concierge Medicine	p. 96
Barix Clinics: The Case of the Focused Fat Factory	p. 103
The Gift of the Heart	p. 112
Forecasting Trends and Repackaging the Future	p. 125
Repackaging Care	p. 125
Globalization, Bansal and the Internet Prescription Bust	p. 127
Aging, Klaassen and the Killer Application	p. 133
Diagnosing and Treating the Pathologies of the U.S. Health System	p. 147
Recurring Themes	p. 147
Pottstown Hospital's Conversion Foundation	p. 148
State and Federal Healthcare Reform Initiatives: From Rendell to Obama	p. 158
Final Postscript	p. 172
About the Author	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 177
Index	p. 189
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