Healthcare. com Rx for Reform |
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| Author:
| Friend, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57444-274-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1999 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $103.99 |
Book Description:
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Despite more than a decade of change, the United States health care delivery system is still in the early stages of its transformation into a truly effective, cost efficient and compassionate system. In Healthcare.com: RX for Reform, Dr. David Friend, trained in both medicine and business, delineates the symptoms of the ailing healthcare system and offers a vision for the future. To tackle these challenges we must strike a balance between the seemingly dissimilar disciplines of...
More DescriptionDespite more than a decade of change, the United States health care delivery system is still in the early stages of its transformation into a truly effective, cost efficient and compassionate system. In Healthcare.com: RX for Reform, Dr. David Friend, trained in both medicine and business, delineates the symptoms of the ailing healthcare system and offers a vision for the future. To tackle these challenges we must strike a balance between the seemingly dissimilar disciplines of economics, medicine, technology, and politics. Dr. Friend proposes tearing down the brick-and-mortar delivery model and replacing it with a Virtual Health Care System.