Understanding Value Based Healthcare by Vineet Arora (English) Paperback Book

Description: Understanding Value Based Healthcare by Vineet Arora, Christopher Moriates, Neel Shah This latest entry in the acclaimed Understanding series, is a succinct, interestingly written primer on the core issues involved in maximizing the efficacy and outcomes of medical care when cost is a factor in the decision-making process. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Publishers Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Provide outstanding patient care while navigating the complexities of healthcare reform with this comprehensive, engagingly written guide A Doodys Core Title for 2017!Read what your colleagues are saying about Understanding Value-Based Healthcare:"The book is a masterful primer for all clinicians—especially those of us hoping to navigate the transition from volume-based healthcare to value-based healthcare without running aground."Atul Gawande, MD, MPH.Surgeon, Professor, and author of Being Mortal and The Checklist Manifesto "This book is an instant classic. It masterfully summarizes and makes accessible a mountain of relevant health care delivery research. And it gives front-line clinicians and other health care leaders a raft of practical ideas to help make care dramatically safer, more patient-focused, and more affordable."Donald Berwick, MDPresident Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement"What is value? Why is it so hard to achieve in healthcare, when it is the standard in most other industries? How can we overcome the obstacles and achieve a value-based system? With dozens of real-life stories of encounters with our broken health system, this book offers valuable insights into these questions and more. It is a must-read for everyone from student to frontline clinician to system leader who wants to contribute to the successful transformation to value-based care."Vivian Lee, PhD, MD, MBACEO, University of Utah HealthcareUnderstanding Value-Based Healthcare is a succinct, interestingly written primer on the core issues involved in maximizing the efficacy and outcomes of medical care when cost is a factor in the decision-making process. Written by internationally recognized experts on cost- and value-based healthcare, this timely book delivers practical and clinically focused guidance on one of the most debated topics in medicine and medicine administration today. Understanding Value-Based Healthcare is divided into three sections:Section 1 Introduction to Value in Healthcare lays the groundwork for understanding this complex topic. Coverage includes the current state of healthcare costs and waste in the USA, the challenges of understanding healthcare pricing, ethics of cost-conscious care, and more.Section 2 Causes of Waste covers important issues such as variation in resource utilization, the role of technology diffusion, lost opportunities to deliver value, and barriers to providing high-value care.Section 3 Solutions and Tools discusses teaching cost awareness and evidence-based medicine, the role of patients, high-value medication prescribing, screening and prevention, incentives, and implementing value-based initiatives. The authors include valuable case studies within each chapter to demonstrate how the material relates to real-world situations faced by clinicians on a daily basis. . Author Biography Christopher Moriates Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Director of Implementation Initiatives, Costs of Care, Inc.Vineet Arora Associate Professor and Director of GME Clinical Learning Environment Innovation, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Director of Education Initiatives, Costs of Care, Inc.Neel Shah Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Founder and Executive Director, Costs of Care, Inc. Table of Contents I. Introduction to Value in Healthcare1. The Current State of Healthcare Costs and Waste in the United States2. Paying For Healthcare in the United States: The Private and Public Insurance Systems3. Charges, Costs, and Payments: The Challenges of Understanding Healthcare Pricing4. Defining Value: Connecting Quality and Safety to the Costs of Care5. A Changing Landscape: The History of Cost Consciousness and Value in Healthcare Delivery6. Ethics of Cost Conscious CareII. Types and Sources of Waste7. Variation in Resource Utilization and the Dartmouth Atlas8. Stents, Robots, and the Role of Technology Diffusion 9. From the Pharmacy to the Supply Closet: Variable Costs and Single-use Equipment10. Operative Times and the Management of Surgical Turnover11. Too Many Hospital Beds: Fixed Costs and Excess Capacities12. Imbalanced Workforce: Lots of Specialists, Few Primary Care Providers13. Comparative Health Systems: Free markets vs. Coordinated Economies14. Societal Spending Thresholds: How Do We Know When Expensive Care is Worth It 15. Barriers to Providing High Value CareIII. Solutions and Tools16. A Framework for Approaching Value in Healthcare17. Cost-effectiveness Analysis and Other Tools To Guide Appropriate Care18. Shifting Incentives: Moving Reimbursement from Volume to Value19. The Role of Regulation and Oversight 20. Learning From Other Industries: Applying Lean and Other Waste Reduction Strategies To Healthcare Organizations21. Screening and Prevention: Balancing Benefits with Harms and Costs22. High Value Medication Prescribing: One Size Does Not Fit All23. The Role of Medical Educators: Teaching About Cost Awareness and Evidence-Based Medicine24. The Role of Patients: ePatient Movement and Consumer Driven Healthcare25. Implementing Value-Based Initiatives: A New Challenge for Healthcare Systems Details ISBN0071816984 Author Neel Shah Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Year 2015 ISBN-10 0071816984 ISBN-13 9780071816984 Format Paperback Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional Country of Publication United States Qualifications M.D. DEWEY 338.473621 Pages 416 Short Title UNDERSTANDING VALUE BASED HEAL Language English Media Book Series Medical/Denistry UK Release Date 2015-05-16 Publication Date 2015-05-16 AU Release Date 2015-05-16 NZ Release Date 2015-05-16 US Release Date 2015-05-16 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 50 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:94445827;

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