Great Health Care (eBook)

Prologue:       Sooner or Later, We are All Patients – Timothy Harrington and Eric Newman  Section I:        Caring for Chronic Diseases – How we got into this mess, and why we need to get out of it  Introduction. Timothy Harrington Chapter 1.      Why Chronic Diseases? – Timothy Harrington Chapter 2.      How Has the U.S. Health System Evolved? – Timothy Harrington Chapter 3.      Why has the U. S. Health System Become What It Is? – Timothy Harrington Chapter 4:      Making Chronic Disease Care Great – Timothy Harrington                        Section II:       How to Effect Change in Health Care – If It Doesn’t Fit, Use a Larger Hammer   Introduction. Eric Newman Chapter 5.      Building Systems of Care – Eric Newman Chapter 6.      Problem Solving – Eric Newman Chapter 7.      Testing and Implementing Solutions – Eric Newman   Section III:     Managing Chronic Disease – You Can’t Do things Differently Until You See Things Differently  Introduction. Eric Newman Chapter 8.      Managing Complex Processes – Timothy Harrington                        Chapter 9.      Managing Medical Information: Tools, Rules, and What’s Cool – Eric Newman                        Chapter 10.    Measuring Processes and Outcomes of Care – Timothy Harrington Chapter 11.    Teaming: Everyone has a Role to Play – Eric Newman Chapter 12.    How Providers Should Be Paid – Eric Newman     Section IV. Success Stories Told by Champions – Boldly Going Where Few Have Gone Before Introduction. Timothy Harrington Chapter 13. Diabetes: Everyone’s Number One Priority – Richard Beaser, Kenneth Snow, Jo-Anne Rizzotto, Julie Brown, and  Martin AbrahamsonChapter 14. Osteoporosis: Breaking Bones is Not Inevitable – Richard Dell Chapter 15. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnose Early and Treat to Target – John Cush Chapter 16. Heart Failure: Reducing Readmissions – Kathi Farrell and Kathleen Sullivan Chapter 17. Chronic Kidney Disease: Changing the Mean by Changing the Mien – Jerry Yee, Mark Faber, and Sandeep SomanChapter 18. Asthma: Identifying and Treating High-Risk Patients – Michael Foggs Chapter 19. Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Risk Factors – Richard Lueker and Beth McCormick Chapter 20. Obesity: The Elephant in the Room – Karen Cooper, Philip Schauer, Stacy Brethauer, and Sangeeta KashyapChapter 21. Palliative Care & Hospice: Advancing the Science of Comfort, Affirming the Art of  Caring – Martha Twaddle   Section V. Controversies in Redesigning Chronic Disease Care  Introduction. Timothy Harrington Chapter 22. Myths and Miscreants – Eric Newman Chapter 23. Improving Care versus Transforming Care – Eric Newman Chapter 24. Translational Research or Industrial Process Improvement: A False Choice – Timothy Harrington Chapter 25. The Patient Centered Medical Home or System-based Care: Another False Choice – Timothy Harrington Chapter 26.Preparing Physicians with Optimal Processes and Process Improvement Skills – Timothy Harrington    Epilogue: Join with Us – Eric Newman and Timothy Harrington