The Patient Priority

 “One of the best books on health care that I have ever read. It takes the concept of value-based health care from rhetoric to actionable frameworks for strategy and operations.” – Thomas Lee, MD, Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Catalyst and Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey
   
   Health Care, the world’s largest industry, is locked in three inter-related crises: crises of value, evidence and purpose. To address these growing crises, health systems need to deliver better health outcomes to patients for the money spent, an approach known as value-based health care. Contrary to traditional approaches to health-systems reform that emphasize cost containment, value-based health care shifts the focus to continuous improvement in the outcome delivered to patients. Systematically measuring, tracking and improving health outcomes over time can have a transformative effect, enabling health care systems to:
   - Deliver better patient outcomes and overall population health more consistently
   - Identify and disseminate best-practice diagnostics and treatments more rapidly
   - Control total health-care costs more effectively because unnecessary procedures are eliminated, expensive complications occur less frequently, and repeat treatments are avoided
   - Rebuild the trust and motivation of health professionals by aligning system performance goals with professional purpose
   The only way for the health care sector to sustainably contain costs and fulfill its mission is by putting the patient and the delivery of outcomes that matter to patients at the center of the industry’s efforts and by aligning incentives around the continuous improvement of health outcomes in a cost-effective manner.
   Designed as a practical step-by-step guide for clinicians, payers, policymakers, and other industry stakeholders, The Patient Priority features powerful case studies of leading value-based innovators-both public and private, as well as from both high- and low-income countries-that are taking the concept of value-based health care from theory to practice. This book also presents a detailed road map for the comprehensive value-based transformation of national health systems. It is an indispensable tool to launch a new era of patient-centered innovation, unlock value in health care, and bring about step-function improvements in productivity, performance and population health.

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