The healthcare imperative lowering costs and improving outcomes : workshop series summary / Pierre L. Yong, Robert S. Saunders, and LeighAnne Olsen, editors ; Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Other author/creatorYong, Pierre L.
Other author/creatorSaunders, Robert Samuel, 1978-
Other author/creatorOlsen, LeighAnne.
Other author/creatorInstitute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care.
Other author/creatorNational Academies Press (U.S.)
SeriesLearning health system series
Learning healthcare system series. ^A1333221
Contents SECTION I -- EXCESSIVE HEALTHCARE COSTS: The healthcare imperative -- Unnecessary services -- Inefficiently delivered services -- Excess administrative costs -- Prices that are too high -- Missed prevention opportunities -- SECTION II -- STRATEGIES THAT WORK: Strategies that work -- Knowledge enhancement -- Care culture and system redesign -- Transparency of cost and performance -- Payment and payer-based strategies -- Community-based and transitional care -- Entrepreneurial strategies -- SECTION III -- THE POLICY AGENDA: The policy agenda -- Payments for value over volume -- Medically complex patients -- Delivery system integration -- Delivery system efficiency -- Administrative simplification -- Consumer-directed policies -- SECTION IV -- GETTING TO 10 PERCENT: Taking stock: numbers and policies -- Getting to 10 percent: opportunities and requirements -- Common themes and next steps.
Abstract Summarizes workshops convened in May, July, September, and December 2009 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care (formerly the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine), to explore the sources and implications of waste and excess cost in health care, as well as strategies and policies necessary to address these issues-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Other formsAlso available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012405174
ISBN9780309144339
ISBN0309144337