Description
Book SynopsisHealthcare Affordability: Motivate People, Improve Processes, and Increase Performance applies the Theory of Affordability across the Healthcare Enterprise. Affordability is realized when the Value delivered exceeds the Patient's requirements, while the expense for the quality resources required to deliver that Value is at a Cost less than the revenue received from the competitive pricing applied to the care.
The aim of healthcare affordability is to attain performance excellence in all areas across the entire Healthcare Enterprise. The Healthcare Enterprise involves 5 types of providers: Healthcare Providers, Medicine and Pharmaceutical Providers, Machine and Device Providers, Service and Supplier Providers, and Insurance and Payment Providers. Obviously, one key focal point of healthcare affordability is affordable healthcare, a condition that has been chased for decades, but has yet to be achieved.
This book provides a useful framework and foundation for any
Table of Contents
Making the Case for Healthcare Affordability. Healthcare Affordability Defined. Healthcare Affordability Applied. The Strategic Dimension. The Operational Perspective. The Tactical Reality. First and Foremost, Assess the Situation. Design the Solution and Plan for Success. Implement Improvements. Sustain the Results and Continuously Improve. Enterprise Wide Responsibilities. The End - Start Now.