Description
Book SynopsisThis eminently relevant and thoroughly entertaining book reminds us that understanding more about health care helps us understand the larger world around us. With technological advances and information sharing so prevalent, health care should be more transparent and easier to access than ever before. So why does it seem like everything about itfrom pricing, drug development, and the emergence of new diseases to the intricacies of biologic and precision medicine therapiesis becoming more complex, not less?Rohit Khanna's Misunderstanding Health examines some of today's most revealing health care trends while imploring us to look at these issues with alacrity, humor, and vigilance. Over the course of eighteen short, engaging chapters, Khanna explains how unexamined beliefs can endanger patients, drive cost, and increase bureaucracy the Dr. Google effect on the ways that we seek (or eschew) care why our health care costs more than in any other country the unintended consequences of usi
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1. All the King's Men
Chapter 2. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Chapter 3. The UnHappiness Project
Chapter 4: Customer Satisfaction
Chapter 5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Chapter 6. The Rating Game
Chapter 7. The Mother of All Nudges
Chapter 8. Your Health Is about More Than Just Your Health
Chapter 9. Needle in a Haystack
Chapter 10. Ghost in the Machine
Chapter 11. The Eye of the Storm
Chapter 12. Homesick
Chapter 13. Reefer Madness
Chapter 14. Customer Appreciation
Chapter 15. Under the Influence
Chapter 16. Data Dump
Chapter 17. Catch Me If You Can
Chapter 18. Let Freedom Ring
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
