In Quality Care, Affordable Care, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro explains how by using the simple but potent variation-reduction process, physicians can take charge of healthcare reform to improve health and reduce the cost of care. And he tells the real-life story of how the variation reduction program at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, which he runs, saved $31 million by instituting a series of specialty-oriented variation-reduction programs. He also shares the five pillars of a successful variation-reduction program, and explains how providers can use these approaches to build their own in-house variation reduction effort.
Don’t miss this opportunity to understand and implement an approach to healthcare change which puts doctors in the driver s seat. This book offers a practical, hands-on guide to getting a variation-reduction program in place that physicians will sign up for. It offers a unique take from a physician leader who has personally led a highly-successful program and explains in plain language how to take advantage of his experience.
In Quality Care, Affordable Care, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro explains how by using the simple but potent variation-reduction process, physicians can take charge of healthcare reform to improve health and reduce the cost of care. And he tells the real-life story of how the variation reduction program at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, which he runs, saved $31 million by instituting a series of specialty-oriented variation-reduction programs. He also shares the five pillars of a successful variation-reduction program, and explains how providers can use these approaches to build their own in-house variation reduction effort.
Don’t miss this opportunity to understand and implement an approach to healthcare change which puts doctors in the driver s seat. This book offers a practical, hands-on guide to getting a variation-reduction program in place that physicians will sign up for. It offers a unique take from a physician leader who has personally led a highly-successful program and explains in plain language how to take advantage of his experience.
Tabella dei contenuti
Part I: The Path to Variation Reduction
Chapter 1: Unwarranted Variation
Chapter 2: Inappropriate Use
Chapter 3: The Inefficiency of “Efficiency”
Chapter 4: Variation Reduction
Chapter 5: Our Results
Part II: Changing Minds, Changing Practices
Chapter 6: Why Bother?
Chapter 7: Addressing Physicians’ Concerns
Chapter 8: Growing Local Experts
Chapter 9: Understanding Variation
Chapter 10: Pillars of Variation Reduction
Part III: Variation Reduction by the Book
Chapter 11: Is Variation Reduction Right for You?
Chapter 12: Working with Data
Chapter 13: Analyzing and Communicating Variation
Chapter 14: Herding Cats
Chapter 15: Solving Problems
Circa l’autore
Lawrence Shapiro, MD, is a board-certified physician with a specialty in pulmonary medicine. For the last twenty years, he has been enmeshed in the healthcare system known as Managed Care. As a result of these experiences with physicians, medical groups, hospitals and health plans, he initiated the Variation Reduction Process at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, which has reduced the cost of healthcare while increasing quality.
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