Health Care Reboot

Health Care Reboot - Megatrends Energizing American Medicine - injectsa much-needed dose of optimism into the national health care debate. Thebook makes a compelling case that a series of powerful trends are leadingthe nation's health care system toward greater quality, safety, access, andaffordability. The trends include historic breakthroughs in treatments for heartdisease and cancer; integration of behavioral health services into primarycare; recognizing and acting upon the broad effect of social determinantsof health; consumer empowerment focused on measures and outcomes thatmatter most to patients; paying for value rather than volume causing doctors andhospitals to shift to a newly aggressive proactive approach to caring for patients.Collectively, these trends are rebooting our health care system to better servethe needs of providers, payers, and, most importantly, patients.